Jaime Gajardo Falcón

Jaime Eduardo Gajardo Falcón (born 27 February 1981) is a Chilean politician who currently serves as Minister of Justice.

Biography Born in 1981, he is the son of Jaime Gajardo Orellana, a teacher, trade union leader, and former president of the Chilean Teachers' Association.

Education He completed his primary and secondary education at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, graduating in 1998. He then pursued higher education in law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer. Subsequently, he completed a bachelor's degree in legal sciences and social sciences at the same institution, graduating in 2005 with a thesis titled Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Free Trade Treaties Ratified by Chile.

He later completed a diploma in labour law at Universidad Internacional SEK in 2006;

On 17 October 2024, following the appointment of then Minister of Justice and Human Rights Luis Cordero Vega as Undersecretary of the Interior, Gajardo was appointed by President Gabriel Boric as Minister of Justice and Human Rights. With this appointment, he became the first member of the Communist Party to hold the post since Sergio Insunza in 1973, during the government of Salvador Allende.