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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)

Government ministry of Chile

Government ministry of Chile

Logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile () is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the foreign policy formulated by the President of Chile. It is located in the Edificio José Miguel Carrera at Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), in downtown Santiago.

The present minister of foreign affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Alberto van Klaveren.

History

The office was first organized in 1812, during the War of Independence, under the name of Foreign Affairs Secretariat. It was abolished in 1814, after the Battle of Rancagua, when the Spanish government was re-established.

In 1818, after independence, the secretariat was re-established, but this time as a dependency of the Ministry of the Interior, which at that time was named "Ministry of Government and Foreign Affairs" (1818–1824) or "Ministry of the Interior and Foreign Affairs" (1824–1871). In 1871 is established as a separate government entity.

Since its current creation in 1871, it has undergone different reorganizations, reflected in its different names:

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Colonization 1871–1887
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship 1887–1896
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Colonization 1896–1924
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1924–1929, and again since 1941
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commerce 1930–1941

Titulars

Ministers of foreign affairs and colonization

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[File:Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez.jpg70px]]**Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez**18711875Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
[[File:Enrique Cood.jpg70px]]**Enrique Cood Ross**18751876
[[File:José Alfonso Cavada.jpg70px]]**José Alfonso Cavada**18761878Aníbal Pinto
[[File:Alejandro Fierro Pérez de Camino.jpg70px]]**Alejandro Fierro Pérez**18781879
[[Image:DomingoSantaMariaG.jpg70px]]**Domingo Santa María González**18791879
[[Image:MLAmunategui.png70px]]**Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate**18791880
**Melquiades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña**18801881
[[Image:JMBalmacedaF.jpg70px]]**José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández**18811882Domingo Santa María
[[File:Luis Aldunate Carrera 1882-1884.JPG70px]]**Luis Aldunate Carrera**18821884
[[File:Aniceto Vergara y Albano.JPG70px]]**Aniceto Vergara Albano**18841885
[[Image:AZanartuZ.jpg70px]]**Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu**18851886
[[File:Joaquín Godoy Cruz (cropped).jpg70px]]**Joaquín Godoy Cruz**18861886José Manuel Balmaceda
[[Image:FranciscoFreireCaldera.jpg70px]]**Francisco Freire Caldera**18861887

Ministers of foreign affairs and worship

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[Image:MLAmunategui.png70px]]**Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate**18871888José Manuel Balmaceda
[[Image:AugustoMattePerez.jpg70px]]**Augusto Matte Pérez**18881888
[[File:MARCIAL DEMETRIO LASTARRIA VILLARREAL.jpg70px]]**Marcial Demetrio Lastarria**18881889
[[File:MSanchezFontecilla.jpg70px]]**Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla**18891889
[[Image:EduardoMattePerez.jpg70px]]**Eduardo Matte Pérez**18891890
[[File:Juan Castellón Larenas.jpg70px]]**Juan Castellón Larenas**18901890
[[File:Juan Mackenna Astorga (1846-1929).jpg70px]]**Juan Eduardo Mackenna Astorga**18901890
[[File:José Tocornal Jordán (cropped).png70px]]**José Tocornal Jordán**18901891
[[File:Domingo Hilarión Godoy Cruz.jpg70px]]**Domingo Godoy Cruz**18911891
[[Image:RicardoCruzatHurtado.jpg70px]]**Ricardo Cruzat Hurtado**18911891
**Manuel María Aldunate Solar**189129 August 1891
[[Image:MAntonioMatta.jpg70px]]**Manuel Antonio Matta Goyenechea**7 September 189126 December 1891Revolutionary Junta of Iquique
[[File:Luis Pereira Cotapos.jpg70px]]**Luis Pereira Cotapos**26 December 18911892Jorge Montt
[[File:Juan Castellón Larenas.jpg70px]]**Juan Castellón Larenas**18921892
[[Image:IsidoroErrazurizErrazuriz.jpg70px]]**Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz**18921893
[[Image:VenturaBlancoViel.jpg70px]]**Ventura Blanco Viel**18931894
[[File:MSanchezFontecilla.jpg70px]]**Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla**18941894
[[Image:LBarrosBorgono.jpg70px]]**Luis Barros Borgoño**18941895
[[Image:ClaudioMattePerez.jpg70px]]**Claudio Matte Pérez**18951895
[[File:Adolfo Guerrero Vergara.jpg70px]]**Adolfo Guerrero Vergara**189518 September 1896

