Ricardo Jacob Israel Zipper (born 7 October 1950) is a
Chilean lawyer and academician. Israel was a candidate for
President of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is re ...
in 2013, representing the
Regionalist Party of the Independents
The Independent Regionalist Party ( es, Partido Regionalista Independiente, PRI) was a centrist political party in Chile. The party was regionalist ideologically but had a nationwide presence. It was intended to be an alternative to the dominant ...
(PRI),
but lost the election obtaining 0.57 per cent of the vote.
Biography
Israel is married to Sara Cofré, has two children (Daniela and Igal), and three grandsons (Vicente, Julián, and Dalia). He completed his university studies in 1981 at the Law Faculty of the
University of Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. , becoming a lawyer. He has a master in Latin American Government and Politics, and a doctorate in political science at the
University of Essex
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, and a degree in law at the
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
.
References
External links
Curriculum Vitae
1950 births
Living people
University of Chile alumni
Alumni of the University of Essex
University of Barcelona alumni
Chilean political scientists
Chilean Jews
Academic staff of the University of Chile
University of Pittsburgh faculty
Academics of the University of Essex
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) faculty
University of Texas at Austin faculty
Independent Regionalist Party politicians
Candidates for President of Chile
People from Los Ángeles, Chile
Chilean political commentators
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