Hortensia Bussi


Mercedes Hortensia Bussi Soto de Allende was the wife of Chilean President Salvador Allende. She was married to him from 1940 until he was deposed and died in 1973, serving as First Lady of Chile from 1970 to 1973. Her daughters are Beatriz, Isabel and Carmen Paz.

Bussi, nicknamed Tencha, was born in Rancagua to a welloff family. She was the daughter of Ciro Bussi, an officer in the countrys merchant marine. She graduated from the University of Chile as a teacher of History and Geography and worked as a librarian at the National Statistics Office.

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