Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

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Eduardo Frei Ruiz–Tagle
Frei in 2017
31st President of Chile
In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2000
Preceded by	Patricio Aylwin
Succeeded by	Ricardo Lagos
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2014
Preceded by	Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux
Succeeded by	Alfonso de Urresti
Constituency	North Los Lagos Region
In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	María Elena Carrera
Constituency	East Santiago
President of the Senate of Chile
In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2008
Preceded by	Sergio Romero Pizarro
Succeeded by	Adolfo Zaldívar
Senator for life
In office 11 March 2000 – 11 March 2006
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942-06-24) 24 June 1942 (age 81) Santiago, Chile
Nationality	Chilean, Swiss
Political party	Christian Democratic
Spouse	Marta Larraechea Bolívar ​ ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	Verónica Cecilia Magdalena Catalina
Relatives	Carmen Frei (Sister)
Alma mater	University of Chile
Occupation	Civil engineer
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Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz–Tagle (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo alˈfɾeðo ˈxwam beɾˈnaɾðo ˈfɾej rwis ˈtaɣle]; born 24 June 1942) is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as president of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He was also a Senator, fulfilling the role of President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación coalition for the 2009 presidential election, but was narrowly defeated. His father was Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile from 1964 to 1970.

His presidency was marked by a consolidation of Chile's transition to democracy albeit the indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet in his last year of government heated up national politics. Economically, he oversaw a period of rapid economic growth that was only temporarily stunted by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

In the 2020s he has taken political positions different from those of the Christian Democratic Party aligning more with the views of centrist and right-wing parties in the constitutional referendums of 2022 and 2023.^[1]