Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile)
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Security (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública) 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 formulated by the President of Chile. As responsible for local government, the minister supervises all non-elected regional authorities.
The current Minister of Home Affairs is Jorge Burgos. His Undersecretary of Home Affairs is Mahmud Aleuy Peña y Lillo and the Undersecretary of Regional Development is Ricardo Óscar Cifuentes Lillo. In the absence (because of travel, death, or other impediment) of the President of Chile, the Minister of Home Affairs becomes Vice-President.
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History
During the first days of the independence movements, the senior "secretary" of the respective Junta would function as the Secretary of Government. The office officially first came to be on October 27, 1812, when it was one of the two secretariats created by the Constitutional Norms approved on that date. It was then named Secretariat of Home Affairs. It was abolished in 1814 by the Spanish authorities when, after the Battle of Rancagua, they re-asserted royal power.
In 1818, after independence, the secretariat was re-established, but this time as a "Ministry of Government" (1817–18) later renamed "Ministry of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs" (182971). During this period, its functions normally subsumed the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was separated as an independent government administration in 1871. This ministry has undergone several reorganizations during its long history, reflected in its different names:
- Ministry of Government (1817–18)
- Ministry of Government and Foreign Affairs (1818–29)
- Ministry of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs (1829–71)
- Ministry of Home Affairs (1871–2011)
- Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Security (2011–present)
The function of chief of government was unofficially assumed by the Minister of Home Affairs and Public Security (1891–1925).
Titulars
Patria Vieja period
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
70px | José Gaspar Marín Esquivel | September 18, 1810 | July 4, 1811 | Served concurrently | Government Junta of the Kingdom of Chile |
70px | José Gregorio Argomedo Montero | ||||
Manuel Joaquín de Valdivieso Maciel | August 10, 1811 | September 4, 1811 | Second Junta | ||
70px | Agustín Vial Santelices | September 4, 1811 | November 15, 1811 | Served concurrently | Third Junta |
70px | José Gregorio Argomedo Montero | ||||
70px | Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza | December 16, 1811 | April 2, 1812 | Fifth Junta | |
70px | Agustín Vial Santelices | April 2, 1812 | October 2, 1812 | Sixth Junta | |
October 27, 1812 | April 1, 1813 | Secretary of Home Affairs | |||
70px | Manuel de Salas Corbalán | April 1, 1813 | April 13, 1813 | Served concurrently | Government Junta of Chile (April 1813) |
70px | Mariano Egaña Fabres | ||||
April 13, 1813 | March 9, 1814 | Secretary of Government | |||
José María Villareal | March 14, 1814 | July 23, 1814 | Secretary of Government | Francisco de la Lastra | |
70px | Bernardo de Vera y Pintado | July 23, 1814 | August 10, 1814 | Secretary of Government and Finance | Government Junta of Chile (July 1814) |
70px | Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza | August 10, 1814 | October 2, 1814 | Secretary of Government and Finance |
Ministers of Government and Foreign Affairs
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
70px | Miguel Zañartu y Santa María | February 18, 1817 | August 1, 1818 | Bernardo O'Higgins | |
70px | Antonio José de Irisarri Alonso | August 1, 1818 | October 30, 1818 | ||
Joaquín Echeverría Larraín | October 30, 1818 | January 28, 1823 | |||
70px | Mariano Egaña Fabres | January 28, 1823 | July 12, 1824 | Government Junta | |
70px | Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz | July 12, 1824 | February 22, 1825 | Ramón Freire | |
70px | Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín | February 22, 1825 | June 18, 1825 | ||
