Jaime Bellolio

Jaime Bellolio
Official portrait in 2018
Mayor of Providencia
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 December 2024
Preceded byEvelyn Matthei
Ministry General Secretariat of the Government
In office
28 July 2020 – 11 March 2022
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byCecilia Pérez
Succeeded byCamila Vallejo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 2018 – 28 July 2020
Preceded byCreation of the district
Succeeded byNora Cuevas[1]
Constituency14th District
In office
11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018
Preceded byJosé Antonio Kast
Succeeded byCreation of the district
Unión Demócrata Independiente Assistant Secretary General
In office
30 March 2012 – 10 May 2014
Preceded byFelipe Salaberry
Succeeded byPablo Terrazas
President of the Federation of Students of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
In office
2002–2003
Preceded byEnrique Álvarez
Succeeded byJulio Pertuzé
Personal details
Born (1980-11-29) 29 November 1980
Santiago, Chile
PartyIndependent Democratic Union (UDI)
Spouse
Teresita Zalaquett
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(m. 2006)​
ChildrenFour
Parent(s)Jaime Bellolio Rodríguez
Margarita Avaria
RelativesBlas Bellolio (grandfather)
Álvaro Bellolio (brother)
Cristóbal Bellolio (cousin)[2]
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusiness runner
Public Administrator

Jaime Andrés Bellolio Avaria (born 29 November 1980) is a Chilean engineer and politician, militant from Independent Democratic Union (UDI), who currently serves as Mayor of Providencia. He has also served as deputy of the Republic from March 2014 to 2020, and as Minister Secretary General of the Government during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).[3][4]

He began his parliamentary career aged 34 being elected as a deputy for the then 30th district of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. Previously, he was president of the Students Federation of the Catholic University of Chile (FEUC; 2002–2003).[5]

Member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party.[6] He served as a Deputy of the Republic for the former 30th district of the Metropolitan Region, from 11 March 2014 to 11 March 2018.[6] He later held the same office representing the new district No. 14, between March 2018 and July 2020.

From 28 July 2020 to 11 March 2022, he served as Ministry Secretary General of Government under the second government of President Sebastián Piñera.[7]

Biography

Family and Education

He was born on 29 November 1980, in Santiago, the son of public accountant and business runner[8] Jaime Bellolio Rodríguez (PUC) and Margarita María Avaria Benapres (b. 1954).[9]

His grandfather, Blas Bellolio Zappettini, was a senator for the Seventh Provincial Assembly of Ñuble, Concepción, and Arauco between 1953 and 1961. His brother, Álvaro, was head of the Department of Immigration and Migration (DEM) from March 2018 to 2021, being the last to hold that position.[10]

His first cousin, Cristóbal Bellolio, of liberal persuasion,[11][12] is a lawyer, political scientist, and PhD in political philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC).[13]

In 1998, he graduated from secondary education at the Cordillera School in Las Condes, where he served as president of the Student Council. He later entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), earning a degree in commercial engineering.[6] Thanks to a scholarship, he completed a master’s degree in public policy at the University of Chicago (United States), specializing in education, health, public safety, and transportation.[6]

Marriage and Children

He has been married since 2006 to Teresita Zalaquett Jiménez, with whom he has four children: Jaime, Raimundo, Vicente, and León.[14]

Professional Career

In 2005, he joined the Jaime Guzmán Foundation, working on education and public policy issues, serving as deputy director. He later coordinated the program “Youth in the Service of Chile,” a position he held until 2007. In 2008, he worked as a consultant for the Education Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Santiago.[6]

In the academic field, between 2005 and 2012, he was an associate assistant professor at PUC and a postgraduate professor in the Master of Public Policy program at the University for Development (UDD).[6] After completing his term as Minister of State in March 2022, he joined the new Territorial Coexistence Observatory at the Andrés Bello University.[15]

Political Career

At the Pontifical Catholic University, he was active in student leadership as a member of the Guildist Movement (MGUC).[6] He served as counselor, president of his faculty, and president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Students Federation (FEUC) in 2003, a board that also included Arturo Squella as secretary general. In 2004, he was named one of the “100 Young Leaders” by El Sábado magazine of the El Mercurio newspaper.[6]

He is a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party, where he served as deputy secretary between 2012 and 2014. He was also chief of staff to then-deputy José Antonio Kast (during the 2006–2010 term).[6]

In the 2013 parliamentary elections, he was elected as a deputy for the former 30th district of the Metropolitan Region, representing the UDI (within the Chile Vamos coalition), for the 2014–2018 legislative term.[6] He served on the standing committees on Economy, Development, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Consumer Protection and Tourism; Education; and Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples.[6]

In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected, this time for the new 14th district of the same region, for the 2018–2022 term.[6] He served on the standing committees on Education and Health.[6]

In parallel, in 2018, he was honored by the University of Chicago with the “Rising Star Award.”[6] However, on 28 July 2020, he ended his parliamentary term early to take on the position of Minister Secretary General of Government, appointed by President Sebastián Piñera.[16] To fill his seat in the Chamber of Deputies, the UDI leadership appointed mayor of San Bernardo Nora Cuevas.[17]

In October 2024, Jaime Bellolio ran for mayor of the Providencia commune in the municipal elections, being elected with 59.39% of the votes.[18]

References

  1. ^ "UDI designa a Nora Cuevas y Claudio Alvarado como los reemplazos de Jaime Bellolio y Víctor Pérez en el Congreso" (in Spanish). Radio Agricultura. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Cristóbal Bellolio: "Puede que el liberalismo no tenga las mejores respuestas para los problemas que vienen"". La Tercera (in Spanish). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Diputado 'liberal' de la UDI y disidente de Van Rysselberghe: el perfil del nuevo vocero de Gobierno". La Tercera (in Spanish). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Felicitamos a Jaime Bellolio: Nuevo Ministro Secretario General de Gobierno" (in Spanish). Jaime Guzmán Foundation. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Ex presidentes de la FEUC defienden a rector Sánchez por postura anti aborto". El Dínamo (in Spanish). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Parliamentary Biographical Profiles; Jaime Andrés Bellolio Avaria". Library of the National Congress of Chile. 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ ""Liberal" UDI deputy and dissident of Van Rysselberghe: the profile of the new government spokesperson". La Tercera. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Fundación de Vida Rural: Board of Directors". www.fvrpuc.cl. n.d. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Chilean Genealogy Network: Margarita María Avaria Benapres". www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl. n.d. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Brother of Minister Jaime Bellolio appointed by Piñera as Director of the National Migration Service". El Desconcierto. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Cristóbal Bellolio: "Liberalism may not have the best answers for the problems to come"". La Tercera. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio. "La Segunda.com". LaSegunda.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Cristóbal Bellolio - School of Government, profile". www.gobierno.uai.cl. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Annals of the Republic; Jaime Bellolio Avaria". www.anales.cl. 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  15. ^ "The landing in academia of Piñera's cabinet". La Tercera. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Víctor Pérez, Mario Desbordes, Andrés Allamand, and Jaime Bellolio join the new cabinet". El Líbero. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  17. ^ "UDI confirms that Claudio Alvarado and Nora Cuevas will occupy seats in Congress after cabinet change". Radio Bío-Bío. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  18. ^ Rosales, Francisco (27 October 2024). "Bellolio succeeds Matthei and Desbordes takes "the mother of all battles": Chile Vamos' major victories in the 2024 elections". El Dínamo. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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