{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{family name hatnote|Orpis|Bouchon|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jaime Orpis | image = Jaime_Orpis_Bouchon.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|9|16}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Member of the Senate of Chile | constituency = 1st Circumscription | term_start = 11 March 2002 | term_end = 11 March 2018 | predecessor = Julio Lagos Cosgrove | successor = José Durana | office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency1 = 25th District | term_start1 = 11 March 1990 | term_end1 = 11 March 2002 | predecessor1 = ''District established'' | successor1 = Felipe Salaberry | office2 = Mayor of San Joaquín | appointer2 = Augusto Pinochet | term_start2 = 27 July 1987 | term_end2 = July 1989 | predecessor2 = ''Office established'' | successor2 = Alberto Lira | party = Independent Democratic Union (UDI) | occupation = Politician | alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) | profession = Lawyer | parents = Antonio Orpis<br/>Olga Bouchón | spouse = Ana Luisa Jouanne | children = Three | footnotes = }} '''Jaime Antonio Orpis Bouchón''' (born 16 September 1956) is a Chilean politician who served as Senator and Deputy for his country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio.uchile.cl/2021/04/16/a-la-carcel-ex-senador-udi-jaime-orpis-es-condenado-a-prision-por-cohecho-y-fraude-al-fisco/|title=A la cárcel: ex senador UDI Jaime Orpis es condenado a prisión por cohecho y fraude al Fisco|publisher=Radio Universidad de Chile|date=16 April 2021|accessdate=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2021/11/14/ex-senador-udi-jaime-orpis-y-su-condena-a-presidio-efectivo-por-cohecho-y-fraude-al-fisco-la-carcel-va-a-ser-mi-casa/|title=Ex senador UDI Jaime Orpis y su condena a presidio efectivo por cohecho y fraude al fisco: 'La cárcel va a ser mi casa'|publisher=El Mostrador|date=14 November 2021|accessdate=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/judicial/casos-emblematicos/corte-confirmo-la-pena-de-carcel-para-el-ex-senador-jaime-orpis/2022-01-06/164027.html|title=Corte confirmó la pena de cárcel para el ex senador Jaime Orpis|publisher=Radio Cooperativa|date=6 January 2022|accessdate=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/judicial/casos-emblematicos/ex-senador-jaime-orpis-ira-a-la-carcel-por-fraude-al-fisco-y-cohecho-en/2021-04-16/121129.html|title=Ex senador Jaime Orpis irá a la cárcel por fraude al Fisco y cohecho en el caso Corpesca|publisher=Radio Cooperativa|date=16 April 2021|accessdate=4 January 2024}}</ref>
He served as a Senator for the 1st Senatorial District, representing the Tarapacá Region and the Arica and Parinacota Region, for two consecutive terms between 2002 and 2018. Previously, he was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 25 in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, serving three consecutive terms from 1990 to 2002.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Jaime_Orpis_Bouchon |title=Jaime Orpis Bouchon |website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref>
He also served as mayor of the Municipality of San Joaquín between 1987 and 1989.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Early life and education == Orpis was born in Santiago on 16 September 1956. He is the son of Antonio Segundo Orpis Birchmeir and Olga Emilia Bouchon González. He is married to Ana María Luisa Jouanne Langlois and has four children.<ref name="BCN"/>
He completed his secondary education at The Grange School, graduating in 1974. He later studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he obtained his law degree.<ref name="BCN"/>
=== Professional career === Orpis served as chief of staff at the Municipality of Renca. He later became general director of the DUOC Academy and was a member of the commission responsible for the creation of the Municipality of San Joaquín, an area that had previously been part of the Municipality of San Miguel.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political career == Orpis began his political activities in 1981 as president of the student council of the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 1982, he was elected president of the Student Federation of the university (FEUC).<ref name="BCN"/>
In 1987, he was appointed mayor of San Joaquín, a position he held until 1989. During his administration, he implemented housing allocation programs for low-income families, upgraded local health facilities, expanded computer systems in municipal schools, introduced vocational workshops in primary education, founded the Small Business House, and implemented an integrated municipal management system supported by computer technology.<ref name="BCN"/>
In July 1989, he resigned from his position as mayor to run as a candidate for the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) for the Chamber of Deputies in the Metropolitan Region. He was elected deputy for three consecutive terms between 1990 and 2002 and later served as senator until 2018.<ref name="BCN"/>
On 6 January 2016, Orpis resigned from the UDI. He was stripped of parliamentary immunity from 4 January 2016 until the end of his term, while being investigated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in connection with the Corpesca case.<ref name="BCN"/>
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==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Jaime_Orpis_Bouchon BCN Profile]
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