Ministry of National Defense (Chile) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of National Defense
Nativename:Ministerio de Defensa Nacional
Seal:Logotipo del Ministerio de Defensa Nacional de Chile.png
Picture Width:200px
Picture Caption:Ministry headquarters
Formed:1932
Preceding1:• Ministry of War and Navy (1818–1924)
Preceding2:• Ministry of War (1924–1927,1927–1932)
Preceding3:• Ministry of Navy (1924–1927,1927–1932)
Preceding4:• Ministry of National Defense (1927)
Preceding5:• Ministry of War and Aviation (1932)
Jurisdiction:Government of Chile
Headquarters:Zenteno 45 (esquina Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins)
Santiago
Region Code:CL
Minister1 Name:Maya Fernández
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of National Defense
Minister2 Name:Cristián de la Maza Riquelme
Minister2 Pfo:Undersecretary of Defense
Minister3 Name:Alfonso Vargas Lyng
Minister3 Pfo:Undersecretary of the Armed Forces
Agency Type:Ministry
Child1 Agency:National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE)
Website:Official website

The Ministry of National Defense (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining the independence and sovereignty" of Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the defense policies formulated by the President of Chile. The minister supervises all the Chilean armed forces. It is Chile's ministry of defence.

History

During the first days of the independence movements, the senior "secretary" of the respective Junta would function as the Secretary of Government with administrative power over the army. The office officially first came to be on 17 March 1814, when then Supreme Director Francisco de la Lastra dictated the Constitutional Norms approved on that date. It was then named Secretariat of War. It was abolished the same year by the Spanish authorities when, after the Battle of Rancagua, they re-asserted royal power.

On 23 October 1818, after independence the secretariat was re-established, but this time with the inclusion of the Department of Navy as a "Secretariat of War and Navy" (1818–1837), though in common usage, the secretaries started to be called ministers when they held both secretariats (War and Navy) concurrently. Later on 1 February 1837 the office was officially renamed "Ministry of War and Navy" (1837–1932). In 1924, War and Navy were separated into two independent ministries, but on 8 July 1932 both branches were reunited again into one ministry renamed "Ministry of Defense", with the addition of the department of Aviation that had belonged to the Ministry of the Interior until that date.

On 28 October 1947, by Decree 2.320, it fell under the purview of this ministry the control of the Supreme Command of National Defense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Central Purchasing Committee of the Armed Forces, the Civil Defense Forces and the Chilean chapter of the Red Cross. In 1960, the oversight was expanded to include the Superior Council on National Security (Consusena) and the Council of Commanders-in-Chief. According to Decree 200 of 15 April 1976, the oversight was again expanded to include the National Police (Carabineros and Investigaciones).

As indicated before, this ministry has undergone several reorganizations during its long history, reflected in its different names:

Organization

The main dependencies of the Ministry are:

Titulars

Patria Vieja period

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Andrés Nicolás de Orjera14 March 181423 July 1814Secretary of Waralign=center Francisco de la Lastra
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoyza10 August 18142 October 1814Secretary of Waralign=center Government Junta

