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]
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 current Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency is Jorge Insunza, who was appointed by President Michelle Bachelet on May 11, 2015.
Titulars
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Edgardo Böeninger Kausel | March 11, 1990 | March 11, 1994 | Patricio Aylwin | |
| Genaro Arriagada Herrera | March 11, 1994 | 1996 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | ||
| Juan Villarzú Rohde | 1996 | 1998 | |||
| John Biehl del Río | 1998 | June 22, 1999 | |||
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José Miguel Insulza Salinas | June 22, 1999 | March 11, 2000 | ||
| Álvaro García Hurtado | March 11, 2000 | 2002 | Ricardo Lagos | ||
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Mario Fernández Baeza | 2002 | 2003 | ||
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Francisco Huenchumilla Jaramillo | 2003 | 2004 | ||
| Eduardo Dockendorff Vallejos | 2004 | March 11, 2006 | |||
| Paulina Veloso Valenzuela | March 11, 2006 | March 27, 2007 | Michelle Bachelet | ||
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José Antonio Viera-Gallo Quesney | March 27, 2007 | March 11, 2010 | ||
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Cristián Patricio Larroulet Vignau | March 11, 2010 | March 11, 2014 | Sebastian Piñera | |
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Ximena Cecilia Rincón González | March 11, 2014 | May 11, 2015 | Michelle Bachelet | |
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Jorge Insunza Gregorio de Las Heras | May 11, 2015 | Incumbent | Michelle Bachelet |
References
- 1 2 "Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Law)" (in Spanish). Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
Sources
- 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. (Spanish)