Manuel Jacques Parraguez, is a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an lawyer, academic and politician. He is President of the ''
Izquierda Cristiana
The Citizen Left Party of Chile ( es, Partido Izquierda Ciudadana de Chile, IC), known until 2013 as Christian Left Party of Chile ( es, Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile, same acronym) was a Chilean left-wing political party. Founded in 1971 ...
'' (Christian Left Party of Chile) and a professor at the
Universidad Bolivariana de Chile
The Bolivarian University of Chile (Spanish: Universidad Bolivariana de Chile) is a Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the clo ...
.
[Manuel Jacques Parraguez (2002), "Bajos los adoquines de la playa", ''Revista de la Universidad Bolivariana de Chile'' 1(3)]
For the
2005 Chilean presidential election he competed in the
primary election
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for the
Juntos Podemos Más
Juntos Podemos Más por Chile (Spanish literal: ''Together we can do more for Chile'', ''Podemos'' is an acronym of ''Po''der ''Demo''crático ''S''ocial, Spanish for ''Social Democratic Power'') was a political coalition created in 2003, consistin ...
electoral pact. The pact was ultimately represented by
Tomás Hirsch
Tomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt (born 19 July 1956) is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, winning 5.4% of the vote.
Biography
Hirsch wa ...
, who won around 5% of the vote.
References
Chilean scholars and academics
Chilean people of French descent
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Chilean lawyers
21st-century Chilean lawyers
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