Ministers of War and Navy

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
José Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo18 February 18178 October 1820Bernardo O'Higgins
José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea8 October 18207 January 1823Secretary of War
Joaquín Echeverría Larraín28 January 1823Secretary of Navy
Fernando Elizalde7 January 1823Secretary of War
Agustín Vial Santelices28 January 18234 April 1823Secretary of WarGovernment Junta
Mariano Egaña FabresSecretary of Navy
Juan de Dios Rivera4 April 182312 July 1824Ramón Freire
Santiago Fernández Barriga12 July 182422 February 1825
José Ignacio Eyzaguirre Arechavala22 February 182518 June 1825Secretary of War
Francisco Ramón Vicuña LarraínSecretary of Navy
Rafael Correa de Saa Lazón18 June 18259 October 1825Secretary of War
Juan de Dios Vial del RíoSecretary of Navy
José María Novoa López9 October 182521 June 1826
Tomás Obejero21 June 182626 September 1826Interim
Luis de la Cruz y Goyeneche26 September 18268 March 1827align=center Agustín Eyzaguirre
José Manuel Borgoño Núñez y Silva8 March 182716 July 1829align=center Ramón Freire
José Santiago Muñoz Bezanilla16 July 18299 November 1829Francisco Ramón Vicuña
José Antonio Pérez de Cotapos9 November 18297 December 1829
José María Benavente Bustamante20 February 183025 September 1830Appointed byalign=center Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
Reappointed byJosé Tomás Ovalle
José María de la Cruz Prieto25 September 183024 March 1831Appointed by
Reappointed byFernando Errázuriz Aldunate
Diego Portales Palazuelos24 March 183131 August 1831Appointed by
Reappointed byJosé Joaquín Prieto Vial
Bartolomé Mujica31 August 183119 September 1831Secretary of War
Manuel José CalderónSecretary of Navy
Diego Portales Palazuelos19 September 18314 December 1832
Ramón de la Cavareda Trucíos4 December 183221 April 1835
Diego Portales Palazuelos21 April 18357 June 1836
Ramón de la Cavareda Trucíos7 June 183627 March 1841
Manuel Montt Torres27 March 184118 September 1841Interim
José María de la Cruz Prieto18 September 184120 April 1842Manuel Bulnes Prieto
José Santiago Aldunate Toro20 April 184218 September 1846
José Manuel Borgoño Núñez18 September 18468 April 1848
Pedro Nolasco Vidal8 April 184818 September 1851
José Francisco Gana18 September 185113 January 1853Manuel Montt Torres
Pedro Nolasco Vidal13 January 185318 September 1856
José Francisco Gana18 September 185629 September 1857
Manuel García Banqueda29 September 18579 July 1862Appointed by
Reappointed byJosé Joaquín Pérez Mascayano
Marcos Maturana del Campo9 July 186230 March 1865
José Manuel Pinto Arias30 March 18658 September 1866
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu8 September 186613 November 1868
Francisco Echaurren García-Huidobro13 November 18682 August 1870
José Ramón Lira Calvo2 August 187018 September 1871
Aníbal Pinto Garmendia18 September 18713 April 1875Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
Ignacio Zenteno Gana3 April 187519 April 1875
Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla19 April 187518 September 1876
Belisario Prats Pérez18 September 187627 October 1877Aníbal Pinto
Manuel García de la Huerta Pérez27 October 18775 August 1878
Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez5 August 187817 April 1879
Basilio Urrutia Vásquez17 April 187920 August 1879
Rafael Sotomayor Baeza20 August 187916 June 1880
Eusebio Lillo Robles16 June 188015 July 1880
José Francisco Vergara Echevers15 July 188018 September 1881
Carlos Castellón Larenas18 September 188118 January 1884Domingo Santa María
Patricio Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar18 January 18847 May 1884
Carlos Antúnez González7 May 188418 September 1886
Evaristo Sánchez Fontecilla18 September 188630 November 1886José Manuel Balmaceda
Nicolás Peña Vicuña30 November 188628 June 1887
Manuel García de la Huerta Pérez28 June 188713 April 1888
Evaristo Sánchez Fontecilla13 April 18882 November 1888
Ramón Donoso Vergara2 November 18881 May 1889
José Miguel Valdés Carrera1 May 188911 June 1889
Abraham König Velásquez11 June 188923 October 1889
Ismael Valdés Valdés23 October 18897 November 1889
Luis Barros Borgoño7 November 188921 January 1890
José Velásquez Bórquez21 January 18907 August 1890
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren7 August 189015 October 1890
José Francisco Gana Castro15 October 189029 March 1891
José Velásquez Bórquez29 March 189129 August 1891
Adolfo Holley Urzúa7 September 189126 December 1891align=center Revolutionary Junta of Iquique
Ventura Blanco Viel26 December 189114 March 1892Jorge Montt
Luis Barros Borgoño14 March 18929 July 1892
Luis Arteaga9 July 189222 September 1892
Francisco Antonio Pinto Cruz22 September 189222 April 1893
Isidoro Errázuriz22 April 18938 August 1893
Manuel Villamil Blanco8 August 18936 October 1893
Juan Antonio Orrego6 October 189326 April 1894
Santiago Aldunate Bascuñan26 April 18947 December 1894
Carlos Rivera Jofré7 December 18941 August 1895
Ismael Valdés Valdés1 August 189524 November 1895
Luis Barros Borgoño24 November 189518 September 1896
Manuel Bulnes Pinto18 September 189626 November 1896Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Elías Fernández Albano26 November 189626 June 1897
Benjamín Vergara26 June 189725 August 1897
Carlos Palacios Zapata25 August 189723 December 1897
Patricio Larraín Alcalde23 December 18975 May 1898
Ventura Blanco Viel5 May 189819 December 1898
Carlos Concha Subercaseaux19 December 189827 June 1899
Javier Angel Figueroa Larraín27 June 18992 September 1899
Carlos Concha Subercaseaux2 September 189927 November 1899
Ricardo Matte Pérez27 November 18993 November 1900
Arturo Besa Navarro3 November 190014 March 1901
Vicente Palacios Baeza14 March 19011 May 1901
Wenceslao Bulnes1 May 190118 September 1901
Beltrán Mathieu Andrews18 September 19016 May 1902Germán Riesco
Víctor Manuel Lamas6 May 190220 November 1902
Francisco Baeza20 November 19024 April 1903
Ricardo Matte Pérez4 April 19031 September 1903
Carlos Besa Navarro1 September 190323 October 1903
Luis Barros Méndez23 October 190310 January 1904
Aníbal Cruz Díaz10 January 190412 March 1904
Ascanio Bascuñan Santa María12 March 190412 April 1904
Joaquín Muñoz Hurtado12 April 190430 October 1904
Ascanio Bascuñan Santa María30 October 190418 March 1905
Ramón Corvalán Melgarejo18 March 19051 August 1905
Luis Uribe Orrego1 August 190521 October 1905
Manuel Fóster Recabarren21 October 190519 March 1906
Manuel Covarrubias19 March 19067 May 1906
Salvador Vergara7 May 190618 September 1906
Belisario Prats Bello18 September 190629 October 1906Pedro Montt
José Francisco Fabres29 October 190612 June 1907
Alejandro Lira12 June 190725 October 1907
Belisario Prats Bello25 October 190729 August 1908
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera29 August 190822 January 1909
Darío Zañartu del Río22 January 190915 June 1909
Roberto Huneeus Gana15 June 190915 September 1909
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera15 September 190925 June 1910
Carlos Larraín Claro25 June 191023 December 1910
Arístides Pinto Concha23 December 191011 January 1911Ramón Barros Luco
Ramón León Luco11 January 191111 July 1911
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera11 July 191115 August 1911
Alejandro Huneeus García-Huidobro15 August 191123 January 1912
Alejandro Rosselot23 January 191229 May 1912
Luis Devoto29 May 19128 August 1912
Claudio Vicuña Subercaseaux8 August 191213 January 1913
Jorge Matte Gormaz13 January 191316 November 1913
Ramón Corvalán Melgarejo16 November 19136 September 1914
6 September 191415 December 1914
Ricardo Cox Méndez15 December 19147 June 1915
Guillermo Soublette7 June 191523 December 1915
Salvador Vergara23 December 19158 January 1916Juan Luis Sanfuentes
Cornelio Saavedra Montt8 January 19161 July 1916
Jorge Boonen Rivera1 July 191620 November 1916
Oscar Urzúa Jaramillo20 November 191614 July 1917
Pedro Nicolás Montenegro14 July 191713 October 1917
Oscar Viel Cavero13 October 191718 January 1918
Luis Vicuña Cifuentes18 January 191822 April 1918
Jorge Valdivieso Blanco22 April 19186 September 1918
Víctor Robles6 September 191828 November 1918
Enrique Bermúdez de la Paz28 November 191823 September 1919
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera23 September 19198 November 1919
Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz8 November 191929 March 1920
Régulo Valenzuela29 March 192016 June 1920
Pedro Opazo Letelier16 June 19201 July 1920
Ladislao Errázuriz Lazcano1 July 192023 December 1920
Carlos Silva Cruz23 December 192012 May 1921Arturo Alessandri
Enrique Balmaceda Toro12 May 192116 August 1921
Remigio Medina16 August 19213 November 1921
Samuel Claro Lastarria3 November 192122 March 1922
Ignacio Marchant Scott22 March 19221 April 1922
Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta1 April 192229 August 1922
Hernán Correa Roberts29 August 192221 December 1922
José Onofre Bunster Villagra21 December 192212 January 1923
Gustavo Silva Campo12 January 192316 March 1923
Jorge Andrés Guerra Álvarez de Toledo16 March 192315 June 1923
Luis Altamirano Talavera15 June 19234 January 1924
Alfredo Ewing4 January 19241 February 1924
Luis Brieba1 February 192422 July 1924
Luis Gaspar Mora Sotomayor22 July 19245 September 1924
Juan Pablo Bennett Argandoña5 September 192411 September 1924
Luis Gómez Carreño12 September 192419 December 1924align=center September Junta