Juan de Dios Vial del Río | June 18, 1825 | October 9, 1825 | |||
70px | Joaquín Campino Salamanca | October 9, 1825 | March 8, 1826 | ||
Ventura Blanco Encalada | March 8, 1826 | October 20, 1826 | |||
70px | Manuel José Gandarillas Guzmán | October 20, 1826 | March 8, 1827 | Agustín Eyzaguirre | |
José Miguel del Solar Marín | March 8, 1827 | December 13, 1827 | Ramón Freire | ||
Carlos Rodríguez Erdoyza | December 13, 1827 | July 16, 1829 | Francisco Antonio Pinto | ||
Melchor José Ramos Font | July 16, 1829 | November 9, 1829 | Francisco Ramón Vicuña | ||
José Nicolás de la Cerda Santiago Concha | November 9, 1829 | December 7, 1829 |
Ministers of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
70px | Juan Francisco Meneses Echanes | February 20, 1830 | April 5, 1830 | Francisco Ruiz-Tagle | |
70px | Diego Portales Palazuelos | April 5, 1830 | August 31, 1831 | Appointed by | José Tomás Ovalle |
Reappointed by | Fernando Errázuriz | ||||
70px | Ramón Errázuriz Aldunate | August 31, 1831 | May 17, 1832 | José Joaquín Prieto | |
70px | Joaquín Tocornal Jiménez | May 17, 1832 | November 9, 1835 | ||
70px | Diego Portales Palazuelos | November 9, 1835 | June 6, 1837 | Interim | |
70px | Joaquín Tocornal Jiménez | June 7, 1837 | July 25, 1840 | ||
70px | Manuel Montt Torres | July 25, 1840 | March 27, 1841 | ||
José Miguel Yrarrázaval Alcalde | March 27, 1841 | May 19, 1841 | |||
70px | Ramón Luis Yrarrázaval Alcalde | May 19, 1841 | April 10, 1845 | Appointed by | |
Reappointed by | Manuel Bulnes | ||||
70px | Manuel Montt Torres | April 10, 1845 | September 18, 1846 | ||
70px | Manuel Camilo Vial Formas | September 18, 1846 | June 12, 1849 | ||
70px | José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano | June 12, 1849 | April 19, 1850 | ||
70px | Antonio Varas de la Barra | April 19, 1850 | September 18, 1856 | Appointed by | |
Reappointed by | Manuel Montt | ||||
Francisco Javier Ovalle Bezanilla | September 29, 1857 | September 18, 1856 | |||
70px | Jerónimo Urmeneta García-Abello | September 29, 1857 | May 1, 1860 | ||
70px | Antonio Varas de la Barra | May 1, 1860 | September 18, 1861 | ||
Manuel Alcalde Velasco | September 18, 1861 | July 9, 1862 | José Joaquín Pérez | ||
Manuel Antonio Tocornal y Grez | July 9, 1862 | May 10, 1864 | |||
70px | Alvaro Covarrubias Ortúzar | May 10, 1864 | September 8, 1866 | Minister of Home Affairs | |
September 8, 1866 | September 26, 1867 | ||||
Francisco Vargas Fontecilla | September 26, 1867 | November 13, 1868 | |||
Miguel Luis Amunátegui Aldunate | November 13, 1868 | August 2, 1870 | |||
70px | Belisario Prats Pérez | August 2, 1870 | September 18, 1871 | ||
Eulogio Altamirano Aracena | September 18, 1871 | December 2, 1871 | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu |
Ministers of Home Affairs
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
Eulogio Altamirano Aracena | December 2, 1871 | September 18, 1876 | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu | ||
José Victorino Lastarria Santander | September 18, 1876 | October 27, 1877 | Aníbal Pinto | ||
70px | Pedro Vicente Reyes Palazuelos | October 27, 1877 | August 5, 1878 | ||
70px | Belisario Prats Pérez | August 5, 1878 | April 17, 1879 | ||
70px | Antonio Varas de la Barra | April 17, 1879 | August 20, 1879 | ||
Domingo Santa María González | August 20, 1879 | June 16, 1880 | |||
Manuel José Recabarren Rencoret | June 16, 1880 | September 18, 1881 | |||
José Francisco Vergara Donoso | September 18, 1881 | April 12, 1882 | Domingo Santa María | ||
José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández | April 12, 1882 | September 3, 1885 | |||
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | September 3, 1885 | October 22, 1885 | ||
José Ignacio Vergara Urzúa | October 22, 1885 | September 18, 1886 | |||
70px | Eusebio Lillo Robles | September 18, 1886 | November 30, 1886 | José Manuel Balmaceda | |
70px | Carlos Antúnez González | November 30, 1886 | June 28, 1887 | ||
Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu | June 28, 1887 | April 13, 1888 | |||
70px | Pedro Lucio Cuadra Luque | April 13, 1888 | November 2, 1888 | ||
