Omar Jara Explained

Omar Jara
Birth Date:1965 1, df=y
Birth Place:Valparaíso, Chile
Office:General Undesecretary of the Government
Term Start:26 October 2016
Term End:11 March 2018
Predecessor:Miguel Candia Irarrázaval
Successor:Emardo Hantelmann
Office1:Governor of Valparaíso Province
Term Start1:26 October 2016
Term End1:11 March 2018
Predecessor1:José Pedro Núñez
Office2:President of the Playa Ancha University Students Federation
Term Start2:1984
Term End2:1986
Predecessor2:Creation of the position
Successor2:Yasna Provoste
Party:Christian Democratic Party
Occupation:Politician
Scholar
Profession:Teacher of History
Political Scientist (International relations)

Omar Leonel Jara Aravena (born 1965) is a Chilean teacher and political scientist.

He was provincial governor of Valparaíso during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.[1]

Early life

Jara studied Pedagogy in History and Geography at the Playa Ancha University, standing out as the first president of its student federation. Later, he completed a master's degree in international relations at the Ortega y Gasset Institute of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Political career

During the Concertación governments (1990−2010), he worked for the State of Chile forming part, for example, of the Program for the Improvement of the Quality of Education («MECE-Media») of the Ministry of Education. Later, he moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the first government of Michelle Bachelet (2006−2010), first as staff chief of the Minister Mariano Fernández and then as attaché at the Chilean Embassy in Spain.

During the mayor's office of Aldo Cornejo in Valparaíso (2004−2008), he served as administrator in the municipality and the University of Valparaíso (then he returned in 2016[2]). Similarly, in this term he worked for the Consortium of State Universities.

Bachelet's second term

As soon as Michelle Bachelet assumed again as president, Jara was appointed as governor of the Valparaíso Province on 11 March 2014, same day of the same day of the presidential succession.[3]

On 7 December 2015, he went through a very difficult time when he decided to suspend a defining match between Colo-Colo and Santiago Wanderers[4] [5] [6] [7] for the 2015 Torneo Apertura after riots by hooligans from both teams in the first five minutes of game.[8] [9]

In early 2016, he resigned to his position of governor to contest the municipal primary of the Nueva Mayoría for the mayor of Valparaíso. Nevertheless, he was defeated by the singer DJ Méndez, who was supported by the centre-leftist Party for Democracy (PPD). Time after this, on 26 October 2016, he was appointed as Undersecretary General of the Government by Bachelet.[10] [11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Omar Jara, el polémico ex gobernador que asume como subsecretario en la Segegob. Canal 13. 26 October 2016. 12 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Presidente de TVN y gobernador Omar Jara se incorporan a la Junta Directiva de la Universidad de Valparaíso. El Martutino. 26 October 2016. 15 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Cuatro DC, dos PPD, un PS, un PC entre los futuros gobernadores de la Región de Valparaíso. SoyChile. 11 March 2014. 15 November 2021.
  4. Web site: "El partido no se juega": Gobernación de Valparaíso suspendió fecha entre Colo Colo y Santiago Wanderers. El Mostrador. 7 December 2015. 15 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Gobernador Valparaíso: ayer la ciudad se la tomó la delincuencia. Canal 13. 7 December 2015. 15 November 2021.
  6. Web site: Gobernador de Valparaíso rechazó autorizar partido entre Wanderers y Colo Colo. 24 Horas. 7 December 2015. 15 November 2011.
  7. Web site: Gobernador de Valparaíso no autorizó duelo entre Wanderers y Colo Colo por amenazas. Goal.com. 7 December 2015. 15 November 2011.
  8. Web site: Suspenden partido Colo Colo Wanderers en Valparaíso por batalla campal de hinchas en la cancha. El Mostrador. 6 December 2015. 15 November 2021.
  9. Web site: Partido entre S. Wanderers y Colo Colo fue suspendido por graves incidentes entre barras. Radio Cooperativa. 6 December 2015. 15 November 2021.
  10. Web site: Presidenta nombra a ex gobernador Omar Jara como Subsecretario General de Gobierno. Epicentro Chile. 26 October 2016. 15 November 2021.
  11. Web site: Un candidato a alcalde derrotado y un ex asesor legislativo: El perfil de los nuevos subsecretarios del Gobierno. Emol. 26 October 2016. 15 November 2021.
  12. Web site: Cambio de elenco por goteo: Bachelet remueve ocho subsecretarios y jefes de servicio. El Mostrador. 26 October 2016. 15 November 2021.