Ministers of War

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Emiliano Ortiz Vega19 December 192423 January 1925align=center September Junta
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo29 January 192522 February 1927align=center January Junta
Emiliano Ortiz Vega22 February 192723 May 1927align=center Emiliano Figueroa
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen23 May 192721 June 1927Minister of National DefenseCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
Bartolomé Blanche Espejo21 June 19277 November 1930
Pedro Charpin Rival7 November 193026 July 1931
Carlos Sáez Morales26 July 193114 August 1931Appointed byalign=center Pedro Opazo
Reappointed byJuan Esteban Montero
Enrique Bravo Ortiz14 August 19313 September 1931
Carlos Vergara Montero3 September 19315 March 1932align=center Manuel Trucco

Ministers of Navy

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Luis Gómez Carreño19 December 192423 January 1925align=center September Junta
Braulio Bahamonde29 January 192523 December 1925align=center January Junta
Arturo Swett Otaegui23 December 192522 February 1927Emiliano Figueroa
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen22 February 192723 May 1927
23 May 192721 June 1927Minister of National DefenseCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
21 June 19275 August 1930
Edgardo von Schröeders Sarratea5 August 193027 April 1931
Hipólito Marchant Morales27 April 193126 July 1931
Calisto Rogers Ceas26 July 19313 September 1931Appointed byalign=center Pedro Opazo
Reappointed byalign=center Juan Esteban Montero
Enrique Spoerer Jardel3 September 19315 March 1932align=center Manuel Trucco

