Ricardo Lagos
32nd President of Chile
In office 11 March 2000 – 11 March 2006
Preceded by	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Succeeded by	Michelle Bachelet
Minister of Public Works
In office 11 March 1994 – 1 August 1998
President	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Preceded by	Carlos Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle
Succeeded by	Jaime Tohá
Minister of Education
In office 11 March 1990 – 28 September 1992
President	Patricio Aylwin
Preceded by	René Salamé Martín
Succeeded by	Jorge Arrate
Personal details
Born	(1938-03-02) 2 March 1938 (age 86) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Party for Democracy (1987–present)
Other political affiliations	Radical Party (1959–1961) Socialist Party of Chile (1961–1987)
Spouse(s)	Carmen Weber ​ ​ (m. 1961; ann. 1969)​ Luisa Durán ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	Ricardo Ximena Hernán (stepson) Francisca Alejandro (stepson)
Alma mater	University of Chile Duke University
Occupation	Lawyer Economist
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Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈkaɾðo fɾoiˈlanˈlaɣos eskoˈβaɾ]; born 2 March 1936) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social democrat politician. He served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006.

Since May 2007 he has served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and António Guterres.^[1]

He teaches political and economic development at Brown University in the United States.^[2]

• Democracy and Development Foundation Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Extended biography by the CIDOB Foundation Archived 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• BBC Profile: Ricardo Lagos (January 2000)
• Lagos's undergraduate thesis: "The Concentration of Economic Power" (in Spanish)
• The Lagos Legacy and Chile's Upcoming Elections Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine The Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Ricardo Lagos Archived 2023-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Freedom Collection interview

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