Jorge Jiménez de la Jara (b. December 25, 1944) is a Chilean Christian Democrat politician, MD and former Minister of Health and Ambassador to Italy.
The Chilean Health Reform process has been acknowledge to be one of the most original and successful of the 1990s with an impact in other policy development institutions such as World Bank, IDB and WHO/PAHO.
In this period he participated also as Professor in the Summer School of Dubrovnic organized by the European Health Systems Observatory, sponsored by EU, WHO, the World Bank and other institutions.
In the field of International Health his main strength is his wide range of contacts around the world in different institutions and fora, gathered in his almost twenty years of activity.
Jiménez has published more than 60 articles in several journals and has participated as main author or editor in 24 books in Medicine and Public Health.
He is a frequent contributor to Chilean journals in social and health policy issues, seminars and debates conductor in TV and in open fora.