Marin Millie, Gladys

▪ 2006

      Chilean political figure (b. July 16, 1941, Curepto, Chile—d. March 6, 2005, Santiago, Chile), opposed the brutal regime of Augusto Pinochet as a leader of the Chilean Communist Party. Marín joined the Communist Party at age 17 and served in the Chamber of Deputies during the presidency (1970–73) of Salvador Allende, but she was forced into hiding following the Sept. 11, 1973, coup that brought Pinochet to power. She eventually fled to the Soviet Union, where she remained until 1978. That year she returned to Chile by posing as a Spanish citizen, and she later held key leadership positions in the Communist Party, including those of undersecretary (1984–94), general secretary (1994–2002), and president (2002–05).

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