| Jovino Novoa | |
| Office1: | President of the Senate of Chile |
| Term Start1: | 11 March 2009 |
| Term End1: | 11 March 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrés Zaldívar |
| Successor1: | Jorge Pizarro |
| Office2: | Member of the Senate of Chile |
| Constituency2: | 7th Circunscription, (Santiago Poniente) |
| Term Start2: | 11 March 1998 |
| Term End2: | 11 March 2014 |
| Predecessor2: | Miguel Otero Lathrop |
| Successor2: | Andrés Allamand |
| Office3: | General Undersecretary of the Republic of Chile |
| Term Start3: | 1 June 1979 |
| Term End3: | 1 June 1982 |
| Predecessor3: | Mario Ríos Santander |
| Successor3: | Mario Messen García |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Death Place: | Frutillar, Chile[1] |
| Alma Mater: | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Unión Demócrata Independiente (1988–2021) |
Enrique Manuel Jovino Novoa Vásquez (31 March 1945 – 1 June 2021) was a Chilean politician. He was a member of the Senate of Chile (1998–2014) and was the president of the Senate of Chile (2009–2010).[2]
He served as General Undersecretary of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship from 1979 to 1982.[3]
Unlike many others in his party, the Independent Democratic Union, Novoa was not religious and considered himself agnostic, and at times he voiced support several pro-choice positions.[4] Likewise, within the UDI he achieved to establish the dominance of his liberal-conservative faction,[5] which coexisted with Pablo Longueira's social-conservative current.[6] [7] This last one had as its characteristic the political work in poor sectors,[6] whereas Novoa's faction was concentrated in the relation with businessmen,[6] the empowerment of think tanks like Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD)[7] or the training of then young or students' leaders from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC)[6] like Jaime Bellolio or Javier Macaya.[6]
In 2015, he was sentenced for tax crimes related to the Penta and SQM cases.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Six years later, Novoa died on 1 June 2021, aged 76, from emphysema.[14] [15] [16]