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Carlos Prats
Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army
In office
October 27, 1970 – August 23, 1973
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byRené Schneider
Succeeded byAugusto Pinochet
Chilean Minister of the Interior
In office
November 2, 1972 – March 27, 1973
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byJaime Suárez
Succeeded byGerardo Espinoza Carrillo
Chilean Minister of National Defense
In office
August 9, 1973 – August 23, 1973
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byClodomiro Almeyda
Succeeded byOrlando Letelier
Personal details
Born(1915-02-24)February 24, 1915
Talcahuano, Chile
DiedSeptember 30, 1974(1974-09-30) (aged 59)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Manner of deathAssassination (car bomb)
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Sofía Cuthbert
(m. 1944⁠–⁠1974)
- died with her husband
ChildrenSofía
Angélica
Cecilia
ProfessionMilitary officer
SignatureCarlos Prats

Carlos Prats González (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos ˈpɾats]; February 24, 1915 – September 30, 1974) was a Chilean Army officer and politician. He served as a minister in Salvador Allende's government while Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. Immediately after General Augusto Pinochet's September 11, 1973 coup, Prats went into voluntary exile in Argentina. The following year, he and his wife, Sofía Cuthbert, were assassinated in Buenos Aires by a car bomb planted by the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional.

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