Andrés Jouannet Explained

Andrés Jouannet
Birth Date:1967 7, df=y
Birth Place:Temuco, Chile
Office:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:11 March 2022
Constituency:23rd District
Office1:Minister of Justice
Term Start1:25 August 2015
Term End1:11 November 2016
Predecessor1:Francisco Huenchumilla
Successor1:Miguel Hernández Saffirio
Office2:Governor of Cautín Province
Term Start2:14 June 2008
Term End2:10 December 2008
Predecessor2:Yolanda Pérez
Successor2:Christian Dulansky
Party:Christian-Democracy (1984–2018)
Amarillos por Chile (2022–)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Historian

Andrés Alfonso Valderrama Jouannet (born 29 July 1967) is a Chilean school teacher, writer and politician currently serving in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from District 23 on the ticket of AMA party since 2022. He previously served as the mayor of Araucanía Region during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.[1] [2]

Career

Andrés Jouannet became a politician at the teen age of 17 when became active member of the Christian Democratic Youth of Chile. He was the president of the youth organization at the Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco and became close an ally of Gutenberg Martínez and Soledad Alvear. He served as a political secretary to former president Patricio Aylwin for five years. During the first government of President Michelle Bachelet he was appointed governor of the province of Cautín but resigned form the position in 2008 same he was appointed to run for the house of Deputies election in District 52 scoring 8,988 votes placing fourth position in the contest.[3] [4]

He was appointed to the second government of Bachelet in 2014 as an advisor on indigenous affairs in the Ministry of Interior and later appointed Mayor of the Araucanía Region on 25 August 2015, replacing Francisco Huenchumilla. He left this position in 2016 to run in the 2017 parliamentary election which he lost. He ran again in 2021 as an independent candidate supported by Radical Party scoring 3.35 per cent of the votes to win the seat.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amarillos por Chile pide llegar a acuerdos en proceso Constitucional: "Entiendan que tienen una cita con la historia" . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001005238/https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/amarillos-por-chile-acuerdos-proceso-constitucional-tienen-cita-historia_20230929/ . 2023-10-01 . 2023-11-15 . CNN Chile . es.
  2. Web site: Andrés Jouannet: "Lo que ha ocurrido respecto de las pensiones de gracia no tiene nombre y tienen que ver con la política de seguridad errática del gobierno (…) Esta es una señal muy mala para el país" . 2023-11-15 . facebook.com/RadioDuna . es.
  3. Web site: Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados - Chile . 2023-11-15 . camara.cl . es-CL.
  4. Web site: 2023-04-25 . Andrés Jouannet de Amarillos por Chile: "Falta en el Interior gente que sepa en materia de seguridad " . 2023-11-15 . Radio Infinita . es.
  5. Web site: Amarillos descarta propuesta de Piñera: "Es difícil que terminemos haciendo alianza con algunos de los extremos" . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115150542/https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/amarillos-descarta-alianza-propuesta-por-pinera_20230806/ . 2023-11-15 . 2023-11-15 . CNN Chile . es.
  6. Web site: Diputado Andrés Jouannet (IND) por dichos de general Iturriaga: "No es algo que sea atentatorio contra el Estado" « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile . 2023-11-15 . radio.uchile.cl . es-ES.