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | November 2, 1888 | June 11, 1889 | ||
Demetrio Lastarria Villarreal | June 11, 1889 | October 23, 1889 | |||
Ramón Donoso Vergara | October 23, 1889 | November 7, 1889 | |||
Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla | November 7, 1889 | January 21, 1890 | |||
Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez | January 21, 1890 | May 30, 1890 | |||
70px | Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui | May 30, 1890 | August 7, 1890 | ||
70px | Belisario Prats Pérez | August 7, 1890 | October 15, 1890 | ||
Claudio Vicuña Guerrero | October 15, 1890 | March 12, 1891 | |||
Domingo Godoy Cruz | March 12, 1891 | March 29, 1891 | |||
Julio Bañados Espinoza | March 29, 1891 | August 29, 1891 | |||
70px | Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín | September 7, 1891 | December 31, 1891 | Revolutionary Junta of Iquique | |
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | December 31, 1891 | March 14, 1892 | Jorge Montt | |
Eduardo Matte Pérez | March 14, 1892 | July 9, 1892 | |||
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | July 9, 1892 | April 22, 1893 | ||
70px | Pedro Montt Montt | April 22, 1893 | April 26, 1894 | ||
70px | Enrique Mac-Iver Rodríguez | April 26, 1894 | December 7, 1894 | ||
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | December 7, 1894 | August 1, 1895 | ||
Manuel José Recabarren Rencoret | August 1, 1895 | November 24, 1895 | |||
Osvaldo Rengifo Vial | November 24, 1895 | September 18, 1896 | |||
Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu | September 18, 1896 | November 26, 1896 | Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | ||
70px | Carlos Antúnez González | November 26, 1896 | June 26, 1897 | ||
Augusto Orrego Luco | June 26, 1897 | August 25, 1897 | |||
Antonio Valdés Cuevas | August 25, 1897 | April 14, 1898 | |||
70px | Carlos Walker Martínez | April 14, 1898 | June 27, 1899 | ||
Raimundo Silva Cruz | June 27, 1899 | September 2, 1899 | |||
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete | September 2, 1899 | November 27, 1899 | |||
70px | Elías Fernández Albano | November 27, 1899 | November 3, 1900 | ||
Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla | November 3, 1900 | December 27, 1900 | |||
Juan Antonio Orrego | December 27, 1900 | March 14, 1901 | |||
Domingo Amunátegui Rivera | March 14, 1901 | May 1, 1901 | |||
Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu | March 14, 1901 | July 12, 1901 | |||
Luis Martiniano Rodríguez Herrera | July 12, 1901 | September 18, 1901 | Interim | Aníbal Zañartu | |
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | September 18, 1901 | November 19, 1901 | Germán Riesco | |
Ismael Tocornal Tocornal | November 19, 1901 | May 6, 1902 | |||
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | May 6, 1902 | November 20, 1902 | ||
70px | Elías Fernández Albano | November 20, 1902 | April 4, 1903 | ||
70px | Ramón Barros Luco | April 4, 1903 | June 10, 1903 | ||
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete | June 10, 1903 | September 1, 1903 | |||
Ricardo Matte Pérez | September 1, 1903 | October 23, 1903 | |||
Arturo Besa Navarro | October 23, 1903 | January 10, 1904 | |||
Rafael Valentín Errázuriz Urmeneta | January 10, 1904 | March 12, 1904 | |||
Manuel Egidio Ballesteros | March 12, 1904 | April 12, 1904 | |||
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete | April 12, 1904 | October 30, 1904 | |||
Emilio Bello Codesido | October 30, 1904 | March 18, 1905 | |||
José Rafael Balmaceda Fernández | March 18, 1905 | August 1, 1905 | |||
Juan Antonio Orrego | August 1, 1905 | October 21, 1905 | |||
Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal | October 21, 1905 | March 19, 1906 | |||
José Ramón Gutiérrez Martínez | March 19, 1906 | May 7, 1906 | |||
Manuel Salinas González | May 7, 1906 | September 18, 1906 | |||
70px | Javier Ángel Figueroa Larraín | September 18, 1906 | October 29, 1906 | Pedro Montt | |
Vicente Santa Cruz Vargas | October 29, 1906 | June 12, 1907 | |||
Luis Antonio Vergara Ruiz | June 12, 1907 | October 25, 1907 | |||
