Patricio Aylwin Azcar November 26, 1918 April 19, 2016 was a Chilean Christian Democrat politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the first president of Chile after Pinochet, and his election marked the Chilean transition to democracy in 1990. Despite resistance from elements of the Chilean military and government after his election, Patricio Aylwin was staunch in his support for the Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission which exposed the Chilean governments brutalities.
Aylwin, the eldest of the five children of Miguel Aylwin and Laura Azcar, was born in Via del Mar. An excellent student, he enrolled in the Law School of the University of Chile where he became a lawyer, with the highest distinction, in 1943. He served as professor of administrative law, first at the University of Chile and also at the School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile . He was also professor of civic education and political economy at the National Institute .
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