Manuel Jacques Parraguez, is a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an lawyer, academic and politician. He is President of the Izquierda Cristiana (Christian Left Party of Chile) and a professor at the Universidad Bolivariana de Chile.

For the 2005 Chilean presidential election he competed in the primary election

Primary election

A primary election is an election in which party members or voters select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election....

 for the Juntos Podemos Más

Juntos Podemos Más

Juntos Podemos Más por Chile is a political coalition created in 2003, consisting of the Communist Party of Chile, the Humanist Party, the Christian Left Party of Chile, and several other smaller left-wing organizations.The...

 electoral pact. The pact was ultimately represented by Tomás Hirsch

Tomás Hirsch

Tomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, winning 5.4% of the vote.- Biography :...

, who won around 5% of the vote.