predecessor successor |alongside birth_place death_date death_place children birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
raúl montero augusto pinochet jorge martínez busch augusto 11 , 1981 -rrb- pinochet -lrb- december 17 , 1974 -- march la serena , chile 30 august 1996 viña del mar , chile 3 14 december 1915 commander-in-chief junta of chile of the chilean navy president of the government september 11 , 1973 december 17 , 1974 margarita riofrío josé toribio merino castro . jpg josé toribio merino
 march 11 , 1990 march 11 , 1990 josé toribio merino
josé toribio merino

josé toribio merino castro -lrb- december 14 , 1915 - august 30 , 1996 -rrb- was a chilean admiral who was one of the principal leaders of the 1973 chilean coup d'état , along with general augusto pinochet of the army , general gustavo leigh of the air force , and general césar mendoza of the carabineros -lrb- national police -rrb- .
together they established a military government that ruled chile from 1973 until 1990 .
