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Lagos was the third president from the centre-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have governed Chile since 1990. He was succeeded on 11 March 2006 by Socialist Michelle Bachelet, from the same coalition. From 2007 to 2010 he served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Lagos made an unsuccessful bid to run for president in the 2017 Chilean general election.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"2 March 1938","date":"1938-03-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Santiago","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2887"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Chile","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Party for Democracy (since 1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1759292","start":"1987"},{"text":"Socialist Party of Chile (1962–1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q823648","start":"1962","end":"1987"},{"text":"Radical Party (1958–1961)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1759368","start":"1958","end":"1961"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Duke University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168751"},{"text":"University of Chile - 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Retrato Oficial Presidente Ricardo Lagos Escobar, 2000 (cropped) 3 x 4.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 3.0 cl.","cite":"\"Ricardo Lagos\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ricardo-lagos. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:57:45Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ricardo-lagos","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ricardo-lagos","ne":null}}