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.
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Early life and education
Pascal was born on 12 July 1943 in Valparaíso, to Gastón Pascal Lyon and Laura Allende. Pascal has 3 older siblings, Pedro Gastón, Marianne and Denise Pascal, a politician for the Socialist Party of Chile. 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. Pascal also studied history at the University of Chile but didn't graduate.
In 1966, Allende married Carmen Castillo, a French-Chilean filmmaker and member of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). The couple had one daughter, Camila Pascal Castillo, before later divorcing.