From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The present Minister of Foreign Affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Mr Alejandro Foxley.
[edit] 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
[edit] Titulars
[edit] Patria Vieja period
| Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
 |
José Gaspar Marín Esquivel |
September 18, 1810 |
July 4, 1811 |
Served concurrently |
Government Junta
of the Kingdom of Chile |
 |
José Gregorio Argomedo Montero |
|
Manuel Joaquín de Valdivieso Maciel |
August 10, 1811 |
September 4, 1811 |
|
Second Junta |
 |
Agustín Vial Santelices |
September 4, 1811 |
November 15, 1811 |
Served concurrently |
Third Junta |
|
José Gregorio Argomedo Montero |
 |
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoyza |
December 16, 1811 |
April 2, 1812 |
|
Fifth Junta |
|
Agustín Vial Santelices |
April 2, 1812 |
October 2, 1812 |
|
Sixth Junta |
 |
Manuel de Salas Corbalán |
October 27, 1812 |
April 1, 1813 |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
 |
Mariano Egaña Fabres |
April 1, 1813 |
April 13, 1813 |
Served concurrently |
Government Junta |
|
Manuel de Salas Corbalán |
|
Jaime de Zudáñez |
April 13, 1813 |
October 9, 1813 |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
|
José Tadeo Mancheño y Laso de la Vega |
October 9, 1813 |
March 9, 1814 |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
|
José María Villareal |
March 14, 1814 |
July 23, 1814 |
Secretary of Government |
Francisco de la Lastra |
 |
Bernardo de Vera y Pintado |
July 23, 1814 |
August 10, 1814 |
Secretary of Government and Finance |
Government Junta |
|
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoyza |
August 10, 1814 |
October 2, 1814 |
Secretary of Government and Finance |
[edit] Ministers of Government and Foreign Affairs
| Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
|
Miguel Zañartu y Santa María |
February 18, 1817 |
August 1, 1818 |
|
Bernardo O'Higgins |
 |
Antonio José de Irisarri Alonso |
August 1, 1818 |
October 30, 1818 |
|
|
Joaquín Echeverría Larraín |
October 30, 1818 |
January 28, 1823 |
|
|
Mariano Egaña Fabres |
January 28, 1823 |
July 12, 1824 |
|
Government Junta |
 |
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz |
July 12, 1824 |
February 22, 1825 |
|
Ramón Freire |
 |
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín |
February 22, 1825 |
June 18, 1825 |
|
|
Juan de Dios Vial del Río |
June 18, 1825 |
October 9, 1825 |
|
 |
Joaquín Campino Salamanca |
October 9, 1825 |
March 8, 1826 |
|
|
Ventura Blanco Encalada |
March 8, 1826 |
October 20, 1826 |
|
 |
Manuel José Gandarillas Guzmán |
October 20, 1826 |
March 8, 1827 |
|
Agustín Eyzaguirre |
|
José Miguel del Solar Marín |
March 8, 1827 |
December 13, 1827 |
|
Ramón Freire |
|
Carlos Rodríguez Erdoyza |
December 13, 1827 |
July 16, 1829 |
|
Francisco Antonio Pinto |
|
Melchor José Ramos Font |
July 16, 1829 |
November 9, 1829 |
|
Francisco Ramón Vicuña |
|
José Nicolás de la Cerda Santiago Concha |
November 9, 1829 |
December 7, 1829 |
|
[edit] Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Affairs
| Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
 |
Juan Francisco Meneses Echanes |
February 20, 1830 |
April 5, 1830 |
|
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle |
 |
Diego Portales Palazuelos |
April 5, 1830 |
August 31, 1831 |
Appointed by |
José Tomás Ovalle |
| Reappointed by |
Fernando Errázuriz |
|
Ramón Errázuriz Aldunate |
August 31, 1831 |
May 17, 1832 |
|
José Joaquín Prieto |
 |
Joaquín Tocornal Jiménez |
May 17, 1832 |
November 9, 1835 |
|
|
Diego Portales Palazuelos |
November 9, 1835 |
June 6, 1837 |
Interim |
|
Joaquín Tocornal Jiménez |
June 7, 1837 |
July 25, 1840 |
|
 |
