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Ricardo Lagos

1938 - Today

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Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈkaɾðo fɾojˈlan ˈlaɣos eskoˈβaɾ]; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military dictatorship and astounded contemporaries in 1988 by openly denouncing dictator Augusto Pinochet on live television. He served as Minister of Education from 1990 to 1992 and Minister of Public Works from 1994 to 1998 under President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle before narrowly winning the 1999–2000 presidential election in a runoff against Independent Democrat Union (UDI) candidate Joaquín Lavín. Lagos was the third president from the centre-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have governed Chile since 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ricardo Lagos is the 4,855th most popular politician (down from 4,715th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Chile (down from 18th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chilean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ricardo Lagos ranks 4,855 out of 19,576. Before him are Julia, Geunchogo of Baekje, Michel Suleiman, Ernesto Cardenal, Gannicus, and Emperor Go-Fukakusa. After him are Yuan Chonghuan, Tokugawa Yoshimune, José Sarney, Magnentius, Sun Hao, and Aulus Gabinius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ricardo Lagos ranks 88. Before him are Keith O'Brien, Charles Simic, Seishiro Shimatani, Dean Reed, Luigi Tenco, and Mamadou Tandja. After him are David Lane, Michael Rockefeller, Jerzy Skolimowski, Leiji Matsumoto, Terence Stamp, and Fela Kuti.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Ricardo Lagos ranks 21 out of 321. Before him are Violeta Parra (1917), Jorge Medina (1926), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Patricio Aylwin (1918), Iván Zamorano (1967), and Pedro Pascal (1975). After him are Elías Figueroa (1946), Lautaro (1534), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Leonel Sánchez (1936), Francisco Varela (1946), and Antonio Skármeta (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Ricardo Lagos ranks 7. Before him are Augusto Pinochet (1915), Salvador Allende (1908), Michelle Bachelet (1951), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), and Patricio Aylwin (1918). After him are Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), and Luis Corvalán (1916).

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