Ministers of foreign affairs, worship and colonization

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
**Enrique de Putrón Cavareda**18 September 18961896Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
[[File:Morla Vicuna foto con puro.jpg70px]]**Carlos Morla Vicuña**18961897
[[Image:RaimundoSilvaCruz.jpg70px]]**Raimundo Silva Cruz**18971898
[[Image:JJLatorreB.jpg70px]]**Juan José Latorre Benavente**18981898
[[Image:VenturaBlancoViel.jpg70px]]**Ventura Blanco Viel**18981899
[[Image:FedericoPugaBorne.jpg70px]]**Federico Puga Borne**18991899
[[Image:RVErrazurizU.jpg70px]]**Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Urmeneta**18991899
[[Image:ManuelSalinasG.jpg70px]]**Manuel Salinas González**18991900
[[Image:EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg70px]]**Emilio Bello Codecido**19001900
[[Image:RaimundoSilvaCruz.jpg70px]]**Raimundo Silva Cruz**19001901
[[Image:LMartinianoRodriguezH.jpg70px]]**Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera**190118 September 1901*Appointed by*
*Reappointed by*Aníbal Zañartu
[[Image:EYanezPonce.jpg70px]]**Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León**18 September 19011902Germán Riesco
**Horacio Pinto Agüero**19021902
[[File:José Francisco Vergara Donoso, Sucesos, 1902-09-13 (4).jpg70px]]**José Francisco Vergara Donoso**5 May 19021903
[[File:MÁXIMO DEL CAMPO YÁVAR.jpg70px]]**Máximo Del Campo Yávar**19031903
[[Image:AEdwardsMacClure.jpg70px]]**Agustín Edwards Mac Clure**19031903
[[Image:RSotomayorGaete.jpg70px]]**Rafael Sotomayor Gaete**19031904
[[Image:EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg70px]]**Emilio Bello Codecido**19041904
[[File:Adolfo Guerrero Vergara.jpg70px]]**Adolfo Guerrero Vergara**19041904
[[Image:RaimundoSilvaCruz.jpg70px]]**Raimundo Silva Cruz**19041904
[[File:Luis Antonio Vergara.JPG70px]]**Luis Antonio Vergara Ruíz**19041905
[[Image:AEdwardsMacClure.jpg70px]]**Agustín Edwards Mac Clure**19051905
[[Image:FedericoPugaBorne.jpg70px]]**Federico Puga Borne**19051906
[[File:Santiago Aldunate Bascuñán.jpg70px]]**Santiago Aldunate Bascuñán**19061906
[[Image:AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg70px]]**Antonio Huneeus Gana**190618 September 1906
[[File:Ricardo Salas Edwards, Sucesos, 1903-01-16 (21).jpg70px]]**Ricardo Salas Edwards**18 September 19061907Pedro Montt
[[Image:FedericoPugaBorne.jpg70px]]**Federico Puga Borne**19071908
[[Image:JRBalmaceda.jpg70px]]**José Rafael Balmaceda Fernández**19081909
[[Image:AEdwardsMacClure.jpg70px]]**Agustín Edwards Mac Clure**19091910
[[File:Luis Izquierdo Fredes.jpg70px]]**Luis Izquierdo Fredes**191023 December 1910
