Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)
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Logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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 "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 Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela.
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
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Worship
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Colonization
Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
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Enrique de Putrón Cavareda |
18 September 1896 |
1896 |
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Federico Errázuriz Echaurren |
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Carlos Morla Vicuña |
1896 |
1897 |
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![](../I/m/RaimundoSilvaCruz.jpg) |
Raimundo Silva Cruz |
1897 |
1898 |
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![](../I/m/JJLatorreB.jpg) |
Juan José Latorre Benavente |
1898 |
1898 |
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![](../I/m/VenturaBlancoViel.jpg) |
Ventura Blanco Viel |
1898 |
1899 |
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![](../I/m/FedericoPugaBorne.jpg) |
Federico Puga Borne |
1899 |
1899 |
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![](../I/m/RVErrazurizU.jpg) |
Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Urmeneta |
1899 |
1899 |
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![](../I/m/ManuelSalinasG.jpg) |
Manuel Salinas González |
1899 |
1900 |
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![](../I/m/EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg) |
Emilio Bello Codecido |
1900 |
1900 |
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![](../I/m/RaimundoSilvaCruz.jpg) |
Raimundo Silva Cruz |
1900 |
1901 |
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![](../I/m/LMartinianoRodriguezH.jpg) |
Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera |
1901 |
18 September 1901 |
Appointed by |
Reappointed by |
Aníbal Zañartu |
![](../I/m/EYanezPonce.jpg) |
Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León |
18 September 1901 |
1902 |
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Germán Riesco |
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Horacio Pinto Agüero |
1902 |
1902 |
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José Francisco Vergara Donoso |
5 May 1902 |
1903 |
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Máximo Del Campo Yávar |
1903 |
1903 |
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![](../I/m/AEdwardsMacClure.jpg) |
Agustín Edwards Mac Clure |
1903 |
1903 |
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![](../I/m/RSotomayorGaete.jpg) |
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete |
1903 |
1904 |
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![](../I/m/EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg) |
Emilio Bello Codecido |
1904 |
1904 |
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Adolfo Guerrero Vergara |
1904 |
1904 |
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![](../I/m/RaimundoSilvaCruz.jpg) |
Raimundo Silva Cruz |
1904 |
1904 |
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Luis Antonio Vergara Ruíz |
1904 |
1905 |
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![](../I/m/AEdwardsMacClure.jpg) |
Agustín Edwards Mac Clure |
1905 |
1905 |
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![](../I/m/FedericoPugaBorne.jpg) |
Federico Puga Borne |
1905 |
1906 |
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Santiago Aldunate Bascuñán |
1906 |
1906 |
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![](../I/m/AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg) |
Antonio Huneeus Gana |
1906 |
18 September 1906 |
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Ricardo Salas Edwards |
18 September 1906 |
1907 |
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Pedro Montt |
![](../I/m/FedericoPugaBorne.jpg) |
Federico Puga Borne |
1907 |
1908 |
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![](../I/m/JRBalmaceda.jpg) |
José Rafael Balmaceda Fernández |
1908 |
1909 |
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![](../I/m/AEdwardsMacClure.jpg) |
Agustín Edwards Mac Clure |
1909 |
1910 |
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Luis Izquierdo Fredes |
1910 |
23 December 1910 |
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Rafael Orrego González |
23 December 1910 |
1911 |
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Ramón Barros Luco |
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Enrique Rodríguez Carmona |
1911 |
1912 |
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![](../I/m/JoaquinFigueroaL.jpg) |
Joaquín Figueroa Larraín |
1912 |
1912 |
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![](../I/m/AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg) |
Antonio Huneeus Gana |
1912 |
1912 |
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Renato Sánchez García de la Huerta |
1912 |
1913 |
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Enrique Villegas Echiburú |
1913 |
1914 |
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Alejandro Lira Lira |
1914 |
1914 |
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![](../I/m/ManuelSalinasG.jpg) |
Manuel Salinas González |
1914 |
1915 |
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Rafael Orrego Gónzalez |
1915 |
23 December 1915 |
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![](../I/m/RSubercaseauxV.jpg) |
Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña |
23 December 1915 |
27 April 1916 |
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Juan Luis Sanfuentes |
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Silvestre Ochagavía Echaurren |
27 April 1916 |
1 July 1916 |
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Juan Enrique Tocornal Doursther |
July 1, 1916 |
November 20, 1916 |
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Alamiro Huidobro Valdés |
November 20, 1916 |
July 14, 1917 |
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![](../I/m/ArturoBesaNavarro.jpg) |
Arturo Besa Navarro |
July 14, 1917 |
October 13, 1917 |
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![](../I/m/Eduardo_Su%C3%A1rez_Mujica_2.jpg) |
