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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile is the administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the foreign policy formulated by the President of Chile.
The present Minister of Foreign Affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Mr Alejandro Foxley.
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 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
Titulars
Patria Vieja period
Ministers of Government and Foreign Affairs
Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Affairs
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Colonization
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cult
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization
Ministers of Foreign Affairs (First Creation)
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Commerce
Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Second Creation)
Additional information
See also
Chilean diplomatic missions
Foreign relations of Chile
Sources
Valencia Avaria, Luis. 1986. Anales de la Republica: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los poderes ejecutivo y legislativo desde 1810. 2 edicion Santiago de Chile. Editorial Andres Bello.
External links
Official Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
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