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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 "José Miguel Carrera" building at Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), in downtown Santiago.
The present Minister of Foreign Affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Alfredo Moreno Charme.
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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 Cult 1887-1896
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cult 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 Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez 1871 1875 Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Enrique Cood Ross 1875 1876 José Alfonso Cavada 1876 1878 Aníbal Pinto Alejandro Fierro Pérez 1878 1879 
Domingo Santa María González 1879 1879 
Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate 1879 1880 Melquiades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña 1880 1881 
José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández 1881 1882 Domingo Santa María Luis Aldunate Carrera 1882 1884 Aniceto Vergara Albano 1884 1885 
Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu 1885 1886 Joaquín Godoy Cruz 1886 1886 José Manuel Balmaceda 
Francisco Freire Caldera 1886 1887 Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cult
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate 1887 1888 José Manuel Balmaceda 
Augusto Matte Pérez 1888 1888 Demetrio Lastarria Villareal 1888 1889 Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla 1889 1889 
Eduardo Matte Pérez 1889 1890 Juan Castellón Larenas 1890 1890 Juan Eduardo Mackenna Astorga 1890 1890 José Tocornal Jordán 1890 1891 Domingo Godoy Cruz 1891 1891 
Ricardo Cruzat Hurtado 1891 1891 Manuel María Aldunate Solar 1891 August 29, 1891 
Manuel Antonio Matta Goyenechea September 7, 1891 December 26, 1891 Revolutionary Junta of Iquique Luis Pereira Cotapos December 26, 1891 1892 Jorge Montt Juan Castellón Larenas 1892 1892 
Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz 1892 1893 
Ventura Blanco Viel 1893 1894 Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla 1894 1894 
Luis Barros Borgoño 1894 1895 
Claudio Matte Pérez 1895 1895 Adolfo Guerrero Vergara 1895 September 18, 1896 Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Enrique de Putrón Cavareda 18 September 1896 1896 Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Carlos Morla Vicuña 1896 1897 
Raimundo Silva Cruz 1897 1898 
Juan José Latorre Benavente 1898 1898 Ventura Blanco Viel 1898 1899 
Federico Puga Borne 1899 1899 
Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Urmeneta 1899 1899 
Manuel Salinas González 1899 1900 
Emilio Bello Codecido 1900 1900 Raimundo Silva Cruz 1900 1901 
Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera 1901 18 September 1901 Appointed by Reappointed by Aníbal Zañartu 
Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León 18 September 1901 1902 Germán Riesco Horacio Pinto Agüero 1902 1902 José Francisco Vergara Donoso 1902 1903 Máximo Del Campo Yávar 1903 1903 
Agustín Edwards Mac Clure 1903 1903 
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete 1903 1904 Emilio Bello Codecido 1904 1904 Adolfo Guerrero Vergara 1904 1904 Raimundo Silva Cruz 1904 1904 Luis Antonio Vergara Ruíz 1904 1905 Agustín Edwards Mac Clure 1905 1905 Federico Puga Borne 1905 1906 Santiago Aldunate Bascuñán 1906 1906 
Antonio Huneeus Gana 1906 18 September 1906 Ricardo Salas Edwards 18 September 1906 1907 Pedro Montt Federico Puga Borne 1907 1908 
José Rafael Balmaceda Fernández 1908 1909 Agustín Edwards Mac Clure 1909 1910 Luis Izquierdo Fredes 1910 23 December 1910 Rafael Orrego González 23 December 1910 1911 Ramón Barros Luco Enrique Rodríguez Carmona 1911 1912 
Joaquín Figueroa Larraín 1912 1912 Antonio Huneeus Gana 1912 1912 Renato Sánchez García de la Huerta 1912 1913 Enrique Villegas Echiburú 1913 1914 Alejandro Lira Lira 1914 1914 Manuel Salinas González 1914 1915 Rafael Orrego Gónzalez 1915 23 December 1915 
Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña 23 December 1915 27 April 1916 Juan Luis Sanfuentes Silvestre Ochagavía Echaurren 27 April 1916 1 July 1916 Juan Enrique Tocornal Doursther July 1, 1916 November 20, 1916 Alamiro Huidobro Valdés November 20, 1916 July 14, 1917 
Arturo Besa Navarro July 14, 1917 October 13, 1917 Eduardo Suárez Mujica October 13, 1917 January 18, 1918 Guillermo Pereira Iñiguez January 18, 1918 April 22, 1918 Daniel Feliú Manterola April 22, 1918 September 6, 1918 Ruperto Bahamonde Rivera September 6, 1918 November 28, 1918 Luis Barros Borgoño November 28, 1918 November 8, 1919 Alamiro Huidobro Valdés November 8, 1919 March 29, 1920 Antonio Huneeus Gana March 29, 1920 July 1, 1920 Luis Aldunate Echeverría July 1, 1920 December 23, 1920 
Jorge Matte Gormaz December 23, 1920 1921 Arturo Alessandri Ernesto Barros Jarpa 1921 1922 Samuel Claro Lastarria 1922 October 16, 1922 
Carlos Aldunate Solar October 16, 1922 December 21, 1922 Luis Izquierdo Fredes December 21, 1922 1923 Pedro Rivas Vicuña 1923 1923 Emilio Bello Codecido 1923 1923 
Armando Jaramillo Valderrama 1923 1924 Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta 1924 14 March 1924 
Galvarino Gallardo Nieto 14 March 1924 20 July 1924 Ramón Briones Luco 20 July 1924 1924 Emilio Bello Codecido 1924 12 September 1924 Ministers of Foreign Affairs (First Creation)
