Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)

Logo of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government

The Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Spanish: Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno) (Segegob) is the cabinet-level administrative office charged with acting as the government's organ of communication. The principal function of the Minister Secretary General of Government and his or her staff is to serve as the spokesperson of the government.

History

The position of the General Secretariat of Government was created in 1932, and the Ministry General Secretariat of Government was created in 1976 after a decree (Decreto Ley N° 1.385) which awarded ministerial rank to the General Secretariat of Government. The Ministry General Secretariat of Government was reorganized by different laws in 1991 and 1992 during the administration of Patricio Aylwin.

General Secretaries / Ministers

Picture Name Entered oOffice Exited office Notes Appointed by
Jaime Suárez Bastidas 4 November 1970 8 August 1972 Salvador Allende
Hernán del Canto Riquelme 8 August 1972 27 March 1973
Aníbal Palma Fourcade 27 March 1973 9 August 1973
Fernando Flores Labra 9 August 1973 11 September 1973
Pedro Ewing Hodar 12 September 1973 1974 Augusto Pinochet
Hernán Béjares González 1974
22 March 1976		 15 November 1977
René Vidal Basauri 15 November 1977 27 January 1979
Julio Fernández Atienza 27 January 1979 14 December 1979
Sergio Badiola Broberg 14 December 1979 20 October 1980
René Vidal Basauri 20 October 1980 29 December 1980
Julio Bravo Valdés 29 December 1980 30 August 1982
Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa 30 August 1982 14 February 1983
Ramón Suárez González 14 February 1983 10 August 1983
Alfonso Márquez de la Plata Yrarrázaval 10 August 1983 6 November 1984
Francisco Javier Cuadra Lizana 6 November 1984 11 July 1987
Orlando Poblete 11 July 1987 21 October 1988
Miguel Ángel Poduje 21 October 1988 5 April 1989
Óscar Vargas Guzmán 5 April 1989 17 August 1989
Cristián Labbé Galilea 17 August 1989 11 March 1990
Enrique Correa Ríos 11 March 1990 11 March 1994 Patricio Aylwin
Víctor Manuel Rebolledo 11 March 1994 20 September 1994 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
José Joaquín Brunner Ried 20 September 1994 1 August 1998
Jorge Arrate MacNiven 1 August 1998 22 June 1999
Carlos Mladinic 22 June 1999 11 March 2000
Claudio Huepe García 11 March 2000 7 January 2002 Ricardo Lagos
Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela 7 January 2002 3 March 2003
Francisco Vidal Salinas 3 March 2003 24 May 2005
Osvaldo Puccio Huidobro 24 May 2005 11 March 2006
Ricardo Lagos Weber 11 March 2006 6 December 2007 Michelle Bachelet
Francisco Vidal Salinas 6 December 2007 12 March 2009
Carolina Tohá Morales 12 March 2009 14 December 2009
Pilar Armanet 14 December 2009 11 March 2010
Ena von Baer Jahn 11 March 2010 18 July 2011 Sebastián Piñera
Andrés Chadwick Piñera 18 July 2011 5 November 2012
Cecilia Pérez 5 November 2012 11 March 2014
Álvaro Elizalde 11 March 2014 Incumbent Michelle Bachelet

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