Jaime Bravo Oliva

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Jaime Bravo Oliva
Ambassador of Chile to Honduras
In office
15 July 2014 – 14 July 2018
Appointed byMichelle Bachelet
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
(2014−2018)
Sebastián Piñera
(until April 2018)
Preceded byRodrigo Pérez Manríquez
Succeeded byEnrique Barriga
Councilmen of El Tabo
In office
6 December 2004 – 6 December 2008
Personal details
BornValparaíso, Chile
Political partySocialist Party
RelativesRicardo (brother)
Alma mater
ProfessionCivil engineer

Jaime Bravo Oliva is a Chilean engineer and politician who served as Ambassador of Chile to Honduras.[1] Bravo has vast experience in the energy sector and has participated in the definition and formulation of the main regulations within Chile.

In the international arena, he has been a member of the national negotiating delegations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Similarly, Bravo integrated the Steering Committee in charge of the Joint Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, on behalf of Latin America and Caribbean.

Early life[edit]

A native of the Valparaíso Region, he is the brother of Ricardo Bravo Oliva.

Jaime did his BA in business administration at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Similarly, he realized a Master's Degree in Engineering Sciences at the University of Chile.

Professional career[edit]

In the public sector, for more than a decade he was part of the National Energy Commission (CNE). He also served in the Ministry of Energy, specifically as Head of the Sustainable Development Division. Similarly, he and Juan José Rivas were also part of the advisory team of Marcelo Tokman,[2] the first CNE president and the first minister of energy in Chile.

In 2008, during Michelle Bachelet's first government (2006−2014), Bravo and Rivas gained renown in the National Congress for their efforts to speed up initiatives that would allow injecting more megawatts into the Central Interconnected System (SIC).

When he was the CNE's Head of the Environment and Renewables Energies, Bravo Oliva used to meet with Rivas and other experts involved in the review of projects of the Environmental Impact Studies (EIA) on increasing Chile's electricity supply. For that reason, Bravo was nicknamed 'energy fast tracker'.[3]

Political career[edit]

In 2004, Jaime Bravo successfully run for a seat as a councilman in El Tabo commune. However, he wasn't reelected in the 2008 municipal elections. On the other hand, Bravo risked not being able to compete in the 2008 elections due to pending litigation with that town's municipality.[4] Although he was finally able to compete, Bravo wasn't reelected.

In 2014, he was appointed by Bachelet as the Ambassador of Chile to Honduras.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gobierno de Honduras condecora al embajador de Chile, Jaime Bravo Oliva". Diario Roatán. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ Urquieta Ch., Claudia (17 November 2008). "El desconocido lobby político de los asesores de Tokman". El Mostrador. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Nuevo asesor de Medio Ambiente de Bachelet era conocido como "fast tracker" pro HidroAysén". Wayback Machine. El Dínamo. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "El Tabo - Candidatura de Jaime Bravo fue impugnada por el Servel". Wayback Machine. Diario Proa Regional. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2022.