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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 Edificio José Miguel Carrera at Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), in downtown Santiago.
The present minister of foreign affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Alberto van Klaveren.
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 Worship 1887–1896
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Worship 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 |
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Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez | 1871 | 1875 | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu | |
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Enrique Cood Ross | 1875 | 1876 | ||
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José Alfonso Cavada | 1876 | 1878 | Aníbal Pinto | |
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Alejandro Fierro Pérez | 1878 | 1879 | ||
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Domingo Santa María González | 1879 | 1879 | ||
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Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate | 1879 | 1880 | ||
| Melquiades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña | 1880 | 1881 | |||
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José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández | 1881 | 1882 | Domingo Santa María | |
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Luis Aldunate Carrera | 1882 | 1884 | ||
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Aniceto Vergara Albano | 1884 | 1885 | ||
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Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu | 1885 | 1886 | ||
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Joaquín Godoy Cruz | 1886 | 1886 | José Manuel Balmaceda | |
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Francisco Freire Caldera | 1886 | 1887 |
Ministers of foreign affairs and worship
| Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate | 1887 | 1888 | José Manuel Balmaceda | |
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Augusto Matte Pérez | 1888 | 1888 | ||
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Marcial Demetrio Lastarria | 1888 | 1889 | ||
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Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla | 1889 | 1889 | ||
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Eduardo Matte Pérez | 1889 | 1890 | ||
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Juan Castellón Larenas | 1890 | 1890 | ||
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Juan Eduardo Mackenna Astorga | 1890 | 1890 | ||
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José Tocornal Jordán | 1890 | 1891 | ||
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Domingo Godoy Cruz | 1891 | 1891 | ||
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Ricardo Cruzat Hurtado | 1891 | 1891 | ||
| Manuel María Aldunate Solar | 1891 | 29 August 1891 | |||
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Manuel Antonio Matta Goyenechea | 7 September 1891 | 26 December 1891 | Revolutionary Junta of Iquique | |
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Luis Pereira Cotapos | 26 December 1891 | 1892 | Jorge Montt | |
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Juan Castellón Larenas | 1892 | 1892 | ||
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Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz | 1892 | 1893 | ||
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Ventura Blanco Viel | 1893 | 1894 | ||
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Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla | 1894 | 1894 | ||
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Luis Barros Borgoño | 1894 | 1895 | ||
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Claudio Matte Pérez | 1895 | 1895 | ||
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Adolfo Guerrero Vergara | 1895 | 18 September 1896 |
Ministers of foreign affairs, worship and colonization
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Ministers of foreign affairs (first creation)
| Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Carlos Aldunate Solar | 12 September 1924 | 23 January 1925 | September Junta | |
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Jorge Matte Gormaz | 29 January 1925 | 13 October 1925 | January Junta | |
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Ernesto Barros Jarpa | 13 October 1925 | 23 December 1925 | Luis Barros Borgoño | |
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Beltrán Mathieu Andrews | 23 December 1925 | 2 August 1926 | Emiliano Figueroa | |
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Antonio Huneeus Gana | 2 August 1926 | 20 November 1926 | ||
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Jorge Matte Gormaz | 20 November 1926 | 22 February 1927 | ||
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Conrado Ríos Gallardo | 22 February 1927 | 3 September 1929 |
Ministers of foreign affairs and commerce
| Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Manuel Barros Castañón | 3 September 1929 | 27 April 1931 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | |
| Antonio Planet Cordero | 27 April 1931 | 13 July 1931 | |||
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Carlos Aldunate Errázuriz | 13 July 1931 | 22 July 1931 | ||
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Guillermo Edwards Matte | 22 July 1931 | 23 July 1931 | ||
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Alberto Edwards Vives | 23 July 1931 | 26 July 1931 | ||
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Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra | 26 July 1931 | 3 September 1931 | Appointed by | Pedro Opazo |
| Reappointed by | Juan Esteban Montero | ||||
| Reappointed by | Manuel Trucco | ||||
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Luis Izquierdo Fredes | 3 September 1931 | 15 November 1931 | ||
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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 | ||||
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Jorge Matte Gormaz | 3 October 1932 | 24 December 1932 | Abraham Oyanedel | |
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Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal | 24 December 1932 | 14 February 1937 | Arturo Alessandri | |
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Gustavo Ross Santa María | 14 February 1937 | 24 March 1937 | ||
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José Ramón Gutiérrez Allende | 24 March 1937 | 15 September 1938 | ||
