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Ministry of Public Works (Chile)

Cabinet-level administrative office in Chile

Ministry of Public Works (Chile)

Cabinet-level administrative office in Chile

Juan Carlos García Pérez de Arce, a former Minister of Public Works.

The Ministry of Public Works () is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "planning, directing, controlling and building the public infrastructure, as well as the conservation and management of them" within Chile. It is also responsible for the "management, distribution, use and conservation" of all the water resources within the country. They answer directly to the President of Chile. Since 10 March 2023, the Minister of Public Works is Jessica López.

History

The office was first created by law of 21 June 1887, under President José Manuel Balmaceda as the Ministry of Industry and Public Works. Since then it has undergone several reorganizations during its history, reflected in its different names:

  • Ministry of Industry and Public Works 21 June 1887 - 20 May 1910
  • Ministry of Industry, Public Works and Railroads 20 May 1910 - 19 December 1924
  • Ministry of Public Works and Roads 19 December 1924 - 21 March 1925
  • Ministry of Public Works, Commerce and Communication Roads 21 March 1925 - 3 October 1927
  • Ministry of Foment 3 October 1927 - 21 October 1942
  • Ministry of Public Works and Communication Roads 21 October 1942 – 1953
  • Ministry of Public Works 1953 - 13 December 1967
  • Ministry of Public Works and Transport 13 December 1967 - 8 July 1974
  • Ministry of Public Works 8 July 1974 – present

Titulars

Ministers of Industry and Public Works

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[Image:PMonttM.jpg70px]]Pedro Montt Montt28 June 188713 April 1888José Manuel Balmaceda
[[Image:VicenteDavilaLarrain.jpg70px]]Vicente Dávila Larraín13 April 18882 November 1888
Prudencio Lazcano Echaurren2 November 188821 January 1889
[[Image:EnriqueSalvadorSanfuentes.jpg70px]]Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui21 January 18891 May 1889
Jorge Riesco Errázuriz1 May 188923 October 1889
[[Image:RBarrosLuco.jpg70px]]Ramón Barros Luco23 October 18897 November 1889
José Miguel Valdés Carrera7 November 18897 August 1890
Macario Vial Guzmán7 August 189015 October 1890
Eulogio Allendes Álvarez de Toledo15 October 18906 December 1890
Guillermo Mackenna Serrano6 December 189029 March 1891
Nicanor Ugalde Godoy29 March 189129 August 1891
[[Image:Agustín_Edwards_Ross.jpg70px]]Agustín Edwards Ross7 September 189114 March 1892Appointed byRevolutionary Junta of Iquique
Reappointed byJorge Montt Álvarez
Jorge Riesco Errázuriz14 March 189211 June 1892
[[Image:VicenteDavilaLarrain.jpg70px]]Vicente Dávila Larraín11 June 18921894
Manuel Antonio Prieto18941894
[[Image:EFernandezAlbano.jpg70px]]Elías Fernández Albano18941895
Juan Miguel Dávila18951895
[[Image:EFernandezAlbano.jpg70px]]Elías Fernández Albano189518 September 1896
Francisco Baeza18 September 18961896Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
[[Image:FranciscoValdesCuevas.jpg70px]]Francisco de Borja Valdés Cuevas18961897
Belisario Prats Bello18971897
Domingo Toro Herrera18971897
Emilio Orrego Luco18971897
Julio Bañados Espinoza18971898
[[Image:EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg70px]]Emilio Bello Codesido18981898
[[Image:AAlessandriP.jpg70px]]Arturo Alessandri Palma18981899
Daniel Rioseco18992 September 1899
Gregorio Pinochet Espinoza2 September 1899died 28 October 1899Died in office
Florencio Valdés Cuevas30 October 18991900
Abraham Gacitúa Brieva19001900
Rafael Orrego González19001900
Manuel Covarrubias19001901
José Ramón Nieto19011901
[[Image:JoaquinFernandezBlanco.jpg70px]]Joaquín Fernández Blanco190118 September 1901Appointed by
Reappointed byAníbal Zañartu
[[Image:IsmaelTocornalTocornal.jpg70px]]Ismael Tocornal Tocornal18 September 19011901Germán Riesco Errázuriz
Rafael Orrego González19011902
[[Image:JJVillarinoCabezon.jpg70px]]José Joaquín Villarino Cabezón5 May 19021902
Agustín Gana Urzúa19021903
Francisco Rivas Vicuña19031903
Maximiliano Espinoza Pica19031903
Manuel Espinoza Jara190312 May 1904
Carlos Gregorio Abalos Varela12 May 19041 June 1904
[[Image:FranciscoValdesCuevas.jpg70px]]Francisco de Borja Valdés Cuevas1 June 19041904
Anfión Muñoz Muñoz19041904
[[Image:EduardoCharmeFernandez.jpg70px]]Eduardo Charme Fernández19041905
[[Image:EnriqueVillegasEncalada.jpg70px]]Enrique Villegas Encalada19051905
José Ramón Gutiérrez19051906
Ramón Antonio Vergara Donoso19061906
Abraham Ovalle Ovalle190618 September 1906
[[Image:EduardoCharmeFernandez.jpg70px]]Eduardo Charme Fernández18 September 190629 October 1906Pedro Montt Montt
Carlos Gregorio Abalos Varela29 October 19067 November 1906
Anselmo Hevia Riquelme7 November 19061907
Gonzalo Urrejola Unzueta19071907
[[Image:JoaquinFigueroaL.jpg70px]]Joaquín Figueroa Larraín190729 August 1908
Guillermo Echavarría29 August 190822 January 1909
Manuel Espinoza Jara22 January 190915 June 1909
Pedro García de la Huerta15 June 190915 September 1909
Eduardo Délano15 September 190925 June 1910

