Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Chile)

The Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia) is the cabinet-level administrative office (equivalent to the president's Chief of Staff) which serves in an advisory role to the President of Chile and her or his ministers in the governments' relations with the National Congress of Chile, the development of the legislative agenda, and keeping track of the bills and other legislative activity in Congress as they pertain to the government.[1]

Álvaro Elizalde, the Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency since 19 April 2023.
Logo of the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency

The ministry was created in 1990 during the government of Patricio Aylwin,[1] and the first appointee and longest-serving Minister so far was Edgardo Boeninger Kausel.

The Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency is Álvaro Elizalde, who was appointed by President Gabriel Boric on 19 April 2023.[2][3]

Titulars

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Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by
  Edgardo Böeninger Kausel 11 March 1990 11 March 1994 Patricio Aylwin
Genaro Arriagada Herrera 11 March 1994 1996 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Juan Villarzú Rohde 1996 1998
John Biehl del Río 1998 22 June 1999
  José Miguel Insulza Salinas 22 June 1999 11 March 2000
Álvaro García Hurtado 11 March 2000 2002 Ricardo Lagos
  Mario Fernández Baeza 2002 2003
  Francisco Huenchumilla Jaramillo 2003 2004
Eduardo Dockendorff Vallejos 2004 11 March 2006
Paulina Veloso Valenzuela 11 March 2006 27 March 2007 Michelle Bachelet
  José Antonio Viera-Gallo Quesney 27 March 2007 11 March 2010
  Cristián Patricio Larroulet Vignau 11 March 2010 11 March 2014 Sebastián Piñera
  Ximena Cecilia Rincón González 11 March 2014 11 May 2015 Michelle Bachelet
  Jorge Insunza Gregorio de Las Heras 11 May 2015 7 June 2015
Patricia Silva Meléndez 7 June 2015 27 June 2015
  Nicolás Eyzaguirre 27 June 2015 31 August 2017
Gabriel de la Fuente Acuña 31 August 2017 11 March 2018
  Gonzalo Blumel Mac Iver 11 March 2018 28 October 2019 Sebastián Piñera
  Felipe Andrés Ward Edwards 28 October 2019 4 June 2020
  Claudio Alvarado 4 June 2020 28 July 2020
  Cristián Monckeberg 28 July 2020 6 January 2021
  Juan José Ossa 6 January 2021 11 March 2022
  Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago 11 March 2022 6 September 2022 Gabriel Boric
  Ana Lya Uriarte 6 September 2022 19 April 2023
  Álvaro Elizalde 19 April 2023 Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Law)" (in Spanish). Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia". www.gob.cl. 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ^ Brown, Martín; Caro, Isabel (19 April 2023). "Del Senado al gabinete: Boric apuesta por Álvaro Elizalde para reemplazar a ministra Uriarte en la Segpres" [From Senate to cabinet: Boric bets on Álvaro Elizalde to replace minister Uriarte at Segpres]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Grupo Copesa. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

Sources

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  • 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. (in Spanish)
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