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Events on Sunday 25 October 2020 2
2020Chile votes to rewrite constitutionReferendum approves replacing Pinochet-era charterChileans voted overwhelmingly in a referendum on 25 October 2020 to draft a new constitution to replace the one enacted under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. The vote followed mass protests over inequality that began in late 2019.
2020Lee Kun-hee dies — Lee Jae-yong inheritsSamsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies on 25 October 2020, aged 78. His son Lee Jae-yong formally inherits the chairmanship — though the succession triggers an enormous inheritance tax bill estimated at 12 trillion won ($10 billion), which the Lee family pays over five years. Lee Jae-yong's leadership style is different from his father's: more international, more focused on technology partnerships.