Eduardo Suárez Mujica |
October 13, 1917 |
January 18, 1918 |
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Guillermo Pereira Iñiguez |
January 18, 1918 |
April 22, 1918 |
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Daniel Feliú Manterola |
April 22, 1918 |
September 6, 1918 |
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Ruperto Bahamonde Rivera |
September 6, 1918 |
November 28, 1918 |
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![](../I/m/LBarrosBorgono.jpg) |
Luis Barros Borgoño |
November 28, 1918 |
November 8, 1919 |
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Alamiro Huidobro Valdés |
November 8, 1919 |
March 29, 1920 |
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![](../I/m/AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg) |
Antonio Huneeus Gana |
March 29, 1920 |
July 1, 1920 |
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Luis Aldunate Echeverría |
July 1, 1920 |
December 23, 1920 |
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![](../I/m/JMatteGormaz.jpg) |
Jorge Matte Gormaz |
December 23, 1920 |
1921 |
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Arturo Alessandri |
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Ernesto Barros Jarpa |
1921 |
1922 |
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Samuel Claro Lastarria |
1922 |
October 16, 1922 |
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![](../I/m/CarlosAldunateSolar.jpg) |
Carlos Aldunate Solar |
October 16, 1922 |
December 21, 1922 |
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Luis Izquierdo Fredes |
December 21, 1922 |
1923 |
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Pedro Rivas Vicuña |
1923 |
1923 |
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![](../I/m/EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg) |
Emilio Bello Codecido |
1923 |
1923 |
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![](../I/m/ArmandoJaramillo.jpg) |
Armando Jaramillo Valderrama |
1923 |
1924 |
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Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta |
1924 |
14 March 1924 |
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![](../I/m/GGallardoN.jpg) |
Galvarino Gallardo Nieto |
14 March 1924 |
20 July 1924 |
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Ramón Briones Luco |
20 July 1924 |
1924 |
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![](../I/m/EmilioBelloCodesido.jpg) |
Emilio Bello Codecido |
1924 |
12 September 1924 |
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs (First Creation)
Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
![](../I/m/CarlosAldunateSolar.jpg) |
Carlos Aldunate Solar |
September 12, 1924 |
January 23, 1925 |
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September Junta |
![](../I/m/JMatteGormaz.jpg) |
Jorge Matte Gormaz |
January 29, 1925 |
October 13, 1925 |
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January Junta |
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Ernesto Barros Jarpa |
October 13, 1925 |
December 23, 1925 |
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Luis Barros Borgoño |
![](../I/m/BeltranMathieuAndrews.jpg) |
Beltrán Mathieu Andrews |
December 23, 1925 |
August 2, 1926 |
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Emiliano Figueroa |
![](../I/m/AntonioHuneeusGana.jpg) |
Antonio Huneeus Gana |
August 2, 1926 |
November 20, 1926 |
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![](../I/m/JMatteGormaz.jpg) |
Jorge Matte Gormaz |
November 20, 1926 |
February 22, 1927 |
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Conrado Ríos Gallardo |
February 22, 1927 |
September 3, 1929 |
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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 |
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Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
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Antonio Planet Cordero |
27 April 1931 |
13 July 1931 |
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![](../I/m/CarlosAldunateErrazuriz.jpg) |
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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![](../I/m/AEdwardsV.jpg) |
Alberto Edwards Vives |
23 July 1931 |
26 July 1931 |
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![](../I/m/CBalmacedaSaavedra.jpg) |
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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![](../I/m/CBalmacedaSaavedra.jpg) |
Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra |
15 November 1931 |
5 June 1932 |
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Juan Esteban Montero |
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Luis Barriga Errázuriz |
5 June 1932 |
3 October 1932 |
Appointed by |
Socialist Junta |
Reappointed by |
Carlos Dávila |
Reappointed by |
Bartolomé Blanche |
![](../I/m/JMatteGormaz.jpg) |
Jorge Matte Gormaz |
3 October 1932 |
24 December 1932 |
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Abraham Oyanedel |
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Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal |
24 December 1932 |
14 February 1937 |
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Arturo Alessandri |
![](../I/m/GustavoRossSantaMaria.jpg) |
Gustavo Ross Santa María |
14 February 1937 |
24 March 1937 |
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José Ramón Gutiérrez Allende |
24 March 1937 |
15 September 1938 |
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Luis Arteaga García |
15 September 1938 |
24 December 1938 |
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Abraham Ortega Aguayo |
24 December 1938 |
8 February 1940 |
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Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
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Cristóbal Sáenz Cerda |
8 February 1940 |
30 July 1940 |
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![](../I/m/Marcial_Mora_Miranda.jpg) |
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 |
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Second creation)
Picture |
Name |
Entered Office |
Exited Office |
Notes |
Appointed by |
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Ernesto Barros Jarpa |
April 2, 1942 |
October 21, 1942 |
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Juan Antonio Ríos |
