Ricardo Israel

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|name = Ricardo Israel

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|caption = Israel in 2013.

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|07}}

|birth_place = Los Ángeles, Chile

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|birthname = Ricardo Jacob Israel Zipper

|party = Regionalist Party of the Independents

|spouse = Sara Cofré

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|children = 2

|residence = Santiago, Chile

|alma_mater = University of Chile

|occupation = Lawyer

|known_for = Candidate for President of Chile (2013)

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|website = [http://ricardoisraelpresidente2014.blogspot.com/ Ricardo Israel 2014]

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Ricardo Jacob Israel Zipper (born 7 October 1950) is a Chilean lawyer and academic. Israel was a candidate for President of Chile in 2013, representing the Regionalist Party of the Independents (PRI),{{cite web|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/pri/pri-proclamo-a-ricardo-israel-como-candidato-a-la-presidencia/2013-07-20/143941.html|title=PRI proclamó a Ricardo Israel como candidato a la presidencia|work=Cooperativa|date=20 July 2013|access-date=20 July 2013}} 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, 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.