Ministry of Education of Chile
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The Ministry of Education of Chile (MINEDUC) is the Ministry of State responsible for promoting the development of education at all levels, to assure all people access to basic education, to stimulate scientific and technological research and artistic creation, and the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage of the nation of Chile
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The current Minister of Education as of 2011 is Felipe Bulnes
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The Ministry of Education was separated from the Ministry of Justice in 1927, and became responsible for primary education, secondary education, vocational education, libraries, archives and museums.
During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva
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Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
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The current Minister of Education as of 2011 is Felipe Bulnes
Felipe Bulnes
Felipe Bulnes Serrano is a Chilean lawyer and National Renewal politician. He assumed office as minister of education following a cabinet shuffle amidst the ongoing 2011 Chilean student protests.- External links :...
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History
The ministry began in 1837 as part of the Ministry of Justice and Religious Instruction. In those years the ministry was responsible for overseeing educational institutions such as the Instituto Nacional de Chile and Universidad de Chile. Since 1887 it was named Ministry of Justice and Public Instruction.The Ministry of Education was separated from the Ministry of Justice in 1927, and became responsible for primary education, secondary education, vocational education, libraries, archives and museums.
During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...
, the following institutions were created under Ministry of Education:
- Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas/National Board of School Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB)
- Centro de Perfeccionamiento, Experimentación e Investigaciones Pedagógicas/Center for Improvement, Educational Research and Experimentation (CPEIP)
- Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles (JUNJI)
List of ministers of education
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Eduardo Barrios Hudtwalcker Eduardo Barrios - Overview :After his father’s death, at the age of 5 his family moved to Lima until the age of 15 where he was the victim of harassment by his classmates. After high school he joined the Chilean Military School but quit before graduating as an officer. He spent much of his young adulthood... |
17 November 1927 | 17 October 1928 | Ind | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Carlos Ibáñez del Campo General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :... |
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| Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez | 17 October 1928 | 11 March 1929 | PR | ||
| Mariano Navarrete | 11 March 1929 | 5 August 1930 | Militar | ||
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Bartolomé Blanche Espejo Bartolomé Blanche General Bartolomé Guillermo Blanche Espejo was a Chilean military officer and provisional president of Chile in 1932.... |
5 August 1930 | 26 October 1930 | Militar | |
| Alberto Edwards Vives | 26 October 1930 | 28 April 1931 | PN | ||
| Gustavo Lira Manso | 28 April 1931 | 13 July 1931 | Ind | ||
| José Manuel Ríos Arias | 13 July 1931 | 22 July 1931 | PL | ||
| Miguel Letelier Espínola | 22 July 1931 | 23 July 1931 | PN | ||
| Gustavo Lira Manso | 23 July 1931 | 26 July 1931 | PN | ||
| Pedro Godoy Pérez | 26 July 1931 | 27 July 1931 | Ind | Pedro Opazo Pedro Opazo Pedro Opazo Letelier was a Chilean politician and provisional vice president of Chile in 1931.He was born in Talca, the son of Ursicino Opazo and Margarita Letelier. He completed his studies in his native city, and then attended the Universidad de Chile, where he became a physician... |
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| 27 July 1931 | 20 August 1931 | Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932.-Early life:... |
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| 20 August 1931 | 3 September 1931 | Manuel Trucco Manuel Trucco Manuel Trucco Franzani was a Chilean politician and provisional vice president of Chile in 1931.He was born in Cauquenes, the son of Napoleón Trucco Morano and of María Franzani Monigette. He completed his studies in his native city, and at the Instituto Nacional... |
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| Leonardo Guzmán Cortés | 3 September 1931 | 15 November 1931 | PR | ||
| Santiago Labarca Labarca | 15 November 1931 | 7 April 1932 | PR | Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932.-Early life:... |
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| Alfredo Bravo Zamora | 7 April 1932 | 5 June 1932 | PR | ||
| Eugenio González Rojas | 5 June 1932 | 17 June 1932 | Ind | Socialist Junta Government Junta of Chile (1932) Government Junta of Chile , was a political structure established during the anarchy that followed the resignation of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo... |
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| Carlos Soto Rengifo | 17 June 1932 | 8 July 1932 | |||
