Ricardo Israel

Ricardo Jacob Israel Zipper is a Chilean lawyer and academic. Israel was a candidate for President of Chile in 2013, representing the Regionalist Party of the Independents, but lost the election obtaining 0.57 per cent of the vote.

Education

Israel completed his university studies in 1981 at the Law Faculty of the University of Chile, becoming a lawyer. He has a master in Latin American Government and Politics, and a doctorate in political science at the University of Essex, and a degree in law at the University of Barcelona.

Personal life

Israel is married to Sara Cofré, has two children, and three grandsons.