Juan Carlos García Pérez de Arce (born 3 January 1971) is a Chilean

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and

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who served as Chile's

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from 2022 to 2023.

Biography

The son of Carlos Alberto García Lazcano and María Isabel Pérez de Arce Antoncich, Juan Carlos earned a BA in

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at the

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. Later, García completed an MA in urban management at the

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. He worked in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, where he collaborated in the declaration of the

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

commune as a

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. He has also been an advisor to the Production Development Corporation, where he promoted programs that aimed to encourage private investment in the

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Political career

He is a member of the

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. In 2020, he participated in the Broad Front gubernatorial primaries for the Valparaíso Region, in which he was not elected. On 21 January 2022, he was appointed Minister of Public Works by President-elect

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. He took office on 11 March 2022. On 11 March 2023, he was succeeded by Jessica López Saffie.

Personal life

He is married to Xochitl Poblete, with whom he has two children.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Perez de Arce, Juan Carlos Living people 1971 births Chilean architects 21st-century Chilean politicians Liberal Party of Chile (2013) politicians Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso alumni École des Ponts ParisTech alumni Ministers of public works of Chile