Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile 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

President of Chile

The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...

. It is located in the "José Miguel Carrera" building at Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), in downtown Santiago.

The present Minister of Foreign Affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Alfredo Moreno Charme

Alfredo Moreno Charme

Alfredo Moreno Charme is a Chilean diplomat and politician. He has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile since March 11, 2010, under President Sebastián Piñera.-References:...

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

Ministry of the Interior (Chile)

The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining public order, security and social peace" within Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling, and informing the domestic policies...

, 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

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Colonization

Picture	Name	Entered Office	Exited Office	Notes	Appointed by
	Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez Adolfo Ibáñez Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez was a Chilean political figure, who served as minister and diplomat.He was born in Santiago, the son of Gregorio Ibáñez Salces and of Mercedes Gutiérrez de Miers. After completing his studies in his native city, he graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on...	1871	1875		Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Federico Marcos del Rosario Errázuriz Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1871 and 1876. He was born in Santiago in 1825 and died there in 1877. Errázuriz was of Basque descent....
	Enrique Cood Ross Enrique Cood Enrique Cood Ross was a Chilean political figure, who served as minister and diplomat.He was born in Valparaíso, the son of Enrique Cood and of Isabel Ross. After completing his studies in his native city at the school of Guillermo Wolkins, he continued his education in England and Belgium...	1875	1876
	José Alfonso Cavada	1876	1878		Aníbal Pinto Aníbal Pinto Aníbal Pinto Garmendia was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1876 and 1881.-Early life:...
	Alejandro Fierro Pérez	1878	1879
	Domingo Santa María González Domingo Santa María Domingo Santa María González was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1881 and 1886.-Early life:...	1879	1879
	Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate	1879	1880
	Melquiades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña	1880	1881
	José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández was the 11th President of Chile from September 18, 1886 to August 29, 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile...	1881	1882		Domingo Santa María Domingo Santa María Domingo Santa María González was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1881 and 1886.-Early life:...
	Luis Aldunate Carrera	1882	1884
	Aniceto Vergara Albano	1884	1885
	Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu Aníbal Zañartu Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served several times as minister and as Vice President in 1901....	1885	1886
	Joaquín Godoy Cruz	1886	1886		José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández was the 11th President of Chile from September 18, 1886 to August 29, 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile...
	Francisco Freire Caldera	1886	1887

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cult

Picture	Name	Entered Office	Exited Office	Notes	Appointed by
	Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate	1887	1888		José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández was the 11th President of Chile from September 18, 1886 to August 29, 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile...
	Augusto Matte Pérez	1888	1888
	Demetrio Lastarria Villareal	1888	1889
	Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla	1889	1889
	Eduardo Matte Pérez	1889	1890
	Juan Castellón Larenas	1890	1890
	Juan Eduardo Mackenna Astorga	1890	1890
	José Tocornal Jordán	1890	1891
	Domingo Godoy Cruz	1891	1891
	Ricardo Cruzat Hurtado	1891	1891
	Manuel María Aldunate Solar	1891	August 29, 1891
	Manuel Antonio Matta Goyenechea	September 7, 1891	December 26, 1891		Revolutionary Junta of Iquique Government Junta of Chile (1891) Revolutionary Junta of Iquique , was the political structure established to challenge the power of Chilean President José Manuel Balmaceda following the insurrection of the navy that started the Chilean Civil War...
	Luis Pereira Cotapos	December 26, 1891	1892		Jorge Montt Jorge Montt Jorge Montt Álvarez was vice-admiral of the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...
	Juan Castellón Larenas	1892	1892
	Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz	1892	1893
	Ventura Blanco Viel	1893	1894
	Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla	1894	1894
	Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño was a Chilean politician who served as Vice President of Chile in 1925.Born in Santiago, he was son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara...	1894	1895
	Claudio Matte Pérez	1895	1895
	Adolfo Guerrero Vergara	1895	September 18, 1896

