Juan Carlos Jobet
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Jobet|Eluchans|lang=Spanish}}
{{Short description|Chilean politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Juan Carlos Jobet
| image = JUAN CARLOS JOBET.jpg
| caption = Official portrait
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|10|14}}
| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
| office = Minister of Mining
| president = Sebastián Piñera
| term_start = 18 December 2020
| term_end = 11 March 2022
| predecessor = Baldo Prokurica
| successor = Marcela Hernando
| office1 = Minister of Energy
| president1 = Sebastián Piñera
| term_start1 = 13 June 2019
| term_end1 = 11 March 2022
| predecessor1 = Susana Jiménez Schuster
| successor1 = Claudio Huepe Minoletti
| office2 = Minister of Labor and Social Provision
| president2 = Sebastián Piñera
| term_start2 = 24 July 2013
| term_end2 = 11 March 2014
| predecessor2 = Evelyn Matthei
| successor2 = Javiera Blanco
| party = Renovación Nacional
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA)|Harvard University (MA)}}
| profession = Business administrator
}}
Juan Carlos Jobet Eluchans is a Chilean politician and former member of Renovación Nacional.{{cite web |url=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/noticia/regreso-juan-carlos-jobet/697767/ |title=El regreso de Juan Carlos Jobet |work=La Tercera|date=13 June 2019|accessdate=5 May 2020}} He was the Minister of Mining of Chile between 2020 and 2022.
Early life and career
Jobet is the son of Juan Carlos Jobet Sotomayor and the journalist Celia Eluchans. He is also a nephew of Edmundo Eluchans Urenda.
Jobet studied commercial engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has a master's degree in Business Administration and Public Administration from Harvard University.{{cite web|url=http://www.poderopedia.org/personas/Juan_Carlos_Jobet|title=Juan Carlos Jobet|work=poderopedia.org|accessdate=24 July 2013|archive-date=28 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728084348/http://www.poderopedia.org/personas/Juan_Carlos_Jobet|url-status=dead}}
Between 2000 and 2010 Jobet worked at the company Asset.{{cite web|url=http://www.assetchile.com/es/testimonios/juan-carlos-jobet/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724231644/http://www.assetchile.com/es/testimonios/juan-carlos-jobet/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2013|title=Juan Carlos Jobet|work=assetchile.com|accessdate=24 July 2013}}
Political career
Between 2013 and 2014, Jobet served as Minister of Labor and Social Security during President Sebastián Piñera's first government. On 13 June 2019, he was appointed Minister of Energy during Piñera's second government.
Jobet entered politics with his incorporation into the organization Independientes en Red, created by Cristina Bitar. Later, he was founder, along with Felipe Kast, of a think tank called Horizontal.{{dead link|date=May 2020}} Then, in 2010 he joined to political party Renovación Nacional.{{cite web |url=http://www.eldinamo.cl/pais/2011/02/02/el-asesor-sin-rostro-sepa-quien-es-el-brazo-derecho-de-hinzpeter/ |title=Juan Carlos Jobet, el brazo derecho de Hinzpeter |work=El Dinamo |date=2 February 2011 |accessdate=5 May 2015 }} At Sebastián Piñera's first government beginning, he assumed as Chief of Staff of then Minister of the Interior Rodrigo Hinzpeter. On 29 July 2011, he was appointed Undersecretary of Housing. He worked there until 12 November 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2012/11/12/569229/francisco-irarrazaval-es-el-nuevo-subsecretario-de-vivienda-y-urbanismo.html |title=Francisco Irarrázaval es el nuevo subsecretario de Vivienda y Urbanismo |work=Emol |date=12 November 2012 |accessdate=24 July 2013}} On 24 July 2013, he assumed as Minister of Labor and Social Security of Chile following Evelyn Matthei (UDI) resignation. He remained in the charge until the end of Piñera's government.
On 13 June 2019, Jobet was appointed Minister of Energy during Piñera's second government. He replaced Susana Jiménez.
On 18 December 2020, he became the Minister of Mining under Sebastián Piñera.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Sebastián Piñera nombra a Juan Carlos Jobet como nuevo biministro de Energía y Minería |url=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/noticia/juan-carlos-jobet-se-convertira-en-biministro-de-mineria-y-energia/I72S2VL4PBENNDJGOWJKK7QF4M/ |access-date=2021-06-02 |website=La Tercera}}
Other activities
- P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)[https://p4gpartnerships.org/content/about-p4g#ac-p4g-board-of-directors Board of Directors] P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030.
Personal life
In 2004 Jobet married the historian Luz María Díaz de Valdés Herrera, daughter of the lawyer and former Club Deportivo Universidad Católica's president Manuel Díaz de Valdés. He had two daughters with her.{{cite web |url=http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/politico/las-redes-del-ministro-que-no-pudo-con-los-basureros/xIQmha!0Kys3aqY1Co/ |title=Las redes del ministro que no pudo con los basureros |work=Publimetro |date=1 August 2013 |accessdate=5 May 2015 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518120541/http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/politico/las-redes-del-ministro-que-no-pudo-con-los-basureros/xIQmha!0Kys3aqY1Co/ |url-status=dead }}
References
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