Juan Carlos GarcÃa Pérez de Arce (born 3 January 1971) is a Chilean
architect
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and
politician
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who served as Chile's
Minister of Public Works
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from 2022 to 2023.
Biography
The son of Carlos Alberto GarcÃa Lazcano and MarÃa Isabel Pérez de Arce Antoncich, Juan Carlos earned a
BA in
architecture
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at the
Pontifical Catholic University of ValparaÃso
The Pontifical Catholic University of ValparaÃso () (PUCV), also known as ''Universidad Católica de ValparaÃso'' (UCV), is one of six Catholic universities in Chile and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with th ...
. Later, GarcÃa completed an
MA in urban management at the
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
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in
Paris, France
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.
He worked in the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, where he collaborated in the declaration of the
ValparaÃso
ValparaÃso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the ValparaÃso Region of Chile. ValparaÃso was originally named after ValparaÃso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...
commune as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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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
ValparaÃso Region
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.
Political career
He is a member of the
Liberal Party
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. In 2020, he participated in the
Broad Front gubernatorial primaries for the ValparaÃso Region, in which he was not elected.
On 21 January 2022, he was appointed Minister of Public Works by President-elect
Gabriel Boric
Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean politician and the President of Chile since 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies.
Boric first gained prom ...
. 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
External links
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Living people
1971 births
Chilean architects
21st-century Chilean politicians
Liberal Party of Chile (2013) politicians
Pontifical Catholic University of ValparaÃso alumni
École des Ponts ParisTech alumni
Ministers of public works of Chile