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joaquín lavín

joaquín josé lavín infante -lrb- born 23 october 1953 -rrb- is a chilean politician and economist .
he is a member of the independent democratic union -lrb- udi -rrb- party and former mayor of santiago and las condes municipalities of capital santiago .
he ran for president twice in 1999 and 2005 , losing both times .
lavín was born in santiago and earned a master 's degree in economics from the university of chicago .
he wrote a book , `` una revolución silenciosa '' -lrb- `` a quiet revolution '' -rrb- , in support of general augusto pinochet 's economic policies .
he was also political editor of the conservative chilean daily `` el mercurio '' .
afterwards , in 1992 , lavín was elected mayor of las condes , a stronghold of the right , with 31 % of the vote and reelected in 1997 with 78 % of the vote .
lavín was the presidential candidate for the udi-national renewal coalition alliance for chile in the 1999 election .
he eventually lost to ps/ppd candidate ricardo lagos in a runoff by 200,000 votes .
lavín again represented udi in the 2005 presidential election , but ended in third place with 23.23 % of the vote , due the presence of another right-wing candidate in the race , sebastián piñera , who made it to the runoff election with 25.41 % of the vote .
lavín is a devout roman catholic and also a supernumerary member of the prealature of opus dei .
lavín was narrowly defeated in his bid for a senate seat in the general election held in december 2009 , but on 10 february 2010 , president-elect sebastián piñera named him secretary of education .
-lsb- http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18221:chile-pinera-names-new-cabinet&catid=54:presidential&itemid=140] in july 2011 , president piñera replaced lavín as minister of education by felipe bulnes as a response to the months of student protest and appointed him as minister of social development -lrb- 2011-2013 -rrb- .
