Felipe Ward
{{Short description|Chilean lawyer and politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Ward|Edwards|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Felipe Ward
| image = FELIPE WARD.jpg
| caption = Official portrait (2018)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|9|14}}
| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
| office = Minister of Housing & Urbanism
| term_start = 4 June 2020
| term_end = 11 March 2022
| predecessor = Cristián Monckeberg
| successor = Carlos Montes Cisternas
| president = Sebastián Piñera
| office1 = Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency
| term_start1 = 28 October 2018
| term_end1 = 4 June 2020
| predecessor1 = Gonzalo Blumel{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/estos-los-nuevos-ministros-llegaron-al-gabinete-pinera/880950/|title=Quiénes llegaron y quiénes se van: Así quedó conformado el nuevo gabinete de Piñera|date=29 October 2018|publisher=La Tercera|accessdate=17 July 2021|language=es}}
| successor1 = Claudio Alvarado
| office2 = Minister of National Assets
| term_start2 = 11 March 2018
| term_end2 = 28 October 2019
| predecessor2 = Nivia Palma
| successor2 = Julio Isamit
| office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
| constituency3 = 3rd District (Calama, María Elena, Ollagüe, San Pedro de Atacama and Tocopilla)
| term_start3 = 11 March 2006
| term_end3 = 11 March 2018
| predecessor3 = Waldo Mora Longa
| successor3 = Dissolution of the district
| party = Independent Democratic Union (UDI)
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Universidad de Los Andes (BA)}}
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Lawyer
| parents = Carlos Ward
María Teresa Edwards
| spouse = Andrea Moreno
| children = Four
| relatives =
| footnotes =
}}
Felipe Andrés Ward Edwards (born 14 September 1972) is a Chilean politician and lawyer, militant from Independent Democratic Union (UDI).{{Cite web|url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2020/07/28/actualidad/1595946424_163972.html|title=Cambio de Gabinete de Piñera hoy: Víctor Pérez, Andrés Allamand y Mario Desbordes asumen y quiénes salen|date=28 July 2020|accessdate=17 July 2021|publisher=AS Chile|language=es}} Since 4 June 2020, he has served as Minister of Housing & Urbanism during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
Previously, he was Minister of National Assets (2018–2020) during Piñera's second government{{Cite web|url=https://radio.uchile.cl/2018/01/23/la-lista-de-los-23-nombres-que-acompanan-a-pinera-en-su-primer-gabinete-presidencial/|title=La lista de los 23 nombres que acompañarán a Piñera en su primer gabinete|date=23 January 2018|accessdate=17 July 2021|publisher=Radio Universidad de Chile|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diarioconcepcion.cl/politica/2020/06/04/felipe-ward-es-nombrado-nuevo-ministro-de-vivienda-y-urbanismo.html|title=Felipe Ward es nombrado nuevo ministro de Vivienda y Urbanismo|date=4 June 2020|accessdate=17 July 2021|publisher=Diario de Concepción|language=es}} as well as Minister Secretary General of the Presidency (2019–2020).{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/pinera-realiza-tercer-mas-profundo-cambio-segundo-gobierno-remueve-ministros-politicos-gonzalo-blumel-debuta-interior/879965/|title=Piñera realiza profundo cambio de gabinete y remueve a los jefes de los equipos político y económico: Gonzalo Blumel debuta en Interior e Ignacio Briones en Hacienda|date=28 October 2019|accessdate=17 July 2021|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}
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External links
- {{Twitter|FelipeWard}}
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Category:University of the Andes, Chile alumni
Category:Independent Democratic Union politicians
Category:Deputies of the LII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
Category:Deputies of the LIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
Category:Deputies of the LIV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
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