{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{About|the Chilean politician|the Brazilian politician|Jayme Campos}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jaime Campos | image = File:Jaime Campos Quiroga.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|2|19}} | birth_place = Constitución, Chile | president = José Antonio Kast | office = Minister of Agriculture | term_start = 11 March 2026 | term_end = | predecessor = Ignacia Fernández Gatica | successor = | president1 = Ricardo Lagos | term_start1 = 11 March 2000 | term_end1 = 11 March 2006 | predecessor1 = Ángel Sartori | successor1 = Álvaro Rojas | office2 = Minister of Justice and Human Rights | president2 = Michelle Bachelet | term_start2 = 19 October 2016 | term_end2 = 11 March 2018 | predecessor2 = Javiera Blanco | successor2 = Hernán Larraín | office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency3 = 38th District | term_start3 = 11 March 1990 | term_end3 = 11 March 1994 | predecessor3 = ''Constituency established'' | successor3 = Romy Rebolledo | party = PR (since 2018) | alma_mater = University of Concepción | occupation = Lawyer • Politician | other_party = PR (1965−1971)<br>SDCH (1971−1994)<br>PRSD (1994−2018) | children = 3 | spouse = {{marriage|Yazmín Abad|1984}} }} '''Jaime Alfonso Campos Quiroga''' (born 19 February 1953) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was minister during the governments of Ricardo Lagos (2000−2006) and Michelle Bachelet (2014−2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/radical-ex-companero-gabinete-bachelet-perfil-del-nuevo-ministro-justicia-jaime-campos/|title=Radical y ex compañero de gabinete de Bachelet: El perfil del nuevo ministro de Justicia Jaime Campos|publisher=La Tercera|date=19 October 2016|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/derecho-la-politica-la-masoneria-jaime-campos-polemico-ex-ministro-bachelet/|title=Entre el derecho, la política y la masonería: Jaime Campos, el polémico ex ministro de Bachelet|publisher=La Tercera|date=14 March 2018|accessdate=13 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/semanal/entrevista-ministro-campos-gobierno-le-han-tirado-orejas-jamas1|title=El estilo del ministro Campos: "Jamás" le han tirado las orejas en La Moneda|publisher=Canal 13|date=12 January 2018|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref>
In the academic field, he has served as Professor of Criminal Law at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of Concepción, as Director of the Department of Criminal Law, and as a member of the Faculty Council of that institution.<ref name="BCN"/>
He is a member of the International Association of Penal Law Professors and has participated in numerous national and international seminars and conferences.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Biography == He was born in Constitución on 16 February 1953.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Jaime_Campos_Quiroga |title=Parliamentary biography of Jaime Campos Quiroga |website=Library of the National Congress of Chile |language=es |access-date=23 January 2026}}</ref> He is the son of Olga Rosa Quiroga Henríquez and José del Carmen Campo Díaz.<ref name="BCN"/>
In 1984, he married Jazmín Abad, with whom he has three children.<ref name="BCN"/>
===Professional career=== He completed his primary education at Public School No. 1 of Constitución and his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres de Constitución and at the boarding school of the Liceo de Hombres de Talca.<ref name="BCN"/> After finishing secondary school, he enrolled at the Faculty of Law of the University of Concepción, where he obtained a licentiate degree in Legal and Social Sciences.<ref name="BCN"/>
His undergraduate thesis was titled ''The Political Constitution of the State of Chile, in light of the amendments introduced by decree laws enacted during the years 1973 and 1974''.<ref name="BCN"/> He was admitted to the bar on 29 December 1975.<ref name="BCN"/>
He practices law independently in the cities of Concepción and Constitución and is a partner at the law firm Zúñiga–Campos Abogados, founded in 1994.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political career == He began his political activity at an early age, joining the Radical Party (PR) at the age of twelve.<ref name="BCN"/> During his university years, he served as president of the Radical University Group at his university.<ref name="BCN"/> He later acted as the communal representative in Constitución for the ''No'' campaign during the 1988 plebiscite, subsequently serving as regional vice president for the Maule Region and as a leader within the Concertation of Parties for Democracy.<ref name="BCN"/>
In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies representing District No. 38—comprising the communes of Curepto, Constitución, Empedrado, Maule, San Clemente, Pelarco, and Río Claro—in the Maule Region, for the 1990–1994 term, as a member of the Radical Party within the Concertation list.<ref name="BCN"/> He obtained the highest vote share in the district with 34,538 votes, equivalent to 50.43% of the valid votes cast.<ref name="BCN"/>
In 2000, President Ricardo Lagos appointed him Minister of Agriculture, a position he held until 11 March 2006.<ref name="BCN"/> Later, on 19 October 2016, President Michelle Bachelet appointed him Minister of Justice and Human Rights, a post he held until 11 March 2018.<ref name="BCN"/>
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