**Rafael Orrego González**23 December 19101911Ramón Barros Luco
**Enrique Rodríguez Carmona**19111912
[[Image:JoaquinFigueroaL.jpg70px]]**Joaquín Figueroa Larraín**19121912
[[Image:AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg70px]]**Antonio Huneeus Gana**19121912
**Renato Sánchez García de la Huerta**19121913
[[File:Enrique Villegas Echiburú.jpg70px]]**Enrique Villegas Echiburú**19131914
[[File:Alejandro Lira Lira.jpg70px]]**Alejandro Lira Lira**19141914
[[Image:ManuelSalinasG.jpg70px]]**Manuel Salinas González**19141915
**Rafael Orrego Gónzalez**191523 December 1915
[[Image:RSubercaseauxV.jpg70px]]**Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña**23 December 191527 April 1916Juan Luis Sanfuentes
**Silvestre Ochagavía Echaurren**27 April 19161 July 1916
[[File:Juan Enrique Tocornal Doursther.jpg70px]]**Juan Enrique Tocornal Doursther**1 July 191620 November 1916
**Alamiro Huidobro Valdés**20 November 191614 July 1917
[[Image:ArturoBesaNavarro.jpg70px]]**Arturo Besa Navarro**14 July 191713 October 1917
[[File:Eduardo Suárez Mujica 2.jpg70px]]**Eduardo Suárez Mujica**13 October 191718 January 1918
**Guillermo Pereira Iñiguez**18 January 191822 April 1918
**Daniel Feliú Manterola**22 April 19186 September 1918
[[File:Ruperto Bahamonde.jpg70px]]**Ruperto Bahamonde Rivera**6 September 191828 November 1918
[[Image:LBarrosBorgono.jpg70px]]**Luis Barros Borgoño**28 November 19188 November 1919
**Alamiro Huidobro Valdés**8 November 191929 March 1920
[[Image:AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg70px]]**Antonio Huneeus Gana**29 March 19201 July 1920
[[File:Luis Aldunate Echeverría (Heffer).png70px]]**Luis Aldunate Echeverría**1 July 192023 December 1920
[[Image:JMatteGormaz.jpg70px]]**Jorge Matte Gormaz**23 December 19201921Arturo Alessandri
[[File:Ernesto Barros Jarpa.jpg70px]]**Ernesto Barros Jarpa**19211922
[[File:Samuel Claro Lastarria 1920.jpg70px]]**Samuel Claro Lastarria**192216 October 1922
[[Image:CarlosAldunateSolar.jpg70px]]**Carlos Aldunate Solar**16 October 192221 December 1922
[[File:Luis Izquierdo Fredes.jpg70px]]**Luis Izquierdo Fredes**21 December 19221923
**Pedro Rivas Vicuña**19231923
[[Image:EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg70px]]**Emilio Bello Codecido**19231923
[[Image:ArmandoJaramillo.jpg70px]]**Armando Jaramillo Valderrama**19231924
[[File:Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta.jpg70px]]**Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta**192414 March 1924
[[Image:GGallardoN.jpg70px]]**Galvarino Gallardo Nieto**14 March 192420 July 1924
[[File:Ramón Briones Luco.jpg70px]]**Ramón Briones Luco**20 July 19241924
[[Image:EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg70px]]**Emilio Bello Codecido**192412 September 1924