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization

Picture	Name	Entered Office	Exited Office	Notes	Appointed by
	Enrique de Putrón Cavareda	18 September 1896	1896		Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Federico Errázuriz Echaurren was a Chilean political figure. Born in Santiago, he served as President of Chile between 1896 and his death in 1901. Federico Errázuriz was of Basque descent.-Early life:...
	Carlos Morla Vicuña	1896	1897
	Raimundo Silva Cruz	1897	1898
	Juan José Latorre Benavente Juan José Latorre Juan José Latorre Benavente Chilean Vice Admiral, one of the principal actors of the War of the Pacific, and hero of the Battle of Angamos.-Early life:...	1898	1898
	Ventura Blanco Viel	1898	1899
	Federico Puga Borne	1899	1899
	Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Urmeneta Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Urmeneta was a Chilean politician and diplomat. Rafael Errázuriz was of Basque descent....	1899	1899
	Manuel Salinas González	1899	1900
	Emilio Bello Codecido Emilio Bello Emilio Bello Codecido was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and President of the Government Junta that ruled Chile in 1925.He was the son of Andrés Ricardo Bello, and grandson of Andres Bello. He did his early studies at the Colegio inglés, the Instituto Nacional and the Universidad de Chile, graduating...	1900	1900
	Raimundo Silva Cruz	1900	1901
	Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera	1901	18 September 1901	Appointed by
	Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera	1901	18 September 1901	Reappointed by	Aníbal Zañartu Aníbal Zañartu Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served several times as minister and as Vice President in 1901....
	Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León Eliodoro Yáñez Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León was a Chilean journalist, lawyer, and politician, and was one of the founders of La Nación newspaper. He also served several times as minister and as President of the Senate of Chile....	18 September 1901	1902		Germán Riesco Germán Riesco Germán Riesco Errázuriz was a Chilean political figure, and he served as President of Chile between 1901 and 1906.-Early life:...
	Horacio Pinto Agüero	1902	1902
	José Francisco Vergara Donoso	1902	1903
	Máximo Del Campo Yávar	1903	1903
	Agustín Edwards Mac Clure Agustín Edwards Mac Clure Agustín Edwards McClure was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and businessman, and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper....	1903	1903
	Rafael Sotomayor Gaete Rafael Sotomayor Gaete Rafael Segundo Sotomayor Gaete was a Chilean politician and several times minister.He was born in Cauquenes, the son of Rafael Sotomayor Baeza and of Pabla del Carmen Gaete Ruiz. He studied at the Instituto Nacional and later graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on January 7, 1871...	1903	1904
	Emilio Bello Codecido Emilio Bello Emilio Bello Codecido was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and President of the Government Junta that ruled Chile in 1925.He was the son of Andrés Ricardo Bello, and grandson of Andres Bello. He did his early studies at the Colegio inglés, the Instituto Nacional and the Universidad de Chile, graduating...	1904	1904
	Adolfo Guerrero Vergara	1904	1904
	Raimundo Silva Cruz	1904	1904
	Luis Antonio Vergara Ruíz	1904	1905
	Agustín Edwards Mac Clure Agustín Edwards Mac Clure Agustín Edwards McClure was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and businessman, and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper....	1905	1905
	Federico Puga Borne	1905	1906
	Santiago Aldunate Bascuñán	1906	1906
	Antonio Huneeus Gana	1906	18 September 1906
	Ricardo Salas Edwards	18 September 1906	1907		Pedro Montt Pedro Montt Pedro Elías Pablo Montt Montt was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile from 1906 to his death from a probable stroke in 1910...
	Federico Puga Borne	1907	1908
	José Rafael Balmaceda Fernández José Rafael Balmaceda José Rafael del Carmen Balmaceda Fernández was a Chilean politician, diplomat and brother of President José Manuel Balmaceda. He was of Basque descent....	1908	1909
	Agustín Edwards Mac Clure Agustín Edwards Mac Clure Agustín Edwards McClure was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and businessman, and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper....	1909	1910
	Luis Izquierdo Fredes	1910	23 December 1910
	Rafael Orrego González	23 December 1910	1911		Ramón Barros Luco Ramón Barros Luco Ramón Barros Luco was President of Chile between 1910 and 1915.Barros Luco was born in 1835 in Santiago, Barros Luco was son of Ramón Luis Barros Fernández and Dolores Luco Fernández de Leiva. He graduated from Law School in 1858...
	Enrique Rodríguez Carmona	1911	1912
	Joaquín Figueroa Larraín Joaquín Figueroa Joaquín Figueroa Larraín was a Chilean politician, and brother of President Emiliano Figueroa.-Biography:Figueroa was born in Santiago, the son of Francisco de Paula Figueroa Araoz and of Rosalía Larraín Echeverría. He studied at the San Ignacio School and then went on to study law at the...	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	23 December 1915
	Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña	23 December 1915	27 April 1916		Juan Luis Sanfuentes Juan Luis Sanfuentes Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui was President of Chile between 1915 and 1920. He was son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui....
	Silvestre Ochagavía Echaurren	27 April 1916	1 July 1916
	Juan Enrique Tocornal Doursther	July 1, 1916	November 20, 1916
	Alamiro Huidobro Valdés	November 20, 1916	July 14, 1917
	Arturo Besa Navarro	July 14, 1917	October 13, 1917
	Eduardo Suárez Mujica Eduardo Suárez Mujica Eduardo Suarez Mujica , was the Chilean Ambassador to the United States in 1914 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1917 to 1918.-Biography:...	October 13, 1917	January 18, 1918
	Guillermo Pereira Iñiguez	January 18, 1918	April 22, 1918
	Daniel Feliú Manterola	April 22, 1918	September 6, 1918
	Ruperto Bahamonde Rivera	September 6, 1918	November 28, 1918
	Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño was a Chilean politician who served as Vice President of Chile in 1925.Born in Santiago, he was son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara...	November 28, 1918	November 8, 1919
	Alamiro Huidobro Valdés	November 8, 1919	March 29, 1920
	Antonio Huneeus Gana	March 29, 1920	July 1, 1920
	Luis Aldunate Echeverría	July 1, 1920	December 23, 1920
	Jorge Matte Gormaz	December 23, 1920	1921		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....
	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 Emilio Bello Emilio Bello Codecido was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and President of the Government Junta that ruled Chile in 1925.He was the son of Andrés Ricardo Bello, and grandson of Andres Bello. He did his early studies at the Colegio inglés, the Instituto Nacional and the Universidad de Chile, graduating...	1923	1923
	Armando Jaramillo Valderrama	1923	1924
	Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta	1924	14 March 1924
	Galvarino Gallardo Nieto	14 March 1924	20 July 1924
	Ramón Briones Luco	20 July 1924	1924
	Emilio Bello Codecido Emilio Bello Emilio Bello Codecido was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and President of the Government Junta that ruled Chile in 1925.He was the son of Andrés Ricardo Bello, and grandson of Andres Bello. He did his early studies at the Colegio inglés, the Instituto Nacional and the Universidad de Chile, graduating...	1924	12 September 1924

