by noreenlazar... (student), on 25/4/12 Answers This is Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (1915-2006) Posted by lakeer.a5 (student), on 25/4/12 Chile was ruled by a military dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet from 1973 when Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup d 'etat until 1990 when the transition to democracy began.