Eduardo Frei Montalva held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Eduardo Frei Montalva as President of Chile (1911-1982).
Eduardo Frei Montalva was born at Santiago in 1911. His recorded nationality is Chile. He was educated at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
The offices held were President of Chile (1964–1970), president of the Senate of Chile (1973–1973) and senator of Chile.
His political affiliation is recorded as Christian Democratic Party and Conservative Party.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín and Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
That the career was made in Chile is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Eduardo Frei Montalva died in 1982, aged 71. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Chile (1964–1970)
- president of the Senate of Chile (1973–1973)
- senator of Chile
- public works minister
- Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
- Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Educated at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino
