- Ministry of Public Works (Chile)
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The Ministry of Public Works (Spanish: Ministerio de Obras Públicas) 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. The present (since March 11, 2010) Minister of Public Works is Mr Hernán de Solminihac and his Under-secretary is Ms Loreto Silva.
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History
The office was first created by law of June 21, 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 June 21, 1887 - May 20, 1910
- Ministry of Industry, Public Works and Railroads May 20, 1910 - December 19, 1924
- Ministry of Public Works and Roads December 19, 1924 - March 21, 1925
- Ministry of Public Works, Commerce and Communication Roads March 21, 1925 - October 3, 1927
- Ministry of Foment October 3, 1927 - October 21, 1942
- Ministry of Public Works and Communication Roads October 21, 1942 - 1953
- Ministry of Public Works 1953 - December 13, 1967
- Ministry of Public Works and Transports December 13, 1967 - July 8, 1974
- Ministry of Public Works July 8, 1974 - present
Titulars
Ministers of Industry and Public Works
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by 
Pedro Montt Montt June 28, 1887 April 13, 1888 José Manuel Balmaceda 
Vicente Dávila Larraín April 13, 1888 November 2, 1888 Prudencio Lazcano Echaurren November 2, 1888 January 21, 1889 
Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui January 21, 1889 May 1, 1889 Jorge Riesco Errázuriz May 1, 1889 October 23, 1889 
Ramón Barros Luco October 23, 1889 November 7, 1889 José Miguel Valdés Carrera November 7, 1889 August 7, 1890 Macario Vial Guzmán August 7, 1890 October 15, 1890 Eulogio Allendes Álvarez de Toledo October 15, 1890 December 6, 1890 Guillermo Mackenna Serrano December 6, 1890 March 29, 1891 Nicanor Ugalde Godoy March 29, 1891 August 29, 1891 Agustín Edwards Ross September 7, 1891 March 14, 1892 Appointed by Revolutionary Junta of Iquique Reappointed by Jorge Montt Jorge Riesco Errázuriz March 14, 1892 June 11, 1892 Vicente Dávila Larraín June 11, 1892 1894 Manuel Antonio Prieto 1894 1894 
Elías Fernández Albano 1894 1895 Juan Miguel Dávila 1895 1895 Elías Fernández Albano 1895 September 18, 1896 Francisco Baeza September 18, 1896 1896 Federico Errázuriz Echaurren 
Francisco de Borja Valdés Cuevas 1896 1897 Belisario Prats Bello 1897 1897 Domingo Toro Herrera 1897 1897 Emilio Orrego Luco 1897 1897 Julio Bañados Espinoza 1897 1898 
Emilio Bello Codecido 1898 1898 
Arturo Alessandri Palma 1898 1899 Daniel Rioseco 1899 September 2, 1899 Gregorio Pinochet Espinoza September 2, 1899 † October 28, 1899 Died in office Florencio Valdés Cuevas October 30, 1899 1900 Abraham Gacitúa Brieva 1900 1900 Rafael Orrego González 1900 1900 Manuel Covarrubias 1900 1901 José Ramón Nieto 1901 1901 
Joaquín Fernández Blanco 1901 September 18, 1901 Appointed by Reappointed by Aníbal Zañartu 
Ismael Tocornal Tocornal September 18, 1901 1901 Germán Riesco Rafael Orrego González 1901 1902 
José Joaquín Villarino Cabezón 1902 1902 Agustín Gana Urzúa 1902 1903 Francisco Rivas Vicuña 1903 1903 Maximiliano Espinoza Pica 1903 1903 Manuel Espinoza Jara 1903 May 12, 1904 Carlos Gregorio Abalos Varela May 12, 1904 June 1, 1904 Francisco de Borja Valdés Cuevas June 1, 1904 1904 Anfión Muñoz Muñoz 1904 1904 
Eduardo Charme Fernández 1904 1905 
Enrique Villegas Encalada 1905 1905 José Ramón Gutiérrez 1905 1906 Ramón Antonio Vergara Donoso 1906 1906 Abraham Ovalle Ovalle 1906 September 18, 1906 Eduardo Charme Fernández September 18, 1906 October 29, 1906 Pedro Montt Carlos Gregorio Abalos Varela October 29, 1906 November 7, 1906 Anselmo Hevia Riquelme November 7, 1906 1907 Gonzalo Urrejola Unzueta 1907 1907 
Joaquín Figueroa Larraín 1907 August 29, 1908 Guillermo Echavarría August 29, 1908 January 22, 1909 Manuel Espinoza Jara January 22, 1909 June 15, 1909 Pedro García de la Huerta June 15, 1909 September 15, 1909 Eduardo Délano September 15, 1909 June 25, 1910 Ministers of Industry, Public Works and Railroads
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Fidel Muñoz Rodríguez June 25, 1910 November 10, 1910 Appointed by Pedro Montt Reappointed by Elías Fernández Albano Reappointed by Emiliano Figueroa 
Beltrán Mathieu Andrews November 10, 1910 December 23, 1910 
