Jaime Ravinet

Jaime Ravinet
Jaime Ravinet
	Jaime Ravinet, in 2004
Minister of Defense
	In office; 11 March 2010 – 13 January 2011
President	Sebastián Piñera
Preceded by	Francisco Vidal
Succeeded by	Andrés Allamand
	In office; 29 September 2004 – 11 March 2006
President	Ricardo Lagos
Preceded by	Michelle Bachelet
Succeeded by	Vivianne Blanlot
Minister for Housing, Urban Planning and National Property
	In office; 29 December 2000 – 29 September 2004
President	Ricardo Lagos
Mayor of Santiago
	In office; 11 March 1990 – 6 December 2000
Preceded by	Máximo Honorato
Succeeded by	Joaquín Lavín
Personal details
Born	Jaime Nicolás Ravinet de la Fuente; 17 October 1946 (age 78); Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile
Political party	Christian Democratic Party; (1961−2010)
Education	University of Chile; Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Lawyer

Jaime Nicolás Ravinet de la Fuente (born 17 October 1946), is a Chilean politician, lawyer, academic and businessman. From 1990 to 2000 he was Mayor of Santiago, before becoming the Minister for Housing, Urban Planning and National Property in 2001, a position he held until 2004. He then became the Minister for Defence until 11 March 2006. In February 2010 he was re-appointed as Minister of Defence by president-elect Sebastián Piñera^[1] but Ravinet resigned on 13 January 2011 after suggesting that the Chilean armed forces might be reluctant to help during humanitarian crises if that forced them to provide information about their expenses.^[2]

He was born into a middle-class family, the eldest son of engineer Alfredo Ravinet and Alicia de la Fuente Larenas, who was Ravinet's second wife. He was educated at Santiago College, San Ignacio College and finally the University of Chile, where he studied law. He married political scientist Ximena Lyon Parot in January 1974, and has three children.

References

^ "Designación de Ravinet en Defensa centró el anuncio del gabinete de Piñera" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
^ "Chile's Pinera reshuffles cabinet, keeps Larrain". Reuters. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

External links

Media related to Jaime Ravinet at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Designación de Ravinet en Defensa centró el anuncio del gabinete de Piñera" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

[2] "Chile's Pinera reshuffles cabinet, keeps Larrain". Reuters. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

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