Juan Carlos Jobet Eluchans is a Chilean politician and former member of Renovación Nacional. 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

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. He has a master's degree in Business Administration and Public Administration from

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. Between 2000 and 2010 Jobet worked at the company Asset.

Political career

Between 2013 and 2014, Jobet served as Minister of Labor and Social Security during President

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'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

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, of a think tank called Horizontal. Then, in 2010 he joined to political party Renovación Nacional. At Sebastián Piñera's first government beginning, he assumed as Chief of Staff of then

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. On 29 July 2011, he was appointed Undersecretary of Housing. He worked there until 12 November 2012. On 24 July 2013, he assumed as Minister of Labor and Social Security of Chile following

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) 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

Other activities

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

Personal life

In 2004 Jobet married the historian Luz María Díaz de Valdés Herrera, daughter of the lawyer and former

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's president Manuel Díaz de Valdés. He had two daughters with her.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jobet, Juan Carlos 1975 births Living people Ministers of mining of Chile Harvard Kennedy School alumni National Renewal (Chile) politicians Politicians from Santiago, Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Ministers of energy of Chile Harvard Business School alumni