Ministers of Industry, Public Works and Railroads

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
Fidel Muñoz Rodríguez25 June 191010 November 1910Appointed byPedro Montt
Reappointed byElías Fernández Albano
Reappointed byEmiliano Figueroa
[[Image:BeltranMathieuAndrews.jpg70px]]Beltrán Mathieu Andrews10 November 191023 December 1910
[[Image:IsmaelValdesVergara.jpg70px]]Ismael Valdés Vergara23 December 19101911Ramón Barros Luco
Javier Gandarillas Matta19111911
Enrique Zañartu Prieto19111912
Abraham Ovalle Ovalle19121912
Belfor Fernández19121912
Oscar Viel Cavero19121913
Enrique Zañartu Prieto19131914
Absalón Valencia19141914
Julio Garcés19141914
[[Image:CornelioSaavedraMontt.jpg70px]]Cornelio Saavedra Montt19141915
Fernando Freire19151915
Pedro Felipe Iñiguez191523 December 1915
Roberto Guzmán Montt23 December 19151916Juan Luis Sanfuentes
[[Image:AngelGuarello.jpg70px]]Angel Guarello Costa19161916
Justiniano Sotomayor Guzmán19161916
Ramón León Luco19161917
Alberto González Errázuriz19171917
Malaquías Concha Ortiz19171918
Francisco Landa Zárate19181918
Ramón Briones19181918
Francisco Landa Zárate19181918
[[Image:VicenteAdrianVillalobos.jpg70px]]Vicente Adrián Villalobos19181919
Manuel O'Ryan Carrasco19191919
Malaquías Concha Ortiz19191919
[[Image:OscarDavilaIzquierdo.jpg70px]]Oscar Dávila Izquierdo19191920
Malaquías Concha Ortiz19201920
[[Image:ArmandoJaramillo.jpg70px]]Armando Jaramillo Valderrama192023 December 1920
Zenón Torrealba Ilabaca23 December 19201921Arturo Alessandri
Artemio Gutiérrez19211921
[[Image:ArmandoJaramillo.jpg70px]]Armando Jaramillo Valderrama19211922
Pedro Fajardo19221922
Miguel Letelier Espínola19221922
Absalón Valencia19221923
[[Image:RobinsonParedes.jpg70px]]Róbinson Paredes Pacheco19231923
[[Image:VicenteAdrianVillalobos.jpg70px]]Vicente Adrián Villalobos19231923
Juan Vargas Márquez19231923
Francisco Mardones Otaíza19231924
[[Image:VicenteAdrianVillalobos.jpg70px]]Vicente Adrián Villalobos19241924
[[Image:RobinsonParedes.jpg70px]]Róbinson Paredes Pacheco19241924
Guillermo Bañados19241924
[[Image:AngelGuarello.jpg70px]]Angel Guarello Costa19241924

Ministers of Public Works and Roads

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
[[Image:OscarDavilaIzquierdo.jpg70px]]Oscar Dávila Izquierdo17 October 192419 December 1924September Junta
Luis Molina Gómez19 December 192423 January 1925
Francisco Mardones Otaíza29 January 192527 August 1925Appointed byJanuary Junta
Reappointed byArturo Alessandri
Gustavo Lira Manso27 August 19252 October 1925

Ministers of Public Works, Commerce and Communication Roads

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
Alejandro García Castelblanco2 October 192523 December 1925Arturo Alessandri
[[Image:AngelGuarello.jpg70px]]Angel Guarello Costa23 December 192520 November 1926Emiliano Figueroa
Julio Velasco20 November 192623 May 1927
Emiliano Ortiz Vega23 May 19276 September 1927Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Enrique Balmaceda Toro6 September 192729 September 1927Interim

Ministers of Foment

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano29 September 192722 February 1929Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Conrado Ríos Gallardo22 February 192924 February 1929Interim
Luis Schmidt Quezada24 February 192923 August 1929
Emiliano Bustos23 August 192923 July 1930
Edecio Torreblanca23 July 193029 August 1930
Luis Matte Larraín29 August 193027 November 1930
Edecio Torreblanca27 November 193013 July 1931
Francisco Cereceda Cisternas13 July 193121 July 1931
Alejandro García Castelblanco23 July 193126 July 1931
Luis Gutiérrez Allende26 July 193127 July 1931Pedro Opazo
Francisco Cereceda Cisternas27 July 193121 August 1931Appointed byJuan Esteban Montero
Reappointed byManuel Trucco
Luis Alamos Barros21 August 19313 September 1931
Enrique Matta Figueroa3 September 193115 November 1931Appointed by
Reappointed byJuan Esteban Montero
Hernán Echeverría Cazotte15 November 19317 April 1932
Marco Antonio de la Cuadra7 April 19324 June 1932
Víctor Navarrete Senn5 June 193213 September 1932Appointed byGovernment Junta of Chile (1932)
Reappointed byCarlos Dávila
Gustavo Lira Manso14 September 19322 October 1932Bartolomé Blanche
Miguel Chamorro Araya3 October 193224 December 1932Abraham Oyanedel
Alfredo Piwonka Jilabert24 December 19329 May 1933Arturo Alessandri
Domingo Santa María Sánchez9 May 193331 October 1933
Matías Silva Sepúlveda31 October 193312 September 1936
Luis Alamos Barros12 September 193626 May 1937
Ricardo Bascuñán Stonner26 May 193724 December 1938
Arturo Bianchi Gundián24 December 193825 December 1939Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Oscar Schnacke Vergara25 December 193916 December 1941Appointed by
Reappointed byJerónimo Méndez
Rolando Meriño Reyes16 December 19412 April 1942
Oscar Schnacke Vergara2 April 19421942Juan Antonio Ríos

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