| Luis Arteaga García | 15 September 1938 | 24 December 1938 | |||
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Abraham Ortega Aguayo | 24 December 1938 | 8 February 1940 | Pedro Aguirre Cerda | |
| Cristóbal Sáenz Cerda | 8 February 1940 | 30 July 1940 | |||
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Marcial Mora Miranda | 30 July 1940 | 7 November 1940 | ||
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Manuel Bianchi Gundián | 7 November 1940 | 26 March 1941 | ||
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Luis Alamos Barros | 26 March 1941 | 10 June 1941 | ||
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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 |
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Ernesto Barros Jarpa | 2 April 1942 | 21 October 1942 | Juan Antonio Ríos | |
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Joaquín Fernández y Fernández | 21 October 1942 | 3 November 1946 | ||
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Raúl Juliet Gomez | 3 November 1946 | 2 August 1947 | Gabriel González Videla | |
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Germán Vergara Donoso | 2 August 1947 | 6 July 1948 | ||
| Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz | 7 July 1948 | 27 February 1950 | |||
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Horacio Walker Larraín | 27 February 1950 | 19 June 1951 | ||
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Eduardo Irarrázabal Concha | 19 June 1951 | 29 July 1952 | ||
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Fernando García Oldini | 29 July 1952 | 3 November 1952 | ||
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Arturo Olavarría Bravo | 3 November 1952 | 1952 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | |
| Oscar Fenner Marín | 1953 | 1954 | |||
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Roberto Aldunate León | 1954 | 15 January 1954 | ||
| Tobías Barros Ortiz | 15 January 1954 | 6 January 1955 | |||
| Osvaldo Koch Krefft | 6 January 1955 | 30 May 1955 | |||
| Kaare Olsen Nielsen | 30 May 1955 | 2 January 1956 | |||
| José Serrano Palma | 2 January 1956 | 4 January 1956 | |||
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Enrique Barbosa Baeza | 4 January 1956 | 24 May 1956 | ||
| Osvaldo Sainte Marie Sorucco | 24 May 1956 | 28 October 1957 | |||
| Alberto Sepúlveda Contreras | 28 October 1957 | 3 November 1958 | |||
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Germán Vergara Donoso | 3 November 1958 | 26 August 1961 | Jorge Alessandri | |
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Carlos Martinez Sotomayor | 26 August 1961 | 17 December 1963 | ||
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Julio Philippi Izquierdo | 17 December 1963 | 3 November 1964 | ||
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Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux | 3 November 1964 | 3 November 1970 | Eduardo Frei Montalva | |
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Clodomiro Almeyda Medina | 3 November 1970 | 5 July 1973 | Salvador Allende | |
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Orlando Letelier del Solar | 5 July 1973 | 8 August 1973 | ||
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Clodomiro Almeyda Medina | 8 August 1973 | 11 September 1973 | ||
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Ismael Huerta Díaz | 12 September 1973 | 3 July 1974 | Augusto Pinochet | |
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Patricio Carvajal Prado | 3 July 1974 | 20 April 1978 | ||
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Hernán Cubillos Sallato | 20 April 1978 | 20 March 1980 | ||
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René Rojas Galdames | 20 March 1980 | 14 February 1983 | ||
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Miguel Schweitzer Walters | 15 February 1983 | 19 December 1983 | ||
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Jaime Del Valle Alliende | 19 December 1983 | 7 July 1987 | ||
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Ricardo García Rodríguez | 8 July 1987 | 21 October 1988 | ||
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Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa | 22 October 1988 | 11 March 1990 | ||
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Enrique Silva Cimma | 11 March 1990 | 11 March 1994 | Patricio Aylwin | |
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Carlos Figueroa Serrano | 11 March 1994 | 20 September 1994 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | |
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José Miguel Insulza Salinas | 20 September 1994 | 21 June 1999 | ||
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Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette | 22 June 1999 | 11 March 2000 | ||
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María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela | 11 March 2000 | 1 October 2004 | Ricardo Lagos | |
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Ignacio Walker Prieto | 1 October 2004 | 11 March 2006 | ||
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Alejandro Foxley Rioseco | 11 March 2006 | 12 March 2009 | Michelle Bachelet | |
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Mariano Fernández Amunátegui | 12 March 2009 | 11 March 2010 | ||
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Alfredo Moreno Charme | 11 March 2010 | 11 March 2014 | Sebastián Piñera | |
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Heraldo Muñoz | 11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | Michelle Bachelet | |
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Roberto Ampuero | 11 March 2018 | 13 June 2019 | Sebastián Piñera | |
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Teodoro Ribera | 13 June 2019 | 28 July 2020 | ||
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Andrés Allamand | 28 July 2020 | 6 February 2022 | ||
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Antonia Urrejola | 11 March 2022 | 10 March 2023 | Gabriel Boric | |
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Alberto van Klaveren | 10 March 2023 | Incumbent |
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.". Manual del Senado. 1810–1942 (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. (in Spanish)
- 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 (in Spanish) (2ª edición ed.). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello. (in Spanish)
- Official list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Chile with appointment dates (in Spanish)
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