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete | October 25, 1907 | August 29, 1908 | |||
70px | Javier Ángel Figueroa Larraín | August 29, 1908 | January 22, 1909 | ||
70px | Eduardo Charme Fernández | January 22, 1909 | June 15, 1909 | ||
Enrique Rodríguez Carmona | June 15, 1909 | September 15, 1909 | |||
Ismael Tocornal Tocornal | September 15, 1909 | June 25, 1910 | |||
Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure | June 25, 1910 | July 8, 1910 | |||
70px | Elías Fernández Albano | July 8, 1910 | August 9, 1910 | ||
Luis Izquierdo Fredes | August 9, 1910 | November 10, 1910 | Interim | Elías Fernández | |
Enrique Rodríguez Carmona | November 10, 1910 | December 23, 1910 | Emiliano Figueroa | ||
Maximiliano Ibáñez Ibáñez | December 23, 1910 | January 11, 1911 | Ramón Barros Luco | ||
Rafael Orrego González | January 11, 1911 | August 15, 1911 | |||
José Ramón Gutiérrez Martínez | August 15, 1911 | January 6, 1912 | |||
Abraham Ovalle Ovalle | January 6, 1912 | January 23, 1912 | |||
Ismael Tocornal Tocornal | January 23, 1912 | May 29, 1912 | |||
Guillermo Rivera Cotapos | May 29, 1912 | August 8, 1912 | |||
70px | Guillermo Barros Jara | August 8, 1912 | June 15, 1913 | ||
70px | Manuel Rivas Vicuña | June 15, 1913 | November 16, 1913 | ||
Rafael Orrego González | November 16, 1913 | September 6, 1914 | |||
70px | Eduardo Charme Fernández | September 6, 1914 | September 15, 1914 | ||
70px | Guillermo Barros Jara | September 15, 1914 | December 15, 1914 | ||
Pedro Nicolás Montenegro | December 15, 1914 | March 29, 1915 | |||
Enrique Rodríguez Carmona | March 29, 1915 | June 7, 1915 | |||
Enrique Villegas Echiburú | June 7, 1915 | December 15, 1915 | |||
70px | Guillermo Barros Jara | December 15, 1915 | December 23, 1915 | ||
70px | José Elías Balmaceda Fernández | December 23, 1915 | January 8, 1916 | Juan Luis Sanfuentes | |
Maximiliano Ibáñez Ibáñez | January 8, 1916 | July 1, 1916 | |||
Luis Izquierdo Fredes | July 1, 1916 | November 20, 1916 | |||
70px | Enrique Zañartu Prieto | November 20, 1916 | July 14, 1917 | ||
Ismael Tocornal Tocornal | July 14, 1917 | October 13, 1917 | |||
Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León | October 13, 1917 | January 18, 1918 | |||
Domingo Amunátegui Solar | January 18, 1918 | April 22, 1918 | |||
70px | Arturo Alessandri Palma | April 22, 1918 | September 6, 1918 | ||
Pedro García de la Huerta Izquierdo | September 6, 1918 | November 28, 1918 | |||
Armando Quezada Acharán | November 28, 1918 | May 3, 1919 | |||
Anselmo Hevia Riquelme | May 3, 1919 | July 9, 1919 | |||
Luis Serrano Arrieta | July 9, 1919 | September 23, 1919 | |||
70px | Enrique Bermúdez de la Paz | September 23, 1919 | November 8, 1919 | ||
José Florencio Valdés Cuevas | November 8, 1919 | March 29, 1920 | |||
Pedro Nicolás Montenegro | March 29, 1920 | June 16, 1920 | |||
Federico Puga Borne | June 16, 1920 | July 1, 1920 | |||
Pedro García de la Huerta Izquierdo | July 1, 1920 | December 23, 1920 | |||
Pedro Aguirre Cerda | December 23, 1920 | August 16, 1921 | Arturo Alessandri | ||
Héctor Arancibia Lazo | August 16, 1921 | November 3, 1921 | |||
Ismael Tocornal Tocornal | November 3, 1921 | March 22, 1922 | |||
Jorge Matte Gormaz | March 22, 1922 | April 1, 1922 | |||
Armando Jaramillo Valderrama | April 1, 1922 | August 29, 1922 | |||
Antonio Huneeus Gana | August 29, 1922 | October 16, 1922 | |||
Luis Izquierdo Fredes | October 16, 1922 | December 21, 1922 | |||
70px | Manuel Rivas Vicuña | December 21, 1922 | January 12, 1923 | ||
Francisco Garcés Gana | January 12, 1923 | March 16, 1923 | |||
70px | Cornelio Saavedra Montt | March 16, 1923 | June 15, 1923 | ||
Carlos Ruiz Bahamonde | June 15, 1923 | July 2, 1923 | |||
Domingo Amunátegui Solar | July 2, 1923 | January 4, 1924 | |||
Pedro Aguirre Cerda | January 4, 1924 | February 1, 1924 | |||
José Maza Fernández | February 1, 1924 | March 25, 1924 | |||
70px | Cornelio Saavedra Montt | March 25, 1924 | July 22, 1924 | ||
Pedro Aguirre Cerda | July 22, 1924 | September 5, 1924 | |||
70px | Luis Altamirano Talavera | September 5, 1924 | September 12, 1924 | ||
Alcibíades Roldán Alvarez | September 12, 1924 | December 19, 1924 | September Junta | ||
