Andrés Jouannet

Andrés Alfonso Jouannet Valderrama (born 29 July 1967) is a Chilean school teacher, writer and politician. He previously served as the mayor of Araucanía Region during the second government of Michelle Bachelet. In 2026, from 11 March to 2 June, he served as Undersecretary of Public Security under José Antonio Kast's presidency.

Jouannet became a politician at the teen age of 17 when became active member of the Christian Democratic Youth of Chile. He was the president of the youth organization at the Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco and became close an ally of Gutenberg Martínez and Soledad Alvear. He served as a political secretary to former president Patricio Aylwin for five years.

During the first government of President Michelle Bachelet he was appointed governor of the province of Cautín but resigned form the position in 2008 same he was appointed to run for the house of Deputies election in District 52 scoring 8,988 votes placing fourth position in the contest.

He was appointed to the second government of Bachelet in 2014 as an advisor on indigenous affairs in the Ministry of Interior and later appointed Mayor of the Araucanía Region on 25 August 2015, replacing Francisco Huenchumilla. He left this position in 2016 to run in the 2017 parliamentary election which he lost. He ran again in 2021 as an independent candidate supported by Radical Party scoring 3.35 per cent of the votes to win the seat.

Family and early life He was born in Temuco on 29 July 1967, the son of Reinaldo Edmundo Jouannet Núñez and Juana Nora Valderrama López. His father is listed in the Valech Report as a victim of human rights violations committed during the military regime in Chile. He left office on 2 June of the same year, and President Kast asked him to remain as part of his advisory team on the Second Floor of La Moneda.