Jaime Ravinet

Jaime Ravinet
Jaime Ravinet, in 2004
Chilean Minister of Defence
In office 11 March 2010 – 13 January 2011
President	Sebastián Piñera
Preceded by	Francisco Vidal
Succeeded by	Andrés Allamand
In office 29 September 2004 – 11 March 2006
President	Ricardo Lagos
Preceded by	Michelle Bachelet
Succeeded by	Vivianne Blanlot
Minister for Housing, Urban Planning and National Property
In office 29 December 2000 – 29 September 2004
President	Ricardo Lagos
Mayor of Santiago
In office 11 March 1990 – 6 December 2000
Preceded by	Máximo Honorato
Succeeded by	Joaquín Lavín
Personal details
Born	Jaime Nicolás Ravinet de la Fuente (1946-10-17) 17 October 1946 (age 70) Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile
Nationality	Chile Chile
Political party	Christian Democratic Party of Chile (1961-2010)
Education	University of Chile Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Lawyer

Jaime Ravinet de la Fuente (born October 17, 1946 in Santiago, Chile, is a Chilean politician, lawyer, academic and businessman. From 1990 to 2000 he was Mayor of Santiago, before becoming the Minister for Housing, Urban Planning and National Property in 2001, a position he held until 2004. He then became the Minister for Defence until 11 March 2006. In February 2010 he was re-appointed as Minister of Defence by president-elect Sebastián Piñera but Ravinet resigned on January 13, 2011 after suggesting that the Chilean armed forces might be reluctant to help during humanitarian crises if that forced them to provide information about their expenses.

He was born into a middle-class family, the eldest son of engineer Alfredo Ravinet and Alicia de la Fuente Larenas, who was Ravinet's second wife. He was educated at Santiago College, San Ignacio College and finally the University of Chile, where he studied law. He married political scientist Ximena Lyon Parot in January 1974, and has three children - Raul, Ximena and Macarena.