General rene schneider biography

Chilean general (–)

For other people named René Schneider, see René Schneider (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Schneider and the second or maternal family name is Chereau.

René Schneider Chereau (; December 31, – October 25, ) was a Chilean military official who served as commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt.

He coined the doctrine of military-political mutual exclusivity that became known as the Schneider Doctrine.^[1]

Background

He was born in Concepción, Chile, as a descendant of ethnic German and French immigrants, and joined the army in After a brilliant career, he was named Commander-in-Chief on October 27, , by PresidentEduardo Frei Montalva, as a result of the Tacna agreement.

Schneider had expressed firm opposition to the idea of preventing Salvador Allende's inauguration