My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
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We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty.
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| Birth: | 2nd March, 1938 |
| Nationality: | Chilean |
| Profession: | Economist, Lawyer |
About
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union candidate Joaquín Lavín. Lagos was the third president from the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have ruled Chile since 1990.
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