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Article: Lagos, Ricardo
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Ricardo Lagos
In 2000 Ricardo Lagos (born 1938) became the first Socialist president in Chile since the downfall of an earlier government run by Salvador Allende and the reign of the dictator General Augusto Pinochet. He managed to turn the country around and began the righting of many wrongs that had happened in the years before his turn in office. By the time he stepped down as president he had become one of Chile's favorite rulers and had done much to improve the country internally, while forging international ties with countries around the world.
Early Interest in Law and Politics
Lagos was born Ricardo Lagos Escobar on March 2, 1938, in Santiago, Chile, to Don Froilan Lagos, a ...