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Carlos Aldunate Solar September 12, 1924 January 23, 1925 September Junta Jorge Matte Gormaz January 29, 1925 October 13, 1925 January Junta Ernesto Barros Jarpa October 13, 1925 December 23, 1925 Luis Barros Borgoño 
Beltrán Mathieu Andrews December 23, 1925 August 2, 1926 Emiliano Figueroa Antonio Huneeus Gana August 2, 1926 November 20, 1926 Jorge Matte Gormaz November 20, 1926 February 22, 1927 Conrado Ríos Gallardo February 22, 1927 September 3, 1929 Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Commerce
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Manuel Barros Castañón 3 September 1929 27 April 1931 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Antonio Planet Cordero 27 April 1931 13 July 1931 
Carlos Aldunate Errázuriz 13 July 1931 22 July 1931 Guillermo Edwards Matte 22 July 1931 23 July 1931 
Alberto Edwards Vives 23 July 1931 26 July 1931 
Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra 26 July 1931 3 September 1931 Appointed by Pedro Opazo Reappointed by Juan Esteban Montero Reappointed by Manuel Trucco Luis Izquierdo Fredes 3 September 1931 15 November 1931 Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra 15 November 1931 5 June 1932 Juan Esteban Montero Luis Barriga Errázuriz 5 June 1932 3 October 1932 Appointed by Socialist Junta Reappointed by Carlos Dávila Reappointed by Bartolomé Blanche Jorge Matte Gormaz 3 October 1932 24 December 1932 Abraham Oyanedel Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal 24 December 1932 14 February 1937 Arturo Alessandri 
Gustavo Ross Santa María 14 February 1937 24 March 1937 José Ramón Gutiérrez Allende 24 March 1937 15 September 1938 Luis Arteaga García 15 September 1938 24 December 1938 Abraham Ortega Aguayo 24 December 1938 8 February 1940 Pedro Aguirre Cerda Cristóbal Sáenz Cerda 8 February 1940 30 July 1940 Marcial Mora Miranda 30 July 1940 7 November 1940 Manuel Bianchi Gundián 7 November 1940 26 March 1941 Luis Alamos Barros 26 March 1941 10 June 1941 Juan Bautista Rossetti Colombino 10 June 1941 2 April 1942 Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Second creation)
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Ernesto Barros Jarpa April 2, 1942 October 21, 1942 Juan Antonio Ríos Joaquín Fernández y Fernández October 21, 1942 November 3, 1946 Raúl Juliet Gomez November 3, 1946 August 2, 1947 Gabriel González Videla Germán Vergara Donoso August 2, 1947 July 6, 1948 Germán Riesco Errázuriz July 7, 1948 February 27, 1950 Horacio Walker Larraín February 27, 1950 June 19, 1951 Eduardo Irarrázabal Concha June 19, 1951 July 29, 1952 Fernando García Oldini July 29, 1952 November 3, 1952 Arturo Olavarría Bravo November 3, 1952 1952 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Oscar Fenner Marín 1953 1954 Roberto Aldunate León 1954 January 15, 1954 Tobías Barros Ortiz January 15, 1954 January 6, 1955 Osvaldo Koch Krefft January 6, 1955 May 30, 1955 Kaare Olsen Nielsen May 30, 1955 January 2, 1956 José Serrano Palma January 2, 1956 January 4, 1956 Enrique Barbosa Baeza January 4, 1956 May 24, 1956 Osvaldo Sainte Marie Sorucco May 24, 1956 October 28, 1957 Alberto Sepúlveda Contreras October 28, 1957 November 3, 1958 Germán Vergara Donoso November 3, 1958 August 26, 1961 Jorge Alessandri Carlos Martinez Sotomayor August 26, 1961 December 17, 1963 Julio Philippi Izquierdo December 17, 1963 November 3, 1964 
Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux November 3, 1964 November 3, 1970 Eduardo Frei Montalva Clodomiro Almeyda Medina November 3, 1970 July 5, 1973 Salvador Allende Orlando Letelier del Solar July 5, 1973 August 8, 1973 Clodomiro Almeyda Medina August 8, 1973 September 11, 1973 Ismael Huerta Díaz September 12, 1973 July 3, 1974 Augusto Pinochet Patricio Carvajal Prado July 3, 1974 April 20, 1978 Hernán Cubillos Sallato April 20, 1978 March 20, 1980 René Rojas Galdames March 20, 1980 February 14, 1983 Miguel Schweitzer Walters February 15, 1983 December 19, 1983 Jaime Del Valle Alliende December 19, 1983 July 7, 1987 Ricardo García Rodríguez July 8, 1987 October 21, 1988 Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa October 22, 1988 March 11, 1990 Enrique Silva Cimma March 11, 1990 March 11, 1994 Patricio Aylwin Carlos Figueroa Serrano March 11, 1994 September 20, 1994 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 
José Miguel Insulza Salinas September 20, 1994 June 21, 1999 
Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette June 22, 1999 March 11, 2000 
María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela March 11, 2000 October 1, 2004 Ricardo Lagos 
Ignacio Walker Prieto October 1, 2004 March 11, 2006 
Alejandro Foxley Rioseco March 11, 2006 March 12, 2009 Michelle Bachelet 
Mariano Fernández Amunátegui March 12, 2009 March 11, 2010 
Alfredo Moreno Charme March 11, 2010 Sebastián Piñera 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." (in Spanish). Manual del Senado. 1810-1942. Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0027508.pdf. (Spanish)
- Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986) (in Spanish). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los poderes ejecutivo y legislativo desde 1810 (2ª edición ed.). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello. (Spanish)
- Official list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Chile with appointment dates (Spanish)
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