- Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Chile)
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The Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia) is the cabinet-level administrative office (equivalent to the president's Chief of Staff) which serves in an advisory role to the President of Chile and her or his ministers in the governments' relations with the National Congress of Chile, the development of the legislative agenda, and keeping track of the bills and other legislative activity in Congress as they pertain to the government.[1]
The ministry was created in 1990 during the government of Patricio Aylwin,[1] and the first appointee and longest-serving Minister so far was Edgardo Boeninger Kausel. The current Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency is José Antonio Viera-Gallo, who was appointed by President Michelle Bachelet mid-term and has served since March 27, 2007.
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Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by Edgardo Böeninger Kausel March 11, 1990 March 11, 1994 Patricio Aylwin Genaro Arriagada Herrera March 11, 1994 1996 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Juan Villarzú Rohde 1996 1998 John Biehl del Río 1998 June 22, 1999 José Miguel Insulza Salinas June 22, 1999 March 11, 2000 Álvaro García Hurtado March 11, 2000 2002 Ricardo Lagos 
Mario Fernández Baeza 2002 2003 Francisco Huenchumilla Jaramillo 2003 2004 Eduardo Dockendorff Vallejos 2004 March 11, 2006 Paulina Veloso Valenzuela March 11, 2006 March 27, 2007 Michelle Bachelet José Antonio Viera-Gallo Quesney March 27, 2007 Incumbent References
- ^ a b "Nuestro ministerio" (in Spanish). Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia. http://www.minsegpres.gob.cl/portal/menu/nuestro_ministerio.html. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
Sources
- 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)
External links
Categories:- Government ministries of Chile
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