Ricardo Lagos Weber

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Ricardo Lagos Weber
Born (1962-02-21) February 21, 1962 (age 62)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Ricardo Andrés Lagos Weber (born February 21, 1962), son of former

United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement) and the European Union (European Union Association Agreement) as the head of the Foreign Ministry's Department of Trade Policy. He is a member of the Party for Democracy (PPD). Between March 2016 and March 2017 he was President of the Senate of Chile
.

Early life

Lagos Weber was born in the United States, the son of then-

Universidad de Chile
School of Law, receiving his Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences degree in 1985.

He continued his education at the

labor market. He began work on his doctorate in Economics at the University of Cambridge with a President of the Republic Scholarship (Beca Presidente de la República), which he applied for in 1990, but he returned to Chile to work in the Chilean section of the International Labour Organization
(ILO) and did not finish the doctorate program.

Political career

In 1995, he became the Chilean representative to the

APEC forum, conducting trade negotiations on economic cooperation. That same year he was part of a diplomatic team negotiating a free trade agreement between Canada and Chile. Lagoes Weber continued to negotiate trade agreements over the next few years.[1] Since the end of the 1990s, Lagos Weber served as the head of the department of Trade Policy of the World Trade Organization, under the Chilean Foreign Ministry's General Directorate of International Economic Relations (DIRECON).[2] In October, 1999, Lagos Weber left his WTO job to serve a major role in the presidential campaign of his father Ricardo Lagos.[3] In 2000, he traveled with President Lagos to Berlin to act as a panelist at the "Third Way" conference, speaking for Chile and his father's administration.[4] He subsequently became Director of Multilateral Economic Affairs in 2002, heading the General Directorate of International Economic Relations.[5]

Lagos Weber served as Chilean high representative for APEC during the summits of 2003 and 2004, and was the "main organizer" of the conference when Chile hosted APEC.[6][7] To this end, he was also a Senior Official for Chile, and the president of APEC's Senior Officials Meeting II prior to the conference.[8] Lagos Weber was a candidate for the congressional elections in December 2005, but withdrew his candidacy in August based on polls that suggested that, even with a 45% showing, he would not secure a seat under Chile's electoral rules.[9]

Ministership

Lagos Weber was a top campaign strategist in

spokesman, by President Michelle Bachelet, and he took office on March 11.[12]

In 2007, Bachelet announced that any cabinet members seeking to run in the upcoming elections would have to announce their resignation by January, 2008. With the popularity of the Bachelet administration at a low, and the

Ricardo Lagos Escobar.[15][16][17]

Senate

Lagos Weber is a member of the Senate of Chile for district V Valparaíso Region.[18] On 15 March 2016 he was elected President of the Senate, he succeeded Patricio Walker.[19] On 21 March 2017 he was succeeded by Andrés Zaldívar.[20]

References

  1. ^ Miguel Molina (June 15, 2001). "Los hijos que todos ven". BBC Mundo (BBC World Service) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. ^ Gustavo González (July 1, 2002). "TRADE: CHILE ELUDES ENVIRONMENTAL CLAUSES". Tierram rica. Inter Press Service.
  3. ^ "CURRENT EVENTS BRIEFS". CHIP News (The Chile Information Project). 1999-10-15.
  4. ^ "LAGOS JUNIOR BACK IN THE FRAY AND HAS HIS SAY ON GLOBALIZATION". Santiago Times. June 1, 2000.
  5. ^ Mark Mulligan (December 17, 2002). "Chile hails trade deal as finest moment: A bilateral agreement with the US should spur much-needed foreign investment and modernisation, reports Mark Mulligan". Financial Times (USA ed.). London, England. p. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY ; p. 8.
  6. ^ "Chile To Look for Consensus among APEC Members on Trade Problems". La Tercera. AII Data Processing Ltd. October 9, 2003.
  7. ^ Larry Rohter (April 28, 2004). "Chile, the Rich Kid on the Block (It Starts to Feel Lonely)". The New York Times. p. Section A; Column 3; Foreign Desk; p. 4.
  8. ^ Victor Mauricio Henriquez (APEC press release) (June 3, 2004). "APEC'S SOM II MEETING CONCLUDES, AS TRADE MINISTERS ARRIVE". Santiago Times.
  9. ^ "CHILE: Lagos's son withdraws from elections". Latinnews Daily. August 3, 2005.
  10. ^ Larry Rohter (December 11, 2005). "Chile Votes for President With a Woman Ahead and the Right Divided". The New York Times. p. Section 1; Column 1; Foreign Desk; p. 16.
  11. ^ "Chile's President-elect Bachelet sends president's son to Morales' inauguration in Bolivia". Associated Press. January 18, 2006.
  12. ^ Kate Joynes (January 31, 2006). "President-Elect Names Chilean Cabinet". World Markets Analysis.
  13. ^ "Chile's Bachelet hits more problems". Latinnews Daily. December 6, 2007.
  14. ^ Kate Joynes (December 7, 2007). "New Presidential Spokesperson Takes Office in Chile". Global Insight.
  15. ^ La Tercera (2007-12-05). "Ministro Ricardo Lagos Weber renuncia al gabinete" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  16. Emol (2007-12-05). "Bachelet acepta renuncia de Lagos Weber y pone a Francisco Vidal como vocero"
    (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  17. ^ Gobierno de Chile (2007-12-05). "Presidenta Bachelet acepta renuncia de Ministro Ricardo Lagos y designa en su reemplazo a Francisco Vidal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  18. ^ "Ricardo Lagos Weber" (in Spanish). Senate of Chile. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  19. ^ "Patricio Walker deja el cargo y Ricardo Lagos Weber asume como nuevo presidente del Senado" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  20. ^ "Andrés Zaldívar es ratificado como presidente del Senado" (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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Preceded by Minister Secretary-General
of Government
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
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