Alejandro Lagos

Alejandro Lagos Rivera (26 March 1894 –?) was a Chilean lawyer, professor, and politician, and a member of the Radical Party (PR). He served as a minister of state during the administration of President Gabriel González Videla.

Family and education

Lagos was born in Santiago on 26 March 1894, the son of Mauricio Lagos Letelier and Mercedes Rivera Valenzuela. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana. He then studied at the Faculty of Law, University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1919 with the thesis Procede de oficio la declaración del concurso de acreedores, en el caso del n° 2 del artículo 690 del Código de Procedimiento Civil.

Professional career

Lagos began his professional career as a filing clerk in the Judicial Service of the State Railway Company (EFE). From 1920 to 1927, he served as secretary of the provincial government of Magallanes. Concurrently, from 1923 to 1928, he taught civics at the local girls' secondary school.

He also worked as legal counsel for several institutions and companies, including Sociedad Menéndez Behety, Compañía Chilena Naval Interoceánica, Sociedad Rural de Chile, and the Sociedad Cinematográfica y Teatral de Punta Arenas. He also contributed to the local press and served as vice-president of the Club de Magallanes, as well as a director of the Club Hípico de Santiago and the Sociedad Valle de Chacabuco.

Political career

Lagos was a member of the Radical Party (PR), in which he served as first vice-president, and was a founder of the party's Punta Arenas assembly. During the administration of President Juan Antonio Ríos, also a Radical, he was appointed Intendant of Magallanes on 2 April 1942. He served in that position until 7 June 1943, when he was appointed Minister of Lands and Colonization, a post he held until 1 September of the same year.