Ministers of foreign affairs (first creation)

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[Image:CarlosAldunateSolar.jpg70px]]**Carlos Aldunate Solar**12 September 192423 January 1925September Junta
[[Image:JMatteGormaz.jpg70px]]**Jorge Matte Gormaz**29 January 192513 October 1925January Junta
[[File:Ernesto Barros Jarpa.jpg70px]]**Ernesto Barros Jarpa**13 October 192523 December 1925Luis Barros Borgoño
[[Image:BeltranMathieuAndrews.jpg70px]]**Beltrán Mathieu Andrews**23 December 19252 August 1926Emiliano Figueroa
[[Image:AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg70px]]**Antonio Huneeus Gana**2 August 192620 November 1926
[[Image:JMatteGormaz.jpg70px]]**Jorge Matte Gormaz**20 November 192622 February 1927
[[File:ConradoRiosGallardo.jpg70px]]**Conrado Ríos Gallardo**22 February 19273 September 1929

Ministers of foreign affairs and commerce

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[File:Manuel Barros Castañón.jpg70px]]**Manuel Barros Castañón**3 September 192927 April 1931Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
**Antonio Planet Cordero**27 April 193113 July 1931
[[Image:CarlosAldunateErrazuriz.jpg70px]]**Carlos Aldunate Errázuriz**13 July 193122 July 1931
[[File:Guillermo Edwards Matte.jpg70px]]**Guillermo Edwards Matte**22 July 193123 July 1931
[[Image:AEdwardsV.jpg70px]]**Alberto Edwards Vives**23 July 193126 July 1931
[[Image:CBalmacedaSaavedra.jpg70px]]**Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra**26 July 19313 September 1931*Appointed by*Pedro Opazo
*Reappointed by*Juan Esteban Montero
*Reappointed by*Manuel Trucco
[[File:Luis Izquierdo Fredes.jpg70px]]**Luis Izquierdo Fredes**3 September 193115 November 1931
[[Image:CBalmacedaSaavedra.jpg70px]]**Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra**15 November 19315 June 1932Juan Esteban Montero
**Luis Barriga Errázuriz**5 June 19323 October 1932*Appointed by*Socialist Junta
*Reappointed by*Carlos Dávila
*Reappointed by*Bartolomé Blanche
[[Image:JMatteGormaz.jpg70px]]**Jorge Matte Gormaz**3 October 193224 December 1932Abraham Oyanedel
[[File:Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal (1937) (cropped).jpg70px]]**Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal**24 December 193214 February 1937Arturo Alessandri
[[Image:GustavoRossSantaMaria.jpg70px]]**Gustavo Ross Santa María**14 February 193724 March 1937
[[File:José Ramón Gutiérrez Alliende.jpg70px]]**José Ramón Gutiérrez Allende**24 March 193715 September 1938
**Luis Arteaga García**15 September 193824 December 1938
[[File:AbrahamOrtegaAguayo.jpg70px]]**Abraham Ortega Aguayo**24 December 19388 February 1940Pedro Aguirre Cerda
**Cristóbal Sáenz Cerda**8 February 194030 July 1940
[[Image:Marcial Mora Miranda.jpg70px]]**Marcial Mora Miranda**30 July 19407 November 1940
[[File:Manuel Bianchi Gundián, Estadio, 1948-08-28 (276).jpg70px]]**Manuel Bianchi Gundián**7 November 194026 March 1941
[[File:Luis Álamos Barros.jpg70px]]**Luis Alamos Barros**26 March 194110 June 1941
[[File:Juan Bautista Rossetti Colombino.jpg70px]]**Juan Bautista Rossetti Colombino**10 June 19412 April 1942

Ministers of foreign affairs (second creation)

