Cristián Bowen
{{Short description|Chilean politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Cristián Bowen
| image = SUBSECRETARIO_CRISTIÁN_BOWEN_GARFIAS_MTT.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1980|4|18}}
| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
| office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
| constituency = 23rd District
| term_start = 11 March 2014
| term_end = 18 November 2016
| predecessor = Gloria Hutt
| successor = Carlos Melo
| party = Christian Democracy
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Engineer
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Chile|Harvard Kennedy School}}
| parents = Juan Bowen
María Garfias
| spouse = Alejandra Wormald
| children = Two
| relatives =
| footnotes =
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Cristián Andrés Bowen Garfias (Santiago, April 18, 1980) is a Chilean civil engineer and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).{{Cite web |title=Bowen Garfias Cristian – Anales de la República |url=https://anales.cl/bowen-garfias-cristian/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=El primer gabinete de Michelle Bachelet |url=https://www.emol.com/especiales/2014/actualidad/nacional/gabinete-bachelet/ministerio-transporte.asp |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.emol.com}} He served as Undersecretary of Transportation during the second government of President Michelle Bachelet, from 2014 to 2016.{{Cite web |date= |title=Subsecretario de Transportes – Gobierno de Chile |url=http://www.gob.cl/subsecretarios/transportes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201161730/http://www.gob.cl/subsecretarios/transportes/ |archive-date=2014-12-01 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.gob.cl}}
Family and studies
Born in Providencia, he is the son of programmer Juan Cristián Bowen del Valle and social worker, María Gabriela Garfias Alcérreca.
He studied industrial civil engineering and economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC) and then completed a master's degree in public administration at Harvard University, United States. He has been married to psychologist Alejandra Wormald Langdon since 2010, and they have twins.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-07 |title=Cristian Bowen |url=https://opinion.cooperativa.cl/opinion/cristian-bowen/2017-08-07/112123.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Radio Cooperativa}}
Public career
During 2005 he was executive director of the "Corporación Construyendo Futuro". From 2006 to 2007, during Michelle Bachelet's first government, he served as an advisor to the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT).
He also worked as a partner of Neoner, the Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Company, and as a board member and advisor on administrative and legislative matters. Later, he served as the executive director of "Fundación América Solidaria". From 2008 to 2010, he worked as a parliamentary advisor in the areas of Transport, Public Works, and Telecommunications.
In the municipal elections of 2012, he was candidate for mayor of the commune of Renca. He was part of Claudio Orrego's territorial team in the primary elections and later joined Michelle Bachelet's presidential campaign in the "Programmatic Commission of Transportation". He worked as an associate consultant for "CIS, Ingenieros Consultores" until 2014.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones; Autoridades |url=http://www.mtt.gob.cl/autoridades |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321235318/http://www.mtt.gob.cl/autoridades |archive-date=2016-03-21 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones}}
After Michelle Bachelet won the presidency, he served as Undersecretary of Transportation from March 11, 2014, until November 18, 2016, when President Bachelet made a cabinet change.{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-11-18 |title=Cristian Bowen deja la Subsecretaría de Transportes |url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/cristian-bowen-deja-subsecretaria-transportes |access-date=2024-04-10 |website= |language=es}}