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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (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.

The present Minister of Foreign Affairs (who is also known colloquially as Chancellor) is Mariano Fernandez.

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

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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