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[File:Ernesto Barros Jarpa.jpg70px]]**Ernesto Barros Jarpa**2 April 194221 October 1942Juan Antonio Ríos
[[File:Joaquín Fernández Fernández, Ministro de RR.EE de Chile condecora a Pedro Pablo Ramírez, Presidente de Argentina (cropped).jpg70px]]**Joaquín Fernández y Fernández**21 October 19423 November 1946
[[File:Raúl Juliet Gómez.jpg70px]]**Raúl Juliet Gomez**3 November 19462 August 1947Gabriel González Videla
[[File:Germán Vergara Donoso.jpg70px]]**Germán Vergara Donoso**2 August 19476 July 1948
**Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz**7 July 194827 February 1950
[[File:Horacio Walker.jpg70px]]**Horacio Walker Larraín**27 February 195019 June 1951
[[File:Eduardo Yrarrázabal Concha.jpg70px]]**Eduardo Irarrázabal Concha**19 June 195129 July 1952
[[File:Fernando García Oldini (cropped).jpg70px]]**Fernando García Oldini**29 July 19523 November 1952
[[File:Arturo Olavarría Bravo.jpg70px]]****3 November 19521952Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
**Oscar Fenner Marín**19531954
[[File:Roberto Aldunate León (cropped).jpg70px]]**Roberto Aldunate León**195415 January 1954
**Tobías Barros Ortiz**15 January 19546 January 1955
**Osvaldo Koch Krefft**6 January 195530 May 1955
**Kaare Olsen Nielsen**30 May 19552 January 1956
**José Serrano Palma**2 January 19564 January 1956
[[File:Enrique Orozimbo Barbosa Baeza.jpg70px]]**Enrique Barbosa Baeza**4 January 195624 May 1956
**Osvaldo Sainte Marie Sorucco**24 May 195628 October 1957
**Alberto Sepúlveda Contreras**28 October 19573 November 1958
[[File:Germán Vergara Donoso.jpg70px]]**Germán Vergara Donoso**3 November 195826 August 1961Jorge Alessandri
[[File:President John F. Kennedy Meets with Carlos Martínez Sotomayor, Foreign Minister of Chile (cropped).jpg70px]]**Carlos Martinez Sotomayor**26 August 196117 December 1963
[[File:Julio Philippi Izquierdo.jpg70px]]**Julio Philippi Izquierdo**17 December 19633 November 1964
[[File:Gabriel Valdes(2).jpg70px]]**Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux**3 November 19643 November 1970Eduardo Frei Montalva
[[File:Clodomiro Almeyda BCN.jpg70px]]**Clodomiro Almeyda Medina**3 November 19705 July 1973Salvador Allende
[[File:Orlando Letelier, Washingron DC, 1976 (de Marcelo Montecino).jpg70px]]**Orlando Letelier del Solar**5 July 19738 August 1973
[[File:Clodomiro Almeyda BCN.jpg70px]]**Clodomiro Almeyda Medina**8 August 197311 September 1973
[[File:Ismael Huerta Díaz.png70px]]**Ismael Huerta Díaz**12 September 19733 July 1974Augusto Pinochet
[[File:Patricio Carvajal.jpg70px]]**Patricio Carvajal Prado**3 July 197420 April 1978
[[File:Hernán Cubillos.jpg70px]]**Hernán Cubillos Sallato**20 April 197820 March 1980
[[File:René Rojas Galdames.jpg70px]]**René Rojas Galdames**20 March 198014 February 1983
[[File:Miguel Schweitzer Walters (1983).jpg70px]]**Miguel Schweitzer Walters**15 February 198319 December 1983
[[File:Jaime del Valle Alliende.jpg70px]]**Jaime Del Valle Alliende**19 December 19837 July 1987
[[File:Ricardo García Rodríguez.jpg70px]]**Ricardo García Rodríguez**8 July 198721 October 1988
[[File:Hernán Felipe Errázuriz.jpg70px]]**Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa**22 October 198811 March 1990
[[File:Enrique Silva Cimma.jpg70px]]**Enrique Silva Cimma**11 March 199011 March 1994Patricio Aylwin
[[File:Carlos Figueroa (cropped).jpg70px]]**Carlos Figueroa Serrano**11 March 199420 September 1994Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
[[File:Cohen and Insulza recort.jpg70px]]**José Miguel Insulza Salinas**20 September 199421 June 1999
[[File:Juan Gabriel Valdes(2).jpg70px]]**Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette**22 June 199911 March 2000
[[Image:SolAlvear.jpg70px]]**María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela**11 March 20001 October 2004Ricardo Lagos
[[File:IgnacioWalker.jpg70px]]**Ignacio Walker Prieto**1 October 200411 March 2006
[[File:Alejandro Foxley.jpg70px]]**Alejandro Foxley Rioseco**11 March 200612 March 2009Michelle Bachelet
[[File:Mariano Fernández.jpg70px]]**Mariano Fernández Amunátegui**12 March 200911 March 2010
[[File:Alfredo Moreno.jpg70px]]**Alfredo Moreno Charme**11 March 201011 March 2014Sebastián Piñera
[[File:Heraldo Benjamín Muñoz Valenzuela.jpg70px]]**Heraldo Muñoz**11 March 201411 March 2018Michelle Bachelet
[[File:ROBERTO AMPUERO.jpg70px]]**Roberto Ampuero**11 March 201813 June 2019Sebastián Piñera
[[File:TEODORO RIBERA.jpg70px]]**Teodoro Ribera**13 June 201928 July 2020
[[File:Andrés_Allamand_Zavala.jpg70px]]**Andrés Allamand**28 July 20206 February 2022
[[File:Antonia_Urrejola_Composición_CIDH_2018_(40179323390).jpg70px]]**Antonia Urrejola**11 March 202210 March 2023Gabriel Boric
[[File:Vanklaveren.JPG70px]]**Alberto van Klaveren**10 March 2023Incumbent

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