Jaime Ravinet

Jaime Nicolás Ravinet de la Fuente, 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 13 January 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.

17 October 1946

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Born on the same birth day (17 October): Angel Parker • Chuka Umunna • Gary Puckett • Haritina Korotkevich • Kevin Maher • Nathalie Tauziat • Norm Macdonald • Norman Leyden • Obdulio Ávila Mayo • Paul Anderson (weightlifter) • Sami Lepistö • Sandra Reemer • Seth Etherton • Sophie von Dönhoff • Vina Morales

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