Ministry of Health (Chile)
Encyclopedia
The Ministry of Health of Chile , also known as MINSAL, is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the public health
policies formulated by the President of Chile
. Notably, all employees pay 7% of their monthly income to FONASA, the funding branch of the Chilean Ministry of Health.
The present Minister of Health is Jaime Mañalich
. The minister has two adjunts: the Undersecretary
of Public Health , currently Liliana Jadue, and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks , currently Luis Castillo
.
was created under the Ministry of the Interior
. Then on October 14, 1924, this division was made into the cabinet-level Ministry of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare , with the same function (Decree No. 44, 1924). In 1927 all the ministries underwent an important restructuring; with these change it became the Ministry of Social Welfare , and was charged with, as well as the coordination of public health policies, the investigation of the application of laws relating to society, public welfare, and social security.
In 1932, it was once again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Public Health , then the Ministry of Public Health, Social Assistance and Welfare in 1936, and later the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare in 1953.
In 1959, the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Public Health , the modern form of the ministry, and, assuming the functions regulating the welfare of Chileans, the Ministry of Work and Social Welfare .
Finally, from 1973 to 1979, the internal structure of the ministry, now simply the Ministry of Health, was reorganized, creating services such as the National Health Fund , or FONASA.
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
policies 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...
. Notably, all employees pay 7% of their monthly income to FONASA, the funding branch of the Chilean Ministry of Health.
The present Minister of Health is Jaime Mañalich
Jaime Mañalich
Jaime José Mañalich Muxi is a Chilean physician , current Health Minister of his country, since March 11, 2010.-References:...
. The minister has two adjunts: the Undersecretary
Undersecretary
An under secretary is an executive government official in many countries, frequently a career public servant, who typically acts as a senior administrator or second-in-command to a politically-appointed Cabinet Minister or other government official...
of Public Health , currently Liliana Jadue, and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks , currently Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
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.
History
In 1808, the Committee of Vaccines was founded, and then in 1832 the Board of Directors of Hospitals began operations. Both organizations were precursors of what would become the modern institutions of public health. In 1907, a division charged with the administration of public hygieneHygiene
Hygiene refers to the set of practices perceived by a community to be associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. While in modern medical sciences there is a set of standards of hygiene recommended for different situations, what is considered hygienic or not can vary between...
was created under 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...
. Then on October 14, 1924, this division was made into the cabinet-level Ministry of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare , with the same function (Decree No. 44, 1924). In 1927 all the ministries underwent an important restructuring; with these change it became the Ministry of Social Welfare , and was charged with, as well as the coordination of public health policies, the investigation of the application of laws relating to society, public welfare, and social security.
In 1932, it was once again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Public Health , then the Ministry of Public Health, Social Assistance and Welfare in 1936, and later the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare in 1953.
In 1959, the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Public Health , the modern form of the ministry, and, assuming the functions regulating the welfare of Chileans, the Ministry of Work and Social Welfare .
Finally, from 1973 to 1979, the internal structure of the ministry, now simply the Ministry of Health, was reorganized, creating services such as the National Health Fund , or FONASA.
Organization
Currently under the Ministry are the following public institutions:- Fondo Nacional de SaludFondo Nacional de SaludFondo Nacional de Salud, also known as FONASA, is the financial entity entrusted to collect, manage and distribute state funds for health in Chile. It is funded by the public . It was created in 1979 by Decree Law No. 2763....
- Public Health Institute of Chile
- Center for Supply
- The Health Services in each region of the country are charges with the coordination, management, and development of the assistance networks and execution of the ministry's action.
