Ricardo Lagos

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Ricardo Lagos is a Chilean lawyer, economist, and politician who served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006 and is known for his role in the country's transition to democracy and progressive social reforms.


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instanceOf economist
human
lawyer
politician
academicDegree PhD in economics
law degree
areaOfInfluence Chilean politics
Latin American social democracy
awardReceived various international democracy awards
continentOfCitizenship South America
countryOfCitizenship Chile
educatedAt Duke University
University of Chile
endTime 2006-03-11
familyName Lagos
fieldOfStudy economics
law
gender male
givenName Ricardo
headOfGovernment Chile
surface form: "Republic of Chile"
implementedPolicy education reforms in Chile
healthcare reforms in Chile
infrastructure modernization in Chile
social protection reforms in Chile
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOfPoliticalParty Party for Democracy (Chile)
Chilean Socialist Party
surface form: "Socialist Party of Chile"
name Ricardo Lagos
notableFor progressive social reforms in Chile
role in Chile's transition to democracy
notableWork political memoirs on Chilean democracy
occupation economist
lawyer
politician
opposed Chilean military dictatorship
surface form: "Augusto Pinochet dictatorship"
participatedIn Chilean opposition to the dictatorship
surface form: "Chilean transition to democracy"
partOf Concertación coalition
politicalIdeology progressivism
social democracy
positionHeld Minister of Education of Chile
Minister of Public Works of Chile
President of Chile
President of the Party for Democracy (Chile)
residence Santiago
surface form: "Santiago, Chile"
startTime 2000-03-11
supported truth and reconciliation initiatives in Chile

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