Ministers of National Defense (First Creation)

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Miguel Urrutia Barboza9 March 19327 April 1932Juan Esteban Montero
Ignacio Urrutia Manzano7 April 19324 June 1932
Marmaduque Grove Vallejo5 June 193217 June 1932Socialist Junta
Arturo Puga Osorio17 June 19328 July 1932

Ministers of War and Aviation

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Pedro Lagos Lagos8 July 193214 September 1932align=center Carlos Dávila
Luis Otero Mujica14 September 19323 October 1932align=center Bartolomé Blanche
Carlos Sáez Morales3 October 193224 December 1932align=center Abraham Oyanedel

Ministers of Navy

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Francisco Nieto8 July 193212 August 1932Carlos Dávila
Alberto Barbosa Baeza12 August 193213 August 1932
José Manuel Montalva Barrientos13 August 19323 October 1932
Arturo Swett Otaegui3 October 193224 December 1932align=center Abraham Oyanedel

Ministers of National Defense (Second Creation, 1932–1990)

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Emilio Bello Codecido24 December 19329 April 1938Arturo Alessandri
Francisco Garcés Gana9 April 193825 September 1938Interim
Emilio Bello Codecido25 September 193824 December 1938
Alberto Cabero Díaz24 December 193813 April 1939Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Guillermo Labarca Hubertson13 April 193926 December 1939
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez26 December 193924 October 1940
Juvenal Hernández Jaque24 October 194010 June 1941
Carlos Valdovinos Valdovinos10 June 194121 November 1941
Juvenal Hernández Jaque21 November 19412 April 1942align=center Jerónimo Méndez
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez2 April 19421944Juan Antonio Ríos
Oscar Escudero Otarola19441945
Arnaldo Carrasco19451946
Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes1946April 1947Gabriel González Videla
Juvenal Hernández JaqueApril 1947August 1947
Guillermo Barrios TiradoAugust 19473 November 1952
Abdón Parra3 November 19521954Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Tobías Barros Ortiz19541955
Benjamín Videla19551955
Francisco O'Ryan Orrego19551957
Adrián Barrientos19573 November 1958
Luis Vidal Vargas3 November 19581958Jorge Alessandri
Carlos Vial Infante19581961
Joaquín Fernández y Fernández19611961
Julio Pereira19611963
Carlos Vial Infante19633 November 1964
Juan De Dios Carmona3 November 19641969Eduardo Frei Montalva
Tulio Marambio19691970
Sergio Ossa Pretot19703 November 1970
Alejandro Ríos Valdivia3 November 19707 January 1972Salvador Allende
José Tohá González7 January 19725 July 1973
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina5 July 19739 August 1973
Carlos Prats González9 August 197323 August 1973
Orlando Letelier Del Solar28 August 197311 September 1973
Patricio Carvajal Prado11 September 19731974Augusto Pinochet
Oscar Bonilla Bradánovich19741975
Hermán Brady Roche19751978
César Raúl Benavides19781980
Carlos Forestier Hansen19801982
Washington Carrasco Fernández19821983
Patricio Carvajal Prado198311 March 1990

Ministers of National Defense (1990–present)

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Patricio Rojas Saavedra11 March 199011 March 1994DCalign=center Patricio Aylwin
Edmundo Pérez Yoma11 March 19941998DCEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
José Florencio Guzmán19981998DC
Raúl Troncoso Castillo19981999DC
Edmundo Pérez Yoma199911 March 2000DC
Mario Fernández Baeza11 March 20007 January 2002DCRicardo Lagos
Michelle Bachelet Jeria7 January 20021 October 2004PS
Jaime Ravinet De La Fuente1 October 200411 March 2006DC
Vivianne Blanlot Soza11 March 200627 March 2007PPDMichelle Bachelet
José Goñi27 March 200712 March 2009PPD
Francisco Vidal Salinas12 March 200911 March 2010PPD
Jaime Ravinet de la Fuente11 March 201014 January 2011Ind.Sebastián Piñera
Andrés Allamand Zavala16 January 20115 November 2012RN
Rodrigo Hinzpeter Kirgberg5 November 201211 March 2014RN
Jorge Burgos Varela11 March 201411 May 2015DCMichelle Bachelet
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia11 May 201511 March 2018PR
Alberto Espina Otero11 March 201828 July 2020RNSebastián Piñera
Mario Desbordes Jiménez28 July 202018 December 2020RN
Baldo Prokurica18 December 202011 March 2022RN
Maya Fernández11 March 2022IncumbentPSGabriel Boric

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