Ministers of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare
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| Alejandro del Río Soto-Aguilar | October 17, 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... |
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| José Santos Salas Morales | January 29, 1925 | October 10, 1925 | Appointed by | 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... |
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| Reappointed by | 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... |
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October 10, 1925 | December 23, 1925 | |||
| Lucio Córdoba Labarca | December 23, 1925 | November 20, 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:... |
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Manuel Rivas Vicuña | November 20, 1926 | February 22, 1927 | Minister of the Interior | |
| Isaac Hevia Concha | February 22, 1927 | May 23, 1927 | |||
| José Santos Salas Morales | May 23, 1927 | November 17, 1927 | 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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Ministers of Social Welfare
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Enrique Balmaceda Toro Enrique Balmaceda Enrique Balmaceda , born José Enrique Balmaceda Toro, was a Chilean politician, diplomat and son of President José Manuel Balmaceda... |
November 17, 1927 | April 20, 1928 | Interim | 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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| Alejandro Lazo | April 20, 1928 | June 6, 1928 | |||
| Luis Schmidt | June 6, 1928 | June 21, 1928 | Interim | ||
| Luis Carvajal Laurnaga | June 21, 1928 | August 5, 1930 | |||
| Humberto Arce | August 5, 1930 | September 5, 1930 | |||
| Ricardo Puelma Laval | September 5, 1930 | July 13, 1931 | |||
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July 13, 1931 | July 22, 1931 | Minister of the Interior and Social Welfare | |
| Héctor Boccardo Benvenuto | July 22, 1931 | July 22, 1931 | |||
| Sótero del Río Gundián | July 26, 1931 | September 3, 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... |
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| 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:... |
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| Santiago Wilson Barrientos | September 3, 1931 | November 15, 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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| Sótero del Río Gundián | November 15, 1931 | June 4, 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:... |
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Ministers of Public Health (First Creation)
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Oscar Cifuentes Solar | June 5, 1932 | June 17, 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... |
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| 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:... |
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| Alfonso Quijano Olivares | June 17, 1932 | October 4, 1932 | |||
| Javier Castro Oliveira | October 4, 1932 | December 24, 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 ,... |
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| Horacio Hevia Labbé | December 24, 1932 | May 7, 1933 | Minister of the Interior and Public Health | 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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| Alfredo Piwonka Jilabert | May 7, 1933 | April 19, 1934 | Minister of the Interior and Public Health | ||
| Luis Salas Romo | April 19, 1934 | August 26, 1935 | Minister of the Interior and Public Health | ||
| Javier Castro Oliveira | August 26, 1935 | January 15, 1937 | |||
Ministers of Public Health, Social Assistance and Welfare
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January 15, 1937 | September 15, 1938 | 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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| Luis Prúnes Rissetti | September 15, 1938 | December 24, 1938 | |||
| Miguel Etchebarne Rioll | December 24, 1938 | December 25, 1939 | 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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| Salvador Allende Gossens 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.... |
December 25, 1939 | April 2, 1942 | |||
| Eduardo Escudero Forrastal | April 2, 1942 | August 15, 1942 | Juan Antonio Rios 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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| Miguel Etchebarne Rioll | August 15, 1942 | February 4, 1943 | |||
| Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia 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... |
February 4, 1943 | June 7, 1943 | |||
| Sótero del Río Gundián | June 7, 1943 | February 3, 1946 | |||
| Juan Garafulic Dubracic | February 3, 1946 | September 6, 1946 | |||
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September 6, 1946 | November 3, 1946 | |||
| Fernando Claro Salas | November 3, 1946 | April 16, 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... |
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| Manuel Sanhueza Morales | April 16, 1947 | August 2, 1947 | |||
| José Santos Salas Morales | August 2, 1947 | July 7, 1948 | |||
| Guillermo Varas Contreras | July 7, 1948 | February 7, 1950 | |||
| Manuel Aguirre Geisse | February 7, 1950 | February 27, 1950 | |||
| Jorge Mardones Restat | February 27, 1950 | July 22, 1952 | |||
| Sótero del Río Gundián | July 22, 1952 | November 3, 1952 | |||
| Waldemar Coutts Billiviller | November 3, 1952 | April 1, 1953 | 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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Ministers of Public Health and Social Welfare
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Eugenio Suárez Orrego | April 1, 1953 | March 1, 1954 | 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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| Carlos Vasallo Rojas | March 1, 1954 | June 5, 1954 | |||
| Sergio Altamirano Pinto | June 5, 1954 | January 6, 1955 | |||
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January 6, 1955 | May 30, 1955 | |||
| Raúl Barrios Ortiz | May 30, 1955 | July 4, 1956 | |||
| Alberto Araya Lampe | July 4, 1956 | August 27, 1956 | |||
| Roberto Muñoz Urrutia | August 27, 1956 | July 18, 1957 | |||
| Jorge Torreblanca Droguett | July 18, 1957 | November 3, 1958 | |||
| Eduardo Gomién Díaz | November 3, 1958 | October 29, 1959 | 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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Ministers of Public Health (Second Creation)
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Sótero del Río Gundián | October 29, 1959 | 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... |
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| Benjamín Cid Quiroz | August 26, 1961 | September 26, 1963 | |||
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September 26, 1963 | November 3, 1964 | |||
| Ramón Valdivieso Delaunay | 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... |
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| Oscar Jiménez Pinochet | November 3, 1970 | August 14, 1971 | 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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| Juan Carlos Concha Gutiérrez | August 14, 1971 | November 3, 1972 | |||
| Arturo Jirón Vargas | November 3, 1972 | August 28, 1973 | |||
| Mario Lagos Hernández | August 28, 1973 | September 11, 1973 | |||