Patricio Aylwin belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Patricio Aylwin as Chilean politician and former president (1918–2016).
Patricio Aylwin was born at Viña del Mar in 1918. His recorded nationality is Chile. He was educated at University of Chile - Faculty of Law and Internado Nacional Barros Arana.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were President of Chile (1990–1994), senator of Chile (1971–1972) and senator of Chile (1965–1973).
His political affiliation is recorded as Christian Democratic Party and Falange Nacional.
His name is attached above all to Christian Democrat party on two occasions, and was elected president in 1989. Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
Recognition followed: Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1990), North–South Prize, J. William Fulbright Prize (1998) and Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins.
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.
Patricio Aylwin died in 2016, aged 98. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Chile (1990–1994)
- senator of Chile (1971–1972)
- senator of Chile (1965–1973)
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic — 1990
- North–South Prize
- J. William Fulbright Prize — 1998
- Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins
- Educated at University of Chile - Faculty of Law and Internado Nacional Barros Arana