Manuel Montt Torres |
July 25, 1840 |
March 27, 1841 |
|
|
José Miguel Yrarrázaval Alcalde |
March 27, 1841 |
May 19, 1841 |
|
 |
Ramón Luis Yrarrázaval Alcalde |
May 19, 1841 |
April 10, 1845 |
Appointed by |
| Reappointed by |
Manuel Bulnes |
|
Manuel Montt Torres |
April 10, 1845 |
September 18, 1846 |
|
 |
Manuel Camilo Vial Formas |
September 18, 1846 |
June 12, 1849 |
|
 |
José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano |
June 12, 1849 |
April 19, 1850 |
|
 |
Antonio Varas de la Barra |
April 19, 1850 |
September 18, 1856 |
Appointed by |
| Reappointed by |
Manuel Montt |
|
Francisco Javier Ovalle Bezanilla |
September 29, 1857 |
September 18, 1856 |
|
 |
Jerónimo Urmeneta García-Abello |
September 29, 1857 |
May 1, 1860 |
|
|
Antonio Varas de la Barra |
May 1, 1860 |
September 18, 1861 |
|
|
Manuel Alcalde Velasco |
September 18, 1861 |
July 9, 1862 |
|
José Joaquín Pérez |
|
Manuel Antonio Tocornal y Grez |
July 9, 1862 |
May 10, 1864 |
|
 |
Alvaro Covarrubias Ortúzar |
May 10, 1864 |
September 8, 1866 |
Minister of the Interior |
| September 8, 1866 |
September 26, 1867 |
|
|
Francisco Vargas Fontecilla |
September 26, 1867 |
November 13, 1868 |
|
|
Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate |
November 13, 1868 |
August 2, 1870 |
|
 |
Belisario Prats Pérez |
August 2, 1870 |
September 18, 1871 |
|
|
Eulogio Altamirano Aracena |
September 18, 1871 |
December 2, 1871 |
|
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu |
[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Colonization
[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cult
[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization
| Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
|
Enrique de Putrón Cavareda |
September 18, 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 Errázuriz Urmeneta |
1899 |
1899 |
|
|
Manuel Salinas Gónzalez |
1899 |
1900 |
|
 |
Emilio Bello Codecido |
1900 |
1900 |
|
|
Raimundo Silva Cruz |
1900 |
1901 |
|
|
Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera |
1901 |
September 18, 1901 |
Appointed by |
|
Reappointed by |
Aníbal Zañartu |
|
Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León |
September 18, 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 |
September 18, 1906 |
|
|
Ricardo Salas Edwards |
September 18, 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 |
December 23, 1910 |
|
|
Rafael Orrego González |
December 23, 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 |
December 23, 1915 |
|
 |
Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña |
December 23, 1915 |
April 27, 1916 |
|
Juan Luis Sanfuentes |
|
Alamiro Huidobro Valdés |
April 27, 1916 |
1916 |
|
|
Silvestre Ochagavía Echaurren |
1916 |
1916 |
|
|
Juan Enrique Tocornal Doursther |
1916 |
1917 |
|
 |
Arturo Besa Navarro |
1917 |
1918 |
|
|
Eduardo Suárez Mujica |
1918 |
1918 |
|
|
Ruperto Bahamonde Rivera |
1918 |
1918 |
|
 |
Luis Barros Borgoño |
1918 |
1918 |
|
|
Daniel Feliú Manterola |
1918 |
1918 |
|
|
Guillermo Pereira Iñiguez |
1918 |
1919 |
|
|
Alamiro Huidobro Valdés |
1919 |
1920 |
|
|
Luis Aldunate Echeverría |
1920 |
1920 |
|
|
Antonio Huneeus Gana |
1920 |
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 |
1924 |
|
|
Galvarino Gallardo Nieto |
1924 |
1924 |
|
|
Ramón Briones Luco |
1924 |
1924 |
|
|
Emilio Bello Codecido |
1924 |
1924 |
|
[edit] 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 |
|
[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Commerce
| Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
|
Manuel Barros Castañón |
September 3, 1929 |
April 27, 1931 |
|
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
|
Antonio Planet Cordero |
April 27, 1931 |
July 13, 1931 |
|
 |
Carlos Aldunate Errázuriz |
