The Best in my Area

The person I chose is Ricardo Lagos. Although he didn’t study Public Administration he hold a high public office.

Ricardo Lagos Escobar studied Law and Economics. Before becoming a politician, he worked as a teacher at University of North Carolina and after that he was named director of the institute of economy at Universidad de Chile.

He began his political career in the 1980’s. He belongs to the socialist party. During the dictatorship he strongly opposed to it. Many years later he was named minister of Public Works. He was highly respected as politician and he decided to run for the presidency of Chile in the year 2000.

Among the polemic points of his government could be mentioned the Mapuche’s conflict and territorial recoveries; his action in problems of environmental nature; and the preparation of certain reforms, which were implemented in the following government, of Michelle Bachelet.