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Aylwin served from 1990 to 1994 and was succeeded by another Christian Democrat, [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]] (son of the previous President), leading the same coalition, for a 6-year term. Ricardo Lagos Escobar of the Socialist Party and the Party for Democracy led the Concertación to a narrower victory in 2000 presidential elections.
Aylwin served from 1990 to 1994 and was succeeded by another Christian Democrat, [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]] (son of the previous President), leading the same coalition, for a 6-year term. Ricardo Lagos Escobar of the Socialist Party and the Party for Democracy led the Concertación to a narrower victory in 2000 presidential elections.
During the ''Concertación'' Governments, Military personnel who fought terrorism were jailed unfairly using an old judicial system and without proof, these can be called the [[Military Political Prisioners of Chile|Military Political Prisioners]] that were destined to the [[Punta Peuco Jail]].
During the ''Concertación'' Governments, Military personnel who fought terrorism were jailed unfairly using an old judicial system and without proof, these can be called the [[Military Political Prisioners of Chile|Military Political Prisioners]] that were destined to the [[Punta Peuco Jail]]. Also during these Governments the private pension system was reformed to benefit the companies that manage pension funds by making the users assume the economic losses and increased the retirement age by approximately 20 years, which directly lowered pensions. This changes are the main factor of the problems in the system that can be reversed.
In September 2005, President [[Ricardo Lagos]] signed into law several constitutional amendments passed by Congress. These include eliminating the positions of appointed senators and senators for life, granting the President authority to remove the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces, and reducing the presidential term from six to four years.
In September 2005, President [[Ricardo Lagos]] signed into law several constitutional amendments passed by Congress. These include eliminating the positions of appointed senators and senators for life, granting the President authority to remove the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces, and reducing the presidential term from six to four years.