Juan Carlos Jobet

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jobet and the second or maternal family name is Eluchans.
Juan Carlos Jobet
Official portrait
Minister of Mining
In office
18 December 2020 – 11 March 2022
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byBaldo Prokurica
Succeeded byMarcela Hernando
Minister of Energy
In office
13 June 2019 – 11 March 2022
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded bySusana Jiménez Schuster
Succeeded byClaudio Huepe Minoletti
Minister of Labor and Social Provision
In office
24 July 2013 – 11 March 2014
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byEvelyn Matthei
Succeeded byJaviera Blanco
Personal details
Born (1975-10-14) 14 October 1975 (age 49)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyRenovación Nacional
Alma mater
ProfessionBusiness administrator

Juan Carlos Jobet Eluchans is a Chilean politician and former member of Renovación Nacional.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Between 2000 and 2010 Jobet worked at the company Asset.[4]

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.[3][dead link‍] Then, in 2010 he joined to political party Renovación Nacional.[2] 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.[2] He worked there until 12 November 2012.[5] 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.[1]

On 18 December 2020, he became the Minister of Mining under Sebastián Piñera.[6]

Other activities

  • P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "El regreso de Juan Carlos Jobet". La Tercera. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Juan Carlos Jobet, el brazo derecho de Hinzpeter". El Dinamo. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Juan Carlos Jobet". poderopedia.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Juan Carlos Jobet". assetchile.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Francisco Irarrázaval es el nuevo subsecretario de Vivienda y Urbanismo". Emol. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Sebastián Piñera nombra a Juan Carlos Jobet como nuevo biministro de Energía y Minería". La Tercera. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ^ Board of Directors P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030.
  8. ^ "Las redes del ministro que no pudo con los basureros". Publimetro. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.