Jovino Novoa
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Jovino Novoa | |
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| President of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2009 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Zaldívar |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Pizarro |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 11 March 1998 – 11 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Otero Lathrop |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Allamand |
| Constituency | 7th Circunscription, (Santiago Poniente) |
| General Undersecretary of the Republic of Chile | |
| In office 1 June 1979 – 1 June 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Ríos Santander |
| Succeeded by | Mario Messen García |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1945 |
| Died | 1 June 2021 (aged 76) |
| Party | Unión Demócrata Independiente (1988–2021) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Enrique Manuel Jovino Novoa Vásquez (31 March 1945 – 1 June 2021) was a Chilean politician. He was a member of the Senate of Chile (1998–2014) and was the president of the Senate of Chile (2009–2010).[2]
He served as General Undersecretary of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship from 1979 to 1982.[3]
Unlike many others in his party, the Independent Democratic Union, Novoa was not religious and considered himself agnostic, and at times he voiced support several pro-choice positions.[4] Likewise, within the UDI he achieved to establish the dominance of his liberal-conservative faction,[5] which coexisted with Pablo Longueira's social-conservative current.[6][7]
This last one had as its characteristic the political work in poor sectors,[6] whereas Novoa's faction was concentrated in the relation with businessmen,[6] the empowerment of think tanks like Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD)[7] or the training of then young or students' leaders from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC)[6] like Jaime Bellolio or Javier Macaya.[6]
In 2015, he was sentenced for tax crimes related to the Penta and SQM cases.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Six years later, Novoa died on 1 June 2021, aged 76, from emphysema.[14][2][15][16]
Novoa was born in Santiago on 31 March 1945. He was the son of Jovino Novoa Rojas and Silvia Vásquez Vargas. He was married to María Angélica Mackenna Echaurren and was the father of eight children.[17]
Between 1951 and 1962, he completed his primary and secondary education at Saint George's College. He later entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he obtained his law degree in 1970. His undergraduate thesis, titled Theory of the University, was co-authored with Jaime Guzmán.[17]
Professional career
In the late 1960s, Novoa became associated with the Centro de Estudios Socioeconómicos (CESEC). Between 1971 and 1977, he lived in Argentina, where he engaged in commercial activities and practiced law at the firm Cruzat, Ortúzar, Mackenna y Novoa. After returning to Chile, he resumed his legal practice, focusing primarily on commercial and civil law until 1979.[17]
In 1982, he became editor of news services at the newspaper El Mercurio of Santiago, a position he held until 1985. Concurrently, he served as a professor at the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and joined the Chilean Bar Association.[17]
In 1985, he joined the law firm Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa, Errázuriz, which he left after being elected senator in 1997. From March 2014, he served as chairman of the board of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation.[17]
