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Giorgio Jackson Drago
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Giorgio Jackson in 2018
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| Minister of Social Development | |
| In office 6 September 2022 – 11 August 2023 |
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| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Paula Poblete |
| Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 6 September 2022 |
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| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Juan José Ossa |
| Succeeded by | Ana Lya Uriarte |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, District 10 (Santiago, Providencia, Ñuñoa, Macul, San Joaquín and La Granja) | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022 |
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| Preceded by | Felipe Harboe |
| President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation | |
| In office 26 November 2010 – 25 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquín Walker |
| Succeeded by | Noam Titelman |
| Personal details | |
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Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago
February 6, 1987 Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Political party | Revolución Democrática |
| Residences | Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation | Congressman |
| Profession | Industrial engineer |
| Committees | Science and Technology, Treasure |
| Website | giorgiojackson.cl |
Giorgio Jackson, born on February 6, 1987, is a Chilean politician and engineer. He served as Chile's Minister of Social Development from September 2022 to August 2023. Before that, he was the Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency from March to September 2022.
Jackson is the founder of the Democratic Revolution political party. He was also its first member elected to Congress. In the 2017 elections, he received the most votes for a candidate in the lower house of Congress. He was a key leader in the student protests of 2011. He also helped create the Broad Front political group. He supported Beatriz Sánchez when she ran for president.
After the 2011 student protests, Jackson and other student leaders decided to start a new political group. This group became the Democratic Revolution party. In the 2013 elections for Congress, he was chosen as a deputy for Santiago Centro. In the 2017 elections, he was re-elected for District 10. This district includes several areas like Ñuñoa and Santiago.
People generally liked Jackson, and his approval ratings were often high. However, during his time as a minister under President Gabriel Boric, his approval ratings dropped. They went from 48% in March 2022 to 37% in September of the same year.
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About Giorgio Jackson
Jackson was born in Viña del Mar, Chile, on February 6, 1987. His parents are Kenneth Paul Jackson Salinas and Carmen Gloria Elisa Drago Caballero. He went to a private school called Deutsche Schule Sankt Thomas Morus in Providencia, a part of Santiago.
When he was in middle school, Jackson started volunteering for Un Techo para Chile. This organization helps build homes for people in need. He continued to be involved with them for six years. As a teenager, he played volleyball and was part of Chile's national team. He played for the Minors team in 2004 and the Youth team in 2006.
In 2004, he began studying civil industrial engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He focused on information technologies and finished his degree in 2013. In 2009, he helped create the Student and Worker Center of the Catholic University (CET). This idea came from a student group called New University Action (NAU). He was the main leader of CET from 2009 to 2010.
His Journey in Politics
In 2008, Jackson joined the New University Action (NAU) student movement. As the president of the Student Federation of the Catholic University, he became a major leader in the student movement of 2011. He worked alongside other important student leaders like Camila Vallejo and Camilo Ballesteros.
Jackson was a spokesperson for the Confederation of Students of Chile (Confech). In this role, he strongly criticized the ideas of the government led by Sebastián Piñera. He spoke at important meetings, including one with the Education Commission of the Senate of Chile. There, he argued that the government should protect people's rights, not treat them like things to buy. He also traveled to Europe with Camila Vallejo and Francisco Figueroa. They spoke to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
During the 2011 protests, Jackson said he did not plan to enter politics right away. However, on January 7, 2012, he started a political movement called Democratic Revolution. In December 2012, he announced he would run to be a deputy for Santiago in the 2013 elections. He ran as an independent candidate, but he had support from center-left parties. These parties decided not to run their own candidates in his district.
Jackson chose to fund his campaign only with money from his supporters. He did not accept money from companies or anonymous donors. On November 17, he was elected as a deputy. He won with 48.17% of the votes in his district. Jackson was one of four student leaders elected as deputies in those elections. The others were Camila Vallejo, Gabriel Boric, and Karol Cariola. On November 21, he announced his support for Michelle Bachelet's presidential campaign.
Working in Congress and the Broad Front
Jackson officially became a deputy on March 11, 2014. In Congress, he was part of the Permanent Commissions of Education. He also worked on the Citizen Security Commission. This commission helped create a group to investigate how the police work in poorer areas of the country.
From 2016 onwards, Jackson played a big part in forming the Broad Front. This is a group of different left-wing political forces and citizen movements. It was created for the 2017 elections for Congress and president. The Broad Front supported Beatriz Sánchez for president.
In the elections on November 19, 2017, Jackson kept his seat in Congress. He received the most votes of any deputy. He had said several times that he would not run for a third term. Jackson led Gabriel Boric's presidential election campaign in 2021. After Boric won, many thought Jackson might become the Interior Minister.
See also
In Spanish: Giorgio Jackson para niños