Rafael Luis Barahona San Martín | December 19, 1924 | January 23, 1925 | |||
Armando Jaramillo Valderrama | January 29, 1925 | August 27, 1925 | January Junta | ||
Francisco Mardones | August 27, 1925 | October 1, 1925 | Arturo Alessandri | ||
Luis Barros Borgoño | October 1, 1925 | October 2, 1925 | |||
Manuel Véliz | October 2, 1925 | December 23, 1925 | Luis Barros Borgoño | ||
Maximiliano Ibáñez Ibáñez | December 23, 1925 | November 20, 1926 | Emiliano Figueroa | ||
70px | Manuel Rivas Vicuña | November 20, 1926 | February 22, 1927 | ||
70px | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | February 22, 1927 | April 8, 1927 | ||
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen | April 8, 1927 | May 23, 1927 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | ||
Enrique Balmaceda Toro | May 23, 1927 | June 5, 1928 | |||
Guillermo Edwards Matte | June 5, 1928 | September 3, 1929 | |||
70px | Enrique Bermúdez de la Paz | September 3, 1929 | February 26, 1930 | ||
David Hermosilla | February 26, 1930 | August 5, 1930 | |||
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen | August 5, 1930 | July 13, 1931 | |||
70px | Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez | July 13, 1931 | July 22, 1931 | Minister of Home Affairs and Social Welfare | |
Miguel Letelier Espínola | July 22, 1931 | July 23, 1931 | Minister of Home Affairs and Public Education | ||
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen | July 23, 1931 | July 26, 1931 | |||
70px | Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez | July 26, 1931 | July 27, 1931 | Pedro Opazo | |
Luis Gutiérrez Allende | July 27, 1931 | August 7, 1931 | Minister of Home Affairs and Justice | Juan Esteban Montero | |
Manuel Trucco Franzani | August 7, 1931 | August 20, 1931 | |||
Horacio Hevia Labbé | August 20, 1931 | September 3, 1931 | Manuel Trucco | ||
Marcial Mora Miranda | September 3, 1931 | April 7, 1932 | |||
Víctor Robles Valenzuela | April 7, 1932 | June 4, 1932 | Juan Esteban Montero | ||
70px | Arturo Puga Osorio | June 4, 1932 | June 6, 1932 | Socialist Junta | |
Rolando Meriño Reyes | June 6, 1932 | June 13, 1932 | |||
Arturo Ruiz Maffei | June 13, 1932 | June 17, 1932 | |||
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales | June 17, 1932 | July 13, 1932 | |||
Eliseo Peña Villalón | July 13, 1932 | August 1, 1932 | Carlos Dávila | ||
Joaquín Fernández y Fernández | August 1, 1932 | September 12, 1932 | |||
70px | Bartolomé Blanche Espejo | September 12, 1932 | September 13, 1932 | ||
Ernesto Barros Jarpa | September 14, 1932 | October 2, 1932 | Bartolomé Blanche | ||
70px | Javier Ángel Figueroa Larraín | October 3, 1932 | December 24, 1932 | Abraham Oyanedel | |
Horacio Hevia Labbé | December 24, 1932 | May 7, 1933 | Minister of Home Affairs and Public Health | Arturo Alessandri | |
Alfredo Piwonka Jilabert | May 7, 1933 | April 19, 1934 | Minister of Home Affairs and Public Health | ||
Luis Salas Romo | April 19, 1934 | August 26, 1935 | Minister of Home Affairs and Public Health | ||
Luis Cabrera Negrete | August 26, 1935 | September 12, 1936 | |||
Matías Silva Sepúlveda | September 12, 1936 | May 18, 1938 | |||
Luis Salas Romo | May 18, 1938 | December 24, 1938 | |||
70px | Pedro Alfonso Barrios | December 24, 1938 | December 26, 1939 | Pedro Aguirre Cerda | |
Guillermo Labarca Hubertson | December 26, 1939 | February 8, 1940 | |||
Humberto Alvarez Suárez | February 8, 1940 | July 30, 1940 | |||
Guillermo Labarca Hubertson | July 30, 1940 | December 23, 1940 | |||
Arturo Olavarría Bravo | December 23, 1940 | September 16, 1941 | |||
Carlos Valdovinos Valdovinos | September 16, 1941 | October 6, 1941 | |||
Leonardo Guzmán Cortés | October 6, 1941 | November 10, 1941 | |||
Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia | November 10, 1941 | November 10, 1941 | |||
Leonardo Guzmán Cortés | November 10, 1941 | November 21, 1941 | Interim | Jerónimo Méndez | |
Alfredo Rosende Verdugo | November 21, 1941 | April 2, 1942 | |||
Raúl Morales Beltramí | April 2, 1942 | April 2, 1942 | Juan Antonio Ríos |
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