Raúl Rettig Guissen was a Chile

Chile

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an politician and lawyer.

A member of the Radical Party

Radical Party (Chile)

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, between 1938 and 1940 he served as under-secretary of the interior and, later, at the foreign affairs ministry. He was elected to the Senate

Senate of Chile

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 in 1949. During the Unidad Popular government of President

President of Chile

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 Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....

, he served as ambassador to Brazil

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 until the coup d'état of 11 September 1973.

During the early days of the government of Patricio Aylwin

Patricio Aylwin

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, he was appointed to chair the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, a truth commission

Truth commission

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 set up to examine human rights violations committed under the de facto regime of Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...

. The Commission's final report, known as the Rettig Report

Rettig Report

The Rettig Report, officially The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Report, is a 1991 report by a commission designated by then President Patricio Aylwin encompassing human rights abuses resulting in death or disappearance that occurred in Chile during the years of military rule...

, was published on 9 February 1991.

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