July 13, 1931 |
July 22, 1931 |
|
|
Guillermo Edwards Matte |
July 22, 1931 |
1931 |
|
|
Alberto Edwards Vives |
1931 |
July 26, 1931 |
|
 |
Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra |
July 26, 1931 |
1931 |
Appointed by |
Pedro Opazo |
| Reappointed by |
Juan Esteban Montero |
| Reappointed by |
Manuel Trucco |
|
Luis Izquierdo Fredes |
1931 |
1931 |
|
|
Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra |
1931 |
1932 |
|
Juan Esteban Montero |
|
Luis Barriga Errázuriz |
1932 |
1932 |
Appointed by |
Socialist Junta |
|
Reappointed by |
Carlos Dávila |
|
Reappointed by |
Bartolomé Blanche |
|
Jorge Matte Gormaz |
1932 |
December 24, 1932 |
|
Abraham Oyanedel |
 |
Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal |
December 24, 1932 |
1937 |
|
Arturo Alessandri |
 |
Gustavo Ross Santa María |
1937 |
1937 |
|
|
José Ramón Gutiérrez Allende |
1937 |
1938 |
|
|
Luis Arteaga García |
1938 |
December 24, 1938 |
|
|
Abraham Ortega Aguayo |
December 24, 1938 |
1940 |
|
Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
|
Cristóbal Sáenz Cerda |
1940 |
July 30, 1940 |
|
 |
Marcial Mora Miranda |
July 30, 1940 |
November 6, 1940 |
|
|
Manuel Bianchi Gundián |
November 6, 1940 |
1941 |
|
|
Luis Alamos Barros |
1941 |
1941 |
|
 |
Juan Bautista Rossetti Colombino |
1941 |
April 2, 1942 |
|
[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Second Creation)
| Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
|
Ernesto Barros Jarpa |
April 2, 1942 |
1942 |
|
Juan Antonio Ríos |
 |
Joaquín Fernández y Fernández |
1942 |
November 3, 1946 |
|
|
Raúl Juliet Gomez |
November 3, 1946 |
1947 |
|
Gabriel González Videla |
 |
Germán Vergara Donoso |
1947 |
1948 |
|
|
Germán Riesco Errázuriz |
1948 |
1950 |
|
 |
Horacio Walker Larraín |
1950 |
1951 |
|
|
Eduardo Irarrázabal Concha |
1951 |
November 3, 1952 |
|
|
Fernando García Oldini |
November 3, 1952 |
1952 |
|
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
|
Arturo Olavarría Bravo |
1952 |
1953 |
|
|
Oscar Fenner Marín |
1953 |
1954 |
|
|
Roberto Aldunate León |
1954 |
1954 |
|
|
Tobías Barros Ortiz |
1954 |
1954 |
|
|
Osvaldo Koch Krefft |
1954 |
1955 |
|
 |
Kaare Olsen Nielsen |
1955 |
1955 |
|
|
Enrique Barbosa Baeza |
1955 |
1956 |
|
|
Osvaldo Sainte Marie Sorucco |
1956 |
1956 |
|
|
José Serrano Palma |
1956 |
1957 |
|
|
Alberto Sepúlveda Contreras |
1957 |
November 3, 1958 |
|
|
Germán Vergara Donoso |
November 3, 1958 |
1961 |
|
Jorge Alessandri |
 |
Carlos Martinez Sotomayor |
1961 |
1963 |
|
|
Julio Philippi Izquierdo |
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 9, 1973 |
|
|
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina |
August 9, 1973 |
September 11, 1973 |
|
 |
Ismael Huerta Díaz |
September 11, 1973 |
1974 |
|
Augusto Pinochet |
 |
Patricio Carvajal Prado |
1974 |
1978 |
|
 |
Hernán Cubillos Sallato |
1978 |
1980 |
|
|
René Rojas Galdames |
1980 |
1983 |
|
 |
Jaime Del Valle Alliende |
1983 |
1983 |
|
 |
Miguel Schweitzer Walters |
1983 |
1987 |
|
|
Ricardo García Rodríguez |
1987 |
1988 |
|
 |
Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa |
1988 |
March 11, 1990 |
|
|
Enrique Silva Cimma |
March 11, 1990 |
March 11, 1994 |
|
Patricio Aylwin |
 |
Carlos Figueroa Serrano |
March 11, 1994 |
1994 |
|
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
 |
José Miguel Insulza Salinas |
1994 |
1999 |
|
|
Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette |
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 |
|
Incumbent |
Michelle Bachelet |
[edit] Additional information
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
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. 2ª edición Santiago de Chile. Editorial Andrés Bello. (Spanish)
[edit] External links