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Joaquín Fernández y Fernández |
October 21, 1942 |
November 3, 1946 |
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Raúl Juliet Gomez |
November 3, 1946 |
August 2, 1947 |
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Gabriel González Videla |
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Germán Vergara Donoso |
August 2, 1947 |
July 6, 1948 |
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Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz |
July 7, 1948 |
February 27, 1950 |
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Horacio Walker Larraín |
February 27, 1950 |
June 19, 1951 |
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Eduardo Irarrázabal Concha |
June 19, 1951 |
July 29, 1952 |
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Fernando García Oldini |
July 29, 1952 |
November 3, 1952 |
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Arturo Olavarría Bravo |
November 3, 1952 |
1952 |
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Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
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Oscar Fenner Marín |
1953 |
1954 |
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Roberto Aldunate León |
1954 |
January 15, 1954 |
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Tobías Barros Ortiz |
January 15, 1954 |
January 6, 1955 |
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Osvaldo Koch Krefft |
January 6, 1955 |
May 30, 1955 |
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Kaare Olsen Nielsen |
May 30, 1955 |
January 2, 1956 |
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José Serrano Palma |
January 2, 1956 |
January 4, 1956 |
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Enrique Barbosa Baeza |
January 4, 1956 |
May 24, 1956 |
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Osvaldo Sainte Marie Sorucco |
May 24, 1956 |
October 28, 1957 |
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Alberto Sepúlveda Contreras |
October 28, 1957 |
November 3, 1958 |
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Germán Vergara Donoso |
November 3, 1958 |
August 26, 1961 |
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Jorge Alessandri |
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Carlos Martinez Sotomayor |
August 26, 1961 |
December 17, 1963 |
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Julio Philippi Izquierdo |
December 17, 1963 |
November 3, 1964 |
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![](../I/m/Gabriel_Valdes(2).jpg) |
Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux |
November 3, 1964 |
November 3, 1970 |
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Eduardo Frei Montalva |
![](../I/m/Clodomiro_Almeyda_BCN.jpg) |
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina |
November 3, 1970 |
July 5, 1973 |
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Salvador Allende |
![](../I/m/Orlando_Letelier%2C_Washingron_DC%2C_1976_(de_Marcelo_Montecino).jpg) |
Orlando Letelier del Solar |
July 5, 1973 |
August 8, 1973 |
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![](../I/m/Clodomiro_Almeyda_BCN.jpg) |
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina |
August 8, 1973 |
September 11, 1973 |
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Ismael Huerta Díaz |
September 12, 1973 |
July 3, 1974 |
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Augusto Pinochet |
![](../I/m/Patricio_Carvajal.jpg) |
Patricio Carvajal Prado |
July 3, 1974 |
April 20, 1978 |
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Hernán Cubillos Sallato |
April 20, 1978 |
March 20, 1980 |
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![](../I/m/Ren%C3%A9_Rojas_Galdames.jpg) |
René Rojas Galdames |
March 20, 1980 |
February 14, 1983 |
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Miguel Schweitzer Walters |
February 15, 1983 |
December 19, 1983 |
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![](../I/m/Jaime_del_Valle_Alliende.jpg) |
Jaime Del Valle Alliende |
December 19, 1983 |
July 7, 1987 |
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Ricardo García Rodríguez |
July 8, 1987 |
October 21, 1988 |
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Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa |
October 22, 1988 |
March 11, 1990 |
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![](../I/m/Enrique_Silva_Cimma.jpg) |
Enrique Silva Cimma |
March 11, 1990 |
March 11, 1994 |
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Patricio Aylwin |
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Carlos Figueroa Serrano |
March 11, 1994 |
September 20, 1994 |
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Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
![](../I/m/Cohen_and_Insulza_recort.jpg) |
José Miguel Insulza Salinas |
September 20, 1994 |
June 21, 1999 |
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![](../I/m/Juan_Gabriel_Valdes(2).jpg) |
Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette |
June 22, 1999 |
March 11, 2000 |
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María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela |
March 11, 2000 |
October 1, 2004 |
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Ricardo Lagos |
![](../I/m/IgnacioWalker.jpg) |
Ignacio Walker Prieto |
October 1, 2004 |
March 11, 2006 |
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![](../I/m/Alejandro_Foxley.jpg) |
Alejandro Foxley Rioseco |
March 11, 2006 |
March 12, 2009 |
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Michelle Bachelet |
![](../I/m/Mariano_Fern%C3%A1ndez.jpg) |
Mariano Fernández Amunátegui |
March 12, 2009 |
March 11, 2010 |
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![](../I/m/Alfredo_Moreno.jpg) |
Alfredo Moreno Charme |
March 11, 2010 |
March 11, 2014 |
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Sebastián Piñera |
![](../I/m/Heraldo_Benjam%C3%ADn_Mu%C3%B1oz_Valenzuela.jpg) |
Heraldo Muñoz |
March 11, 2014 |
Incumbent |
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Michelle Bachelet |
Additional information
See also
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. (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. (Spanish)
- Official list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Chile with appointment dates (Spanish)
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