Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile (Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) 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
| Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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| File:Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez.jpg | Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez | 1871 | 1875 | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu | |
| File:Enrique Cood.jpg | Enrique Cood Ross | 1875 | 1876 | ||
| File:José Alfonso Cavada.jpg | José Alfonso Cavada | 1876 | 1878 | Aníbal Pinto | |
| File:Alejandro Fierro Pérez de Camino.jpg | Alejandro Fierro Pérez | 1878 | 1879 | ||
| File:DomingoSantaMariaG.jpg | Domingo Santa María González | 1879 | 1879 | ||
| File:MLAmunategui.png | Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate | 1879 | 1880 | ||
| Melquiades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña | 1880 | 1881 | |||
| File:JMBalmacedaF.jpg | José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández | 1881 | 1882 | Domingo Santa María | |
| File:Luis Aldunate Carrera 1882-1884.JPG | Luis Aldunate Carrera | 1882 | 1884 | ||
| File:Aniceto Vergara y Albano.JPG | Aniceto Vergara Albano | 1884 | 1885 | ||
| File:AZanartuZ.jpg | Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu | 1885 | 1886 | ||
| File:Joaquín Godoy Cruz (cropped).jpg | Joaquín Godoy Cruz | 1886 | 1886 | José Manuel Balmaceda | |
| File:FranciscoFreireCaldera.jpg | Francisco Freire Caldera | 1886 | 1887 |
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Ministers of foreign affairs and worship
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Ministers of foreign affairs, worship and colonization
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Ministers of foreign affairs (first creation)
| Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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| File:CarlosAldunateSolar.jpg | Carlos Aldunate Solar | 12 September 1924 | 23 January 1925 | September Junta | |
| File:JMatteGormaz.jpg | Jorge Matte Gormaz | 29 January 1925 | 13 October 1925 | January Junta | |
| File:Ernesto Barros Jarpa.jpg | Ernesto Barros Jarpa | 13 October 1925 | 23 December 1925 | Luis Barros Borgoño | |
| File:BeltranMathieuAndrews.jpg | Beltrán Mathieu Andrews | 23 December 1925 | 2 August 1926 | Emiliano Figueroa | |
| File:AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg | Antonio Huneeus Gana | 2 August 1926 | 20 November 1926 | ||
| File:JMatteGormaz.jpg | Jorge Matte Gormaz | 20 November 1926 | 22 February 1927 | ||
| File:ConradoRiosGallardo.jpg | Conrado Ríos Gallardo | 22 February 1927 | 3 September 1929 |
Ministers of foreign affairs and commerce
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Ministers of foreign affairs (second creation)
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Additional information
See also
- Foreign relations of Chile
- List of diplomatic missions in Chile
- List of diplomatic missions of Chile
Sources
- República de Chile (1942). "VI. Poder Ejecutivo – Nómina de Gobernantes, Presidentes y Ministros desde la Independencia.". Manual del Senado. 1810–1942 (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) (in Spanish) - Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los poderes ejecutivo y legislativo desde 1810 (in Spanish) (2ª edición ed.). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) (in Spanish) - Official list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Chile with appointment dates (in Spanish)
