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Gustavo Leigh | |
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Born | Santiago, Chile | September 19, 1920
Died | September 29, 1999 Santiago, Chile | (aged 79)
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Years of service | 1938–1978 (commissioned as pilot officer in 1941) |
Rank | Air General![]() |
Unit | 2nd Aviation Group |
Commands | 9th Aviation Group (1957–1961) 5th Aviation Group(1961–1963) Second Air Brigade(1963–1967) Aviation School "Captain Manuel Ávalos Prado"(1967–1970) Personnel Command of the Air Force(1970–1973) Commander-in-chief of the Air Force(1973–1978) |
Awards | Iron Cross First Class |
Other work | Statesman, Politician |
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Air General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán (September 19, 1920 – September 29, 1999) was a Chilean general, who represented the Air Force in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and, for a time, in the ruling junta that followed. Leigh was forced out of the military government in 1978.[1]