Carlos Jiménez Vargas

Carlos Jiménez Vargas was a Chilean military officer and public official who served as Minister of Health during the military regime of Augusto Pinochet.

Public career Jiménez held the rank of Aviation Colonel in the Chilean Air Force. In his capacity as a senior military officer, he was appointed Minister of Health, a cabinet post in the Chilean government during the late 1970s. His name appears in official promulgations of legal texts as part of the governmental decree structure of the period, alongside other ministers of state.

Jiménez served as Minister of Health of Chile from 27 July 1978 until 14 December 1979, overseeing the public health portfolio in the Chilean executive during this period of the military government.

His ministerial role is also documented in the official Chilean legal corpus, where he is listed as “Carlos Jiménez Vargas, Coronel de Aviación, Ministro de Salud” in promulgations reorganizing the Ministry of Health under Decree Law No. 2763 (1979).