| 8 July 1932 | 1 August 1932 | Carlos Dávila Carlos Dávila Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza , was a Chilean political figure, Chairman of Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1954 until his death in 1955.-Early life:... |
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| Luis David Cruz Ocampo | 1 August 1932 | 14 September 1932 | Ind | ||
| 14 September 1932 | 4 October 1932 | Bartolomé Blanche Bartolomé Blanche General Bartolomé Guillermo Blanche Espejo was a Chilean military officer and provisional president of Chile in 1932.... |
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| Alberto Coddou Ortiz | 4 October 1932 | 24 December 1932 | Ind | Abraham Oyanedel Abraham Oyanedel Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia was president of Chile in 1932.He studied law at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, and in 1897 received his law degree. During the Chilean Civil War in 1891, Oyanedel fought for the Congressional army.In 1927, he was appointed a member of the Supreme Court of Chile ,... |
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| Domingo Durán Morales | 24 December 1932 | 19 April 1934 | PR | Arturo Alessandri Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma was a Chilean political figure and reformer, who served twice as the President of Chile, first between 1920 and 1924, and then again in 1925, and finally from 1932 until 1938.... |
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| Osvaldo Vial Vial | 19 April 1934 | 26 August 1935 | PL | ||
| Francisco Garcés Gana | 26 August 1935 | 24 March 1937 | PL | ||
| Guillermo Correa Fuenzalida | 24 March 1937 | 24 December 1938 | PL | ||
| Rudecindo Ortega Masson | 24 December 1938 | 8 February 1940 | PR | Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Aguirre Cerda was a Chilean political figure. A member of the Radical Party, he was chosen as the Popular Front's candidate for the 1938 presidential election, and was triumphally elected. He governed Chile until his death in 1941... |
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| Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas | 8 February 1940 | 10 June 1941 | PR | ||
| Raimundo del Río Castillo | 10 June 1941 | 6 October 1941 | PL | ||
| Ulises Vergara Osses | 6 October 1941 | 10 October 1941 | PR | ||
| 10 October 1941 | 2 April 1942 | Jerónimo Méndez Jerónimo Méndez Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia was a Chilean politician who served as provisional president.He was born in Chañaral, where he completed his secondary studies. In 1914 he graduated as an MD from the Universidad de Chile. President Pedro Aguirre Cerda appointed him Minister of the Interior... |
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| Oscar Bustos Aburto | 2 April 1942 | 21 October 1942 | PR | Juan Antonio Ríos Juan Antonio Ríos Juan Antonio Ríos Morales was a Chilean political figure, and President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II. He died in office.-Early life:... |
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| Benjamín Claro Velasco | 21 October 1942 | 7 June 1943 | PR | ||
| Enrique Marshall Herrera | 7 June 1943 | 1 September 1943 | Ind | ||
| Benjamín Claro Velasco | 1 September 1943 | 6 October 1944 | PR | ||
| Enrique Marshall Herrera | 6 October 1944 | 14 May 1945 | Ind | ||
| Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas | 14 May 1945 | 3 February 1946 | PR | ||
| Benjamín Claro Velasco | 3 February 1946 | 6 September 1946 | PR | ||
| Humberto Enríquez Fródden | 6 September 1946 | 3 November 1946 | PR | Alfredo Duhalde Alfredo Duhalde Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez was a Chilean politician who served twice as provisional president in 1946.Duhalde was born in the city of Río Bueno, the son of Pedro Duhalde and of Zoila Vasquez. After completing his primary schooling in his natal town, he completed his secondary education at the Liceo... |
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| Alejandro Ríos Valdivia | 3 November 1946 | 2 August 1947 | PR | Gabriel González Videla Gabriel González Videla Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician. He was a deputy and senator in the Chilean Congress and was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952... |
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| Enrique Molina Garmendia Enrique Molina Garmendia Enrique Molina Garmendia was a philosopher and a Chilean teacher.He was the promoter and the main founder of the University of Concepción.... |
2 August 1947 | 7 July 1948 | Ind | ||
| Ulises Vergara Osses | 7 July 1948 | 22 July 1948 | PR | ||
| Armando Mallet Simonetti | 22 July 1948 | 7 February 1950 | PSA | ||
| Manuel Rodríguez Valenzuela | 7 February 1950 | 27 February 1950 | Ind | ||
| Bernardo Leighton Guzmán | 27 February 1950 | 4 February 1952 | FN | ||
| Eliodoro Domínguez Domínguez | 4 February 1952 | 29 July 1952 | PSA | ||
| Luis David Cruz Ocampo | 29 July 1952 | 3 November 1952 | Ind | ||
| María Teresa del Canto Molina | 3 November 1952 | 1 April 1953 | PF | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Carlos Ibáñez del Campo General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :... |
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| Juan Gómez Millas Juan Gómez Millas Juan Gómez Millas was a Chilean politician and educator.... |
