Felipe Ward | |
Birth Date: | 1972 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Office: | Minister of Housing & Urbanism |
Term Start: | 4 June 2020 |
Term End: | 11 March 2022 |
Predecessor: | Cristián Monckeberg |
Successor: | Carlos Montes Cisternas |
President: | Sebastián Piñera |
Office1: | Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency |
Term Start1: | 28 October 2018 |
Term End1: | 4 June 2020 |
Predecessor1: | Gonzalo Blumel[1] |
Successor1: | Claudio Alvarado |
Office2: | Minister of National Assets |
Term Start2: | 11 March 2018 |
Term End2: | 28 October 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Nivia Palma |
Successor2: | Julio Isamit |
Office3: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile |
Constituency3: | 3rd District (Calama, María Elena, Ollagüe, San Pedro de Atacama and Tocopilla) |
Term Start3: | 11 March 2006 |
Term End3: | 11 March 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Waldo Mora Longa |
Successor3: | Dissolution of the district |
Party: | Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Parents: | Carlos Ward María Teresa Edwards |
Spouse: | Andrea Moreno |
Children: | Four |
Felipe Andrés Ward Edwards (born 14 September 1972) is a Chilean politician and lawyer, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI).[2] Since 4 June 2020, he has served as Minister of Housing & Urbanism during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
Previously, he was Minister of National Assets (2018–2020) during Piñera's second government[3] [4] as well as Minister Secretary General of the Presidency (2019–2020).[5]