Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)

The Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Spanish: Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno) (Segegob) is the cabinet-level administrative office charged with acting as the government's organ of communication. The principal function of the Minister Secretary General of Government and his or her staff is to serve as the spokesperson of the government. The current Minister Secretary General of Government is Camila Vallejo.

Camila Vallejo, the current Minister Secretary General of Government.
Logo of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government

History

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The position of the General Secretariat of Government was created in 1932, and the Ministry General Secretariat of Government was created in 1976 after a decree (Decreto Ley N° 1.385) which awarded ministerial rank to the General Secretariat of Government. The Ministry General Secretariat of Government was reorganized by different laws in 1991 and 1992 during the administration of Patricio Aylwin.

General Secretaries / Ministers

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Picture Name Entered Office Exited office Notes Appointed by
  Jaime Suárez Bastidas 4 November 1970 8 August 1972 Salvador Allende
  Hernán del Canto Riquelme 8 August 1972 27 March 1973
Aníbal Palma Fourcade 27 March 1973 9 August 1973
  Fernando Flores Labra 9 August 1973 11 September 1973
Pedro Ewing Hodar 12 September 1973 1974 Augusto Pinochet
Hernán Béjares González 1974
22 March 1976
15 November 1977
René Vidal Basauri 15 November 1977 27 January 1979
Julio Fernández Atienza 27 January 1979 14 December 1979
Sergio Badiola Broberg 14 December 1979 20 October 1980
René Vidal Basauri 20 October 1980 29 December 1980
Julio Bravo Valdés 29 December 1980 30 August 1982
Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa 30 August 1982 14 February 1983
Ramón Suárez González 14 February 1983 10 August 1983
  Alfonso Márquez de la Plata Yrarrázaval 10 August 1983 6 November 1984
Francisco Javier Cuadra Lizana 6 November 1984 11 July 1987
Orlando Poblete 11 July 1987 21 October 1988
  Miguel Ángel Poduje 21 October 1988 5 April 1989
Óscar Vargas Guzmán 5 April 1989 17 August 1989
  Cristián Labbé Galilea 17 August 1989 11 March 1990
  Enrique Correa Ríos 11 March 1990 11 March 1994 Patricio Aylwin
  Víctor Manuel Rebolledo 11 March 1994 20 September 1994 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
  José Joaquín Brunner Ried 20 September 1994 1 August 1998
  Jorge Arrate MacNiven 1 August 1998 22 June 1999
Carlos Mladinic 22 June 1999 11 March 2000
  Claudio Huepe García 11 March 2000 7 January 2002 Ricardo Lagos
  Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela 7 January 2002 3 March 2003
  Francisco Vidal Salinas 3 March 2003 24 May 2005
  Osvaldo Puccio Huidobro 24 May 2005 11 March 2006
  Ricardo Lagos Weber 11 March 2006 6 December 2007 Michelle Bachelet
  Francisco Vidal Salinas 6 December 2007 12 March 2009
  Carolina Tohá Morales 12 March 2009 14 December 2009
  Pilar Armanet 14 December 2009 11 March 2010
  Ena von Baer Jahn 11 March 2010 18 July 2011 Sebastián Piñera
  Andrés Chadwick Piñera 18 July 2011 5 November 2012
Cecilia Pérez 5 November 2012 11 March 2014
  Álvaro Elizalde 11 March 2014 11 May 2015 Michelle Bachelet
  Marcelo Díaz 11 May 2015 19 November 2016
  Paula Narváez 19 November 2016 11 March 2018
  Cecilia Pérez 11 March 2018 28 October 2019 Sebastián Piñera
  Karla Rubilar 28 October 2019 28 July 2020
  Jaime Bellolio 28 July 2020 11 March 2022
  Camila Vallejo 11 March 2022 Incumbent Gabriel Boric
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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)