Portrait of Salvador Allende
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Salvador Allende

Role
Chilean president
Lived
1908–1973
Country of activity
Chile Chile
Strongest axis
Pacifist 83%

Salvador Allende was a physician and Socialist politician who served as president of Chile from 1970 until the 1973 military coup. He pursued a democratic transition to socialism through nationalization of copper mining, banking and large industry.

In the 12 Axes register, Salvador Allende leans hardest on Militarist – Pacifist: Pacifist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Salvador Allende sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary 68%

Unitary

Governed a unitary Chile

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Elected, pursued socialism by constitutional means

SecurityFreedom 68%

Liberal

Maintained press freedom and pluralism

Diplomacy

Internationalism 68%Nationalism

Cooperation

Latin American and non-aligned solidarity

MilitaristPacifist 83%

Pacifist

Rejected armed struggle

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 68%

Polyculturalist

Passed a law on Indigenous lands

Economy

Collectivize 83%Privatize

Socialist

Nationalized copper and banks

Planned 83%Markets

Interventionism

Price controls and state-managed industry

Isolationism 68%Globalism

Limited Trade

Restricted imports amid nationalization

Society

Irreligious 83%Religious

Atheist

Marxist and Freemason, non-religious

Progressive 68%Traditional

Progressive

Progressive social programs

Acceleration 68%Bioconservative

Technological

Sponsored the Cybersyn computing project

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Militarist – Pacifist

On Militarist – Pacifist, Salvador Allende is at Pacifist 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.

Most ordinary axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Salvador Allende is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.

Who is closest in the register

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].