Pedro Aguirre Cerda

If there is one person that I admire a lot, it is Pedro Aguirre Cerda, he was a Chilean politician, educator and lawyer. He was born on February 6, 1879 and died on November 25, 1941. He was a deputy between 1915 to 1921 and a senator from 1921 to 1927 and president of the republic from 1938 to 1941, dying when he still had 3 years to his presidential term.

From his beginnings in politics he worried about the lower and middle class of the country, this was when he assumed as president, a period in which he promoted and sought to strengthen public education, He was in favor of increasing women's rights (the right to vote, for example). Furthermore, it created CORFO in an attempt to industrialize the country to generate better development conditions for people.

I especially like his person because he showed that he wanted to work for people, which is the purpose of every public servant. Their mottos include "To govern is to educate" and "Bread, roof and coat". The affection that people felt for him led him to receive two nicknames: "Don tinto" and "The president of the poor".