Juan Carlos García Pérez de Arce (born 3 January 1971) is a Chilean architect and politician who served as Chile's Minister of Public Works from 2022 to 2023.

[2][3][4][5][6] The son of Carlos Alberto García Lazcano and María Isabel Pérez de Arce Antoncich, Juan Carlos earned a BA in architecture at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.

Later, García completed an MA in urban management at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France.

He worked in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, where he collaborated in the declaration of the Valparaíso commune as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

He has also been an advisor to the Production Development Corporation, where he promoted programs that aimed to encourage private investment in the Valparaíso Region.