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 Government Junta of Chile (1924) Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to rule Chile following the military coup that overthrew President Arturo Alessandri...
	Jorge Matte Gormaz	January 29, 1925	October 13, 1925		January Junta Government Junta of Chile (1925) Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to restore power to President Arturo Alessandri, after he had been deposed in 1924. On January 23, 1925, a military movement of young officers, wrestled power from the previous September Junta...
	Ernesto Barros Jarpa	October 13, 1925	December 23, 1925		Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño was a Chilean politician who served as Vice President of Chile in 1925.Born in Santiago, he was son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara...
	Beltrán Mathieu Andrews	December 23, 1925	August 2, 1926		Emiliano Figueroa Emiliano Figueroa Emiliano Figueroa Larraín was President of Chile from December 23, 1925 until his resignation on May 10, 1927. He also served as Acting president for a few months on 1910.-Biography:...
	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

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Commerce

Picture	Name	Entered Office	Exited Office	Notes	Appointed by
	Manuel Barros Castañón	3 September 1929	27 April 1931		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 :...
	Antonio Planet Cordero	27 April 1931	13 July 1931
	Carlos Aldunate Errázuriz	13 July 1931	22 July 1931
	Guillermo Edwards Matte	22 July 1931	23 July 1931
	Alberto Edwards Vives	23 July 1931	26 July 1931
	Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra	26 July 1931	3 September 1931	Appointed by	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...
				Reappointed by	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:...
				Reappointed by	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...
	Luis Izquierdo Fredes	3 September 1931	15 November 1931
	Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra	15 November 1931	5 June 1932		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:...
	Luis Barriga Errázuriz	5 June 1932	3 October 1932	Appointed by	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...
				Reappointed by	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:...
				Reappointed by	Bartolomé Blanche Bartolomé Blanche General Bartolomé Guillermo Blanche Espejo was a Chilean military officer and provisional president of Chile in 1932....
	Jorge Matte Gormaz	3 October 1932	24 December 1932		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 ,...
	Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal	24 December 1932	14 February 1937		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....
	Gustavo Ross Santa María	14 February 1937	24 March 1937
	José Ramón Gutiérrez Allende	24 March 1937	15 September 1938
	Luis Arteaga García	15 September 1938	24 December 1938
	Abraham Ortega Aguayo	24 December 1938	8 February 1940		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...
	Cristóbal Sáenz Cerda	8 February 1940	30 July 1940
	Marcial Mora Miranda Marcial Mora Marcial Mora was a Chilean politician....	30 July 1940	7 November 1940
	Manuel Bianchi Gundián	7 November 1940	26 March 1941
	Luis Alamos Barros	26 March 1941	10 June 1941
	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
	Ernesto Barros Jarpa	April 2, 1942	October 21, 1942		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:...
	Joaquín Fernández y Fernández	October 21, 1942	November 3, 1946
	Raúl Juliet Gomez	November 3, 1946	August 2, 1947		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...
	Germán Vergara Donoso	August 2, 1947	July 6, 1948
	Germán Riesco Errázuriz Germán Riesco Errázuriz Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz was a Chilean political figure, who served several times as minister between 1919 and 1950. He was of Basque descent....	July 7, 1948	February 27, 1950
	Horacio Walker Larraín	February 27, 1950	June 19, 1951
	Eduardo Irarrázabal Concha	June 19, 1951	July 29, 1952
	Fernando García Oldini	July 29, 1952	November 3, 1952
	Arturo Olavarría Bravo	November 3, 1952	1952		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 :...
	Oscar Fenner Marín	1953	1954
	Roberto Aldunate León	1954	January 15, 1954
	Tobías Barros Ortiz	January 15, 1954	January 6, 1955
	Osvaldo Koch Krefft	January 6, 1955	May 30, 1955
	Kaare Olsen Nielsen	May 30, 1955	January 2, 1956
	José Serrano Palma	January 2, 1956	January 4, 1956
	Enrique Barbosa Baeza	January 4, 1956	May 24, 1956
	Osvaldo Sainte Marie Sorucco	May 24, 1956	October 28, 1957
	Alberto Sepúlveda Contreras	October 28, 1957	November 3, 1958
	Germán Vergara Donoso	November 3, 1958	August 26, 1961		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...
