Ministry of Health (Chile) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Health
Nativename:Ministerio de Salud de Chile
Picture Width:200px
Picture Caption:Ministry headquarters
Formed:1959
Preceding1:• Ministry of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare (1924–1927)
Preceding2:• Ministry of Social Welfare (1927–1931)
Preceding3:• Ministry of Public Health (1932–1935)
Preceding4:• Ministry of Public Health, Social Assistance and Welfare (1936–1953)
Preceding5:• Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (1953–1958)
Jurisdiction:Government of Chile
Headquarters:Enrique Mac Iver 541
Santiago
Region Code:CL
Employees:128,668 (2017)[1]
Minister1 Name:Ximena Aguilera
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Health
Minister2 Name:Andrea Albagli
Minister2 Pfo:Undersecretary of Public Health
Minister3 Name:Osvaldo Salgado
Minister3 Pfo:Undersecretary of Assistance Networks
Agency Type:Ministry
Child1 Agency:Fondo Nacional de Salud
Website:Official website

The Ministry of Health of Chile (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Salud de Chile|links=no), also known as MINSAL, is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the public health policies formulated by the President of Chile. Notably, all employees pay 7% of their monthly income to FONASA, the funding branch of the Chilean Ministry of Health.

The current Minister of Health is Ximena Aguilera.[2] The minister has two adjuncts: the Undersecretary of Public Health (Spanish; Castilian: Subsecretaria de Salud Pública) and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks (Spanish; Castilian: Subsecretaria de Redes Asistenciales).

History

In 1808, the Committee of Vaccines