The Ministry of Public Works (Spanish: Ministerio de Obras Públicas) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "planning, directing, controlling and building the public infrastructure, as well as the conservation and management of them"[citation needed] within Chile. It is also responsible for the "management, distribution, use and conservation"[citation needed] of all the water resources within the country. They answer directly to the President of Chile. Since 11 March 2022, the Minister of Public Works is Mr. Juan Carlos García Pérez de Arce.
History edit
The office was first created by law of 21 June 1887, under President José Manuel Balmaceda as the Ministry of Industry and Public Works. Since then it has undergone several reorganizations during its history, reflected in its different names:
- Ministry of Industry and Public Works 21 June 1887 - 20 May 1910
- Ministry of Industry, Public Works and Railroads 20 May 1910 - 19 December 1924
- Ministry of Public Works and Roads 19 December 1924 - 21 March 1925
- Ministry of Public Works, Commerce and Communication Roads 21 March 1925 - 3 October 1927
- Ministry of Foment 3 October 1927 - 21 October 1942
- Ministry of Public Works and Communication Roads 21 October 1942 – 1953
- Ministry of Public Works 1953 - 13 December 1967
- Ministry of Public Works and Transport 13 December 1967 - 8 July 1974
- Ministry of Public Works 8 July 1974 – present
Titulars edit
Ministers of Industry and Public Works edit
Ministers of Industry, Public Works and Railroads edit
Ministers of Public Works and Roads edit
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
|
Oscar Dávila Izquierdo | 17 October 1924 | 19 December 1924 | September Junta | |
| Luis Molina Gómez | 19 December 1924 | 23 January 1925 | |||
| Francisco Mardones Otaíza | 29 January 1925 | 27 August 1925 | Appointed by | January Junta | |
| Reappointed by | Arturo Alessandri | ||||
| Gustavo Lira Manso | 27 August 1925 | 2 October 1925 |
Ministers of Public Works, Commerce and Communication Roads edit
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Alejandro García Castelblanco | 2 October 1925 | 23 December 1925 | Arturo Alessandri | ||
|
Angel Guarello Costa | 23 December 1925 | 20 November 1926 | Emiliano Figueroa | |
| Julio Velasco | 20 November 1926 | 23 May 1927 | |||
| Emiliano Ortiz Vega | 23 May 1927 | 6 September 1927 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | ||
| Enrique Balmaceda Toro | 6 September 1927 | 29 September 1927 | Interim |
Ministers of Foment edit
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano | 29 September 1927 | 22 February 1929 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | ||
| Conrado Ríos Gallardo | 22 February 1929 | 24 February 1929 | Interim | ||
| Luis Schmidt Quezada | 24 February 1929 | 23 August 1929 | |||
| Emiliano Bustos | 23 August 1929 | 23 July 1930 | |||
| Edecio Torreblanca | 23 July 1930 | 29 August 1930 | |||
| Luis Matte Larraín | 29 August 1930 | 27 November 1930 | |||
| Edecio Torreblanca | 27 November 1930 | 13 July 1931 | |||
| Francisco Cereceda Cisternas | 13 July 1931 | 21 July 1931 | |||
| Alejandro García Castelblanco | 23 July 1931 | 26 July 1931 | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez Allende | 26 July 1931 | 27 July 1931 | Pedro Opazo | ||
| Francisco Cereceda Cisternas | 27 July 1931 | 21 August 1931 | Appointed by | Juan Esteban Montero | |
| Reappointed by | Manuel Trucco | ||||
| Luis Alamos Barros | 21 August 1931 | 3 September 1931 | |||
| Enrique Matta Figueroa | 3 September 1931 | 15 November 1931 | Appointed by | ||
| Reappointed by | Juan Esteban Montero | ||||
| Hernán Echeverría Cazotte | 15 November 1931 | 7 April 1932 | |||
| Marco Antonio de la Cuadra | 7 April 1932 | 4 June 1932 | |||
| Víctor Navarrete Senn | 5 June 1932 | 13 September 1932 | Appointed by | Government Junta of Chile (1932) | |
| Reappointed by | Carlos Dávila | ||||
| Gustavo Lira Manso | 14 September 1932 | 2 October 1932 | Bartolomé Blanche | ||
| Miguel Chamorro Araya | 3 October 1932 | 24 December 1932 | Abraham Oyanedel | ||
| Alfredo Piwonka Jilabert | 24 December 1932 | 9 May 1933 | Arturo Alessandri | ||
| Domingo Santa María Sánchez | 9 May 1933 | 31 October 1933 | |||
| Matías Silva Sepúlveda | 31 October 1933 | 12 September 1936 | |||
| Luis Alamos Barros | 12 September 1936 | 26 May 1937 | |||
| Ricardo Bascuñán Stonner | 26 May 1937 | 24 December 1938 | |||
| Arturo Bianchi Gundián | 24 December 1938 | 25 December 1939 | Pedro Aguirre Cerda | ||
| Oscar Schnacke Vergara | 25 December 1939 | 16 December 1941 | Appointed by | ||
| Reappointed by | Jerónimo Méndez | ||||
| Rolando Meriño Reyes | 16 December 1941 | 2 April 1942 | |||
| Oscar Schnacke Vergara | 2 April 1942 | 1942 | Juan Antonio Ríos |
See also edit
Sources edit
- República de Chile (1942). "VI. Poder Ejecutivo - Nómina de Gobernantes, Presidentes y Ministros desde la Independencia.". Manual del Senado. 1810-1942 (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. (in Spanish)
- 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)
External links edit
- Official Website of Public Works of Chile (in Spanish)