Manuel Lajo Lazo (born 12 April 1949) is a

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vian politician who served as a

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from 1995 to 2000. Born in

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, he was educated at the University of Chile where he read Economics, and at the

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where he completed his PhD in 1987 as a

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. He joined the Advisory Board of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in 1989. He later served as the Director of the New Economy and Society Studies Center (Cenes). He has been appointed professor at the University of Chile and Catholic University of Lima and is an associate member of the University of Cambridge. He is the author of a dozen books mainly related to the agrarian issue.

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1949 births Living people University of Chile alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru {{Peru-politician-stub