Andrés Pascal Allende

Andrés Pascal Allende (born 12 July 1943 in Valparaíso, Chile) is a Chilean sociologist and member of the Allende family, known for being the former Secretary General to the Movement of the Revolutionary Left and a prominent member of the Chilean Resistance and Solidarity Movement.

Early life and education Pascal was born on 12 July 1943 in Valparaíso, to Gastón Pascal Lyon and Laura Allende. He is of Basque and Belgian descent.

Pascal was educated at the Grange School and Saint George's College. Continuing his education, Pascal studied sociology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The couple had one daughter, Camila Pascal Castillo, before later divorcing. In 1978, Pascal's 4 year old son Pablo died from fulminant bacterial meningitis.

In 1986, Pascal ceased to be the Secretary General of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left.

Return to Chile Pascal returned to Chile in 2002, and served as the director of planning and development at the University of Art & Social Sciences. Pascal Allende, Andrés (2003). El MIR chileno : una experiencia revolucionaria. Argentina: Ediciones Cucaña. Pascal Allende, Andrés; Vidaurrázaga Aránguiz, Tamara (2011). Baer, Willi; Dellwo, Karl-Heinz; Castillo, Carmen (eds.). MIR : Die revolutionäre linke Chiles (in German). Hamburg: Laika-Verlag. ISBN 978-3942281805.