Ministry of Labor and Social Security
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Jeannette Jara Román
Born on April 23, 1974, in the municipality of Conchalí, Minister Jeanette Jara Román studied public administration at the Universidad de Santiago (USACH) and has a law degree from the Universidad Central. She is currently completing her master’s in public policy and management at USACH.
During the second period of President Michelle Bachelet (2014-2018), she served as social security undersecretary.
She has had an outstanding career as a student and social leader. She was president of the Student Federation at the Universidad de Santiago (FEUSACH) and later, while working in public administration at the Chilean Internal Revenue Service (SII), she was a union leader for SII’s Auditors Association (AFIICH) where she held various positions.
She began her political career after joining the Communist Youth of Chile (JJCC). She joined the Partido Comunista (PC) in 1999 and has been part of its Central Committee since 2015.
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Giorgio Boccardo Bosoni
Giorgio Boccardo is a sociologist with a master’s in Latin American studies and a doctorate in social sciences from the Universidad de Chile.
He is a member of the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Science at the Universidad de Chile.
He is a labor researcher with vast knowledge of the labor market, labor processes, labor conflicts, and unionism in Chile and Latin America.
Over the past years he has specialized in modeling labor statistics, disqualification, automation, platform work, and teleworking, and their relations with union leaders in the public sector, in retail, and in baking.
He was president of the FECH (Students Federation of the Universidad de Chile) (2006 - 2007) and was member of the ESUP (Higher Education) Advisory Committee (2007).
He was also director of Fundación Nodo XXI (2012-2022) where he led research on labor issues, opinions on bills in the Chamber of Deputies, proposals for the convention, and spaces for dialogue and coordination with union members.
Claudio Reyes Barrientos
Claudio Reyes Barrientos holds a Degree in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has had an outstanding career in public service.
He was in charge of the Occupational Health and Safety Superintendency (SUSESO) between 2014 and 2020. He also served as Social Security Undersecretary between 2009 and 2010.
He has also worked in the private sector, where he has been an international consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the World Bank, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Before his appointment, he worked as Coordinator of State Modernization at the Treasury Ministry.