Ismael Valdés Vergara December 23, 1910 1911 Ramón Barros Luco Javier Gandarillas Matta 1911 1911 Enrique Zañartu Prieto 1911 1912 Abraham Ovalle Ovalle 1912 1912 Belfor Fernández 1912 1912 Oscar Viel Cavero 1912 1913 Enrique Zañartu Prieto 1913 1914 Absalón Valencia 1914 1914 Julio Garcés 1914 1914 
Cornelio Saavedra Montt 1914 1915 Fernando Freire 1915 1915 Pedro Felipe Iñiguez 1915 December 23, 1915 Roberto Guzmán Montt December 23, 1915 1916 Juan Luis Sanfuentes 
Angel Guarello Costa 1916 1916 Justiniano Sotomayor Guzmán 1916 1916 Ramón León Luco 1916 1917 Alberto González Errázuriz 1917 1917 Malaquías Concha Ortiz 1917 1918 Francisco Landa Zárate 1918 1918 Ramón Briones Luco 1918 1918 Francisco Landa Zárate 1918 1918 
Vicente Adrián Villalobos 1918 1919 Manuel O'Ryan Carrasco 1919 1919 Malaquías Concha Ortiz 1919 1919 
Oscar Dávila Izquierdo 1919 1920 Malaquías Concha Ortiz 1920 1920 
Armando Jaramillo Valderrama 1920 December 23, 1920 Zenón Torrealba Ilabaca December 23, 1920 1921 Arturo Alessandri Artemio Gutiérrez 1921 1921 Armando Jaramillo Valderrama 1921 1922 Pedro Fajardo 1922 1922 Miguel Letelier Espínola 1922 1922 Absalón Valencia 1922 1923 
Róbinson Paredes Pacheco 1923 1923 Vicente Adrián Villalobos 1923 1923 Juan Vargas Márquez 1923 1923 Francisco Mardones Otaíza 1923 1924 Vicente Adrián Villalobos 1924 1924 Róbinson Paredes Pacheco 1924 1924 Guillermo Bañados 1924 1924 Angel Guarello Costa 1924 1924 Ministers of Public Works and Roads
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Oscar Dávila Izquierdo October 17, 1924 December 19, 1924 September Junta Luis Molina Gómez December 19, 1924 January 23, 1925 Francisco Mardones Otaíza January 29, 1925 August 27, 1925 Appointed by January Junta Reappointed by Arturo Alessandri Gustavo Lira Manso August 27, 1925 October 2, 1925 Ministers of Public Works, Commerce and Communication Roads
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Alejandro García Castelblanco October 2, 1925 December 23, 1925 Arturo Alessandri Angel Guarello Costa December 23, 1925 November 20, 1926 Emiliano Figueroa Julio Velasco November 20, 1926 May 23, 1927 Emiliano Ortiz Vega May 23, 1927 September 6, 1927 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Enrique Balmaceda Toro September 6, 1927 September 29, 1927 Interim Ministers of Foment
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano September 29, 1927 February 22, 1929 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Conrado Ríos Gallardo February 22, 1929 February 24, 1929 Interim Luis Schmidt Quezada February 24, 1929 August 23, 1929 Emiliano Bustos August 23, 1929 July 23, 1930 Edecio Torreblanca July 23, 1930 August 29, 1930 Luis Matte Larraín August 29, 1930 November 27, 1930 Edecio Torreblanca November 27, 1930 July 13, 1931 Francisco Cereceda Cisternas July 13, 1931 July 21, 1931 Alejandro García Castelblanco July 23, 1931 July 26, 1931 Luis Gutiérrez Allende July 26, 1931 July 27, 1931 Pedro Opazo Francisco Cereceda Cisternas July 27, 1931 August 21, 1931 Appointed by Juan Esteban Montero Reappointed by Manuel Trucco Luis Alamos Barros August 21, 1931 September 3, 1931 Enrique Matta Figueroa September 3, 1931 November 15, 1931 Appointed by Reappointed by Juan Esteban Montero Hernán Echeverría Cazotte November 15, 1931 April 7, 1932 Marco Antonio de la Cuadra April 7, 1932 June 4, 1932 Víctor Navarrete Senn June 5, 1932 September 13, 1932 Appointed by Socialist Junta Reappointed by Carlos Dávila Gustavo Lira Manso September 14, 1932 October 2, 1932 Bartolomé Blanche Miguel Chamorro Araya October 3, 1932 December 24, 1932 Abraham Oyanedel Alfredo Piwonka Jilabert December 24, 1932 May 9, 1933 Arturo Alessandri Domingo Santa María Sánchez May 9, 1933 October 31, 1933 Matías Silva Sepúlveda October 31, 1933 September 12, 1936 Luis Alamos Barros September 12, 1936 May 26, 1937 Ricardo Bascuñán Stonner May 26, 1937 December 24, 1938 Arturo Bianchi Gundián December 24, 1938 December 25, 1939 Pedro Aguirre Cerda Oscar Schnacke Vergara December 25, 1939 December 16, 1941 Appointed by Reappointed by Jerónimo Méndez Rolando Merino Reyes December 16, 1941 April 2, 1942 Oscar Schnacke Vergara April 2, 1942 1942 Juan Antonio Ríos Additional information
See also
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)
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Categories:- Government ministries of Chile
- Public works ministries
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