Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Chile)

The Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Mincap) is the Ministry of the State of Chile in charge of the design, formulation and implementation of cultural policies, plans and programs. Its main headquarters are in Valparaíso, in a building located in Plaza Sotomayor, being the only secretariat of the Chilean State whose national address isn't located in Santiago. The current head of the ministry is Jaime de Aguirre.

Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage
Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio

Ministry headquarters in Valparaíso.
Agency overview
Formed1 March 2018
Preceding agency
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Chile
HeadquartersPlaza Sotomayor
Valparaíso
Employees2 018 (2018)[1]
Annual budget198 193 425 miles de CLP (2020)[2]
Ministers responsible
Websitecultura.gob.cl (in Spanish)

It was created by Law 21045, promulgated on 13 October 2017[3] and published in the Official Gazette on 3 November of the same year.[4] The Ministry began its functions on 1 March 2018,[5] being the legal successor – through its two undersecretaries: the Undersecretariat of Cultures and the Arts and the Undersecretariat of Cultural Heritage — [6] of the National Council of Culture and the Arts, an institution created in 2003 and dependent on the Ministry of Education (Mineduc).[4]

List of ministers edit

Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by
  Ernesto Ottone 1 March 2018 11 March 2018 IND Michelle Bachelet
  Alejandra Pérez Lecaros 11 March 2018 9 August 2018 Sebastián Piñera
  Mauricio Rojas 9 August 2018 13 August 2018
  Consuelo Valdés 13 March 2018 11 March 2022
  Julieta Brodsky 11 March 2022 10 March 2023 CS Gabriel Boric
  Jaime de Aguirre 10 March 2023 Incumbent IND
IND: Independent
CS: Social Convergence

References edit

  1. ^ Chilean Budget Office. "Estadísticas de Recursos Humanos del Sector Público 2011–2018" [Public Sector Human Resources Statistics 2011–2018] (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ Chilean Budget Office. "Ley de presupuestos del sector público Año 2020" [Public Sector Budget Law 2020] (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Presidenta Bachelet y Ministro Ottone encabezan promulgación del Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio" [President Bachelet and Minister Ottone lead the promulgation of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage]. cultura.gob.cl (in Spanish). 13 October 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Law 21045 03-NOV-2017 Ministry of Education – Ley Chile – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional". Ley Chile (in Spanish). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y Patrimonio entrará en vigencia este jueves" [Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage will go into effect this Thursday]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Mañana entra en vigencia el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio" [Tomorrow the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage takes effect]. cultura.gob.cl (in Spanish). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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