1 April 1953 | 14 August 1953 | PAL | ||
| Oscar Fenner Marín | 14 August 1953 | 14 October 1953 | Militar | ||
| Eduardo Barrios Hudtwalcker Eduardo Barrios - Overview :After his father’s death, at the age of 5 his family moved to Lima until the age of 15 where he was the victim of harassment by his classmates. After high school he joined the Chilean Military School but quit before graduating as an officer. He spent much of his young adulthood... |
14 October 1953 | 5 June 1954 | Ind | ||
| Oscar Herrera Palacios | 5 June 1954 | 24 March 1955 | Ind | ||
| Tobías Barros Ortíz | 24 March 1955 | 6 April 1955 | Militar | ||
| Kaare Olsen Nielsen | 6 April 1955 | 2 June 1955 | Militar | ||
| Oscar Herrera Palacios | 2 June 1955 | 17 August 1955 | Ind | ||
| Tobías Barros Ortíz | 17 August 1955 | 18 April 1956 | Militar | ||
| René Vidal Merino | 18 April 1956 | 27 August 1956 | Ind | ||
| Francisco Bórquez Jopia | 27 August 1956 | 23 April 1957 | Ind | ||
| Manuel Quintana Oyarzún | 23 April 1957 | 28 October 1957 | Ind | ||
| Diego Barros Ortiz | 28 October 1957 | 3 November 1958 | Militar | ||
| Francisco Cereceda Cisternas | 3 November 1958 | 15 September 1960 | PL | Jorge Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970... |
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| Eduardo Moore Montero | 15 September 1960 | 5 October 1961 | PL | ||
| Patricio Barros Alemparte | 5 October 1961 | 26 September 1963 | PL | ||
| Alejandro Garretón Silva | 26 September 1963 | 3 November 1964 | Ind | ||
| Juan Gómez Millas Juan Gómez Millas Juan Gómez Millas was a Chilean politician and educator.... |
3 November 1964 | 17 February 1968 | Ind | Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970... |
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| William Thayer Arteaga | 17 February 1968 | 4 March 1968 | PDC | ||
| Máximo Pacheco Gómez | 4 March 1968 | 3 November 1970 | PDC | ||
| Mario Astorga Gutiérrez | 3 November 1970 | 28 January 1972 | PR | Salvador Allende Salvador Allende Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America.... |
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| Alejandro Ríos Valdivia | 28 January 1972 | 17 June 1972 | PR | ||
| Aníbal Palma Fourcade | 17 June 1972 | 2 November 1972 | PR | ||
| Jorge Tapia Valdés | 2 November 1972 | 5 July 1973 | PR | ||
| Edgardo Enríquez Frodden | 5 July 1973 | 11 September 1973 | PR | ||
| Ernesto Schiefelbein | 11 March 1994 | 20 September 1994 | DC | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación... |
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| Sergio Molina | 20 September 1994 | 28 September 1996 | PPD | ||
| José Pablo Arellano | 28 September 1996 | 11 March 2000 | DC | ||
| Mariana Aylwin | 11 March 2000 | 3 March 2003 | DC | Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union candidate Joaquín Lavín... |
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| Sergio Bitar | 3 March 2003 | 14 December 2005 | PPD | ||
| Marigen Hornkohl | 14 December 2005 | 13 March 2006 | DC | ||
| Martín Zilic | 11 March 2006 | 14 June 2006 | DC | Michelle Bachelet Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country... |
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| Yasna Provoste Yasna Provoste Yasna Provoste Campillay is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician. She is the first minister to be impeached by Congress since democracy returned to Chile in 1990.-Education and political career:... |
14 June 2006 | 17 April 2008 | DC | ||
| Mónica Jiménez Mónica Jiménez Mónica Eliana Jiménez de la Jara is a Chilean Christian Democrat politician and former Minister of Education.Jiménez comes from a very political family. Her father Oscar Jiménez Pinochet was Minister of Health under President Salvador Allende, while her brother Jorge occupied the same position... |
14 April 2008 | 13 March 2010 | DC | ||
| Joaquín Lavín Joaquín Lavín Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician and economist. He is a member of the Independent Democrat Union party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago... |
11 March 2010 | 18 July 2011 | UDI | Sebastián Piñera Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :... |
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| Felipe Bulnes Felipe Bulnes Felipe Bulnes Serrano is a Chilean lawyer and National Renewal politician. He assumed office as minister of education following a cabinet shuffle amidst the ongoing 2011 Chilean student protests.- External links :... |
18 July 2011 | incumbent | RN | ||
- PR - Partido Radical
- PDC - Partido Democrata CristianoPartido Demócrata CristianoPartido Demócrata Cristiano may refer to:* Partido Demócrata Cristiano , a political party in Argentina* Partido Demócrata Cristiano , a political party in Bolivia* Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile, a political party in Chile...
- PL - Partido LiberalPartido LiberalPartido Liberal may refer to:* Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party...
- ind - Independent
- PAL - Partido Agrario Laborista
- PF - Partido Femenino de Chile
- PSA - Partido Socialista Auténtico
- FN - Falange Nacional
- PN - Partido NacionalPartido NacionalPartido Nacional is Spanish for "National Party". Used as a proper noun without any other adjectives, it may refer to:* National Party * National Party * National Party of Honduras* National Party...
External links
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