	Carlos Martinez Sotomayor	August 26, 1961	December 17, 1963
	Julio Philippi Izquierdo	December 17, 1963	November 3, 1964
	Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux	November 3, 1964	November 3, 1970		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...
	Clodomiro Almeyda Medina Clodomiro Almeyda Clodomiro Almeyda Medina was a Chilean politician. A leading member of the Socialist Party, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile from 1970 to 1973 during the Presidency of Salvador Allende....	November 3, 1970	July 5, 1973		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....
	Orlando Letelier del Solar Orlando Letelier Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar was a Chilean economist, Socialist politician and diplomat during the presidency of Socialist President Salvador Allende...	July 5, 1973	August 8, 1973
	Clodomiro Almeyda Medina Clodomiro Almeyda Clodomiro Almeyda Medina was a Chilean politician. A leading member of the Socialist Party, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile from 1970 to 1973 during the Presidency of Salvador Allende....	August 8, 1973	September 11, 1973
	Ismael Huerta Díaz Ismael Huerta Vice Admiral Ismael Huerta Díaz , was a Chilean admiral, several times Minister, who participated in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that ousted President Salvador Allende....	September 12, 1973	July 3, 1974		Augusto Pinochet Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
	Patricio Carvajal Prado Patricio Carvajal Vice Admiral Patricio Carvajal Prado , was a Chilean admiral, several times Minister and one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that ousted President Salvador Allende....	July 3, 1974	April 20, 1978
	Hernán Cubillos Sallato	April 20, 1978	March 20, 1980
	René Rojas Galdames	March 20, 1980	February 14, 1983
	Miguel Schweitzer Walters	February 15, 1983	December 19, 1983
	Jaime Del Valle Alliende	December 19, 1983	July 7, 1987
	Ricardo García Rodríguez	July 8, 1987	October 21, 1988
	Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa	October 22, 1988	March 11, 1990
	Enrique Silva Cimma	March 11, 1990	March 11, 1994		Patricio Aylwin Patricio Aylwin Patricio Aylwin Azócar was the first president of Chile after its return to democratic rule in 1990, following the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.- Early life :...
	Carlos Figueroa Serrano	March 11, 1994	September 20, 1994		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...
	José Miguel Insulza Salinas José Miguel Insulza José Miguel Insulza Salinas is a Chilean politician and statesman. He is currently the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. He is nicknamed El Panzer, for his tank-like drive and reputation due to his ability to take political heat with little apparent damage...	September 20, 1994	June 21, 1999
	Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette Juan Gabriel Valdés Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette is a Chilean political scientist, diplomat and former minister during Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle precidancy. Between 1973 and 1976 he studied political sciences in Princeton University in United States, there he obtained a Ph.D.-References:...	June 22, 1999	March 11, 2000
	María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela Soledad Alvear María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela , is a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politician, who was a cabinet member of the Aylwin, Frei and Lagos administrations. She was president of the Christian Democrat Party from 2006-2008...	March 11, 2000	October 1, 2004		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...
	Ignacio Walker Prieto	October 1, 2004	March 11, 2006
	Alejandro Foxley Rioseco Alejandro Foxley Alejandro Tomás Foxley Rioseco is a Chilean economist and politician. He was the Foreign Minister of Chile from 2006 to 2009 and previously served as Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1994 and leader of the Christian Democrat Party from 1994 to 1996.-Education and personal life:Foxley received a...	March 11, 2006	March 12, 2009		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...
	Mariano Fernández Amunátegui	March 12, 2009	March 11, 2010
	Alfredo Moreno Charme Alfredo Moreno Charme Alfredo Moreno Charme is a Chilean diplomat and politician. He has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile since March 11, 2010, under President Sebastián Piñera.-References:...	March 11, 2010			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 :...

Sources

Official list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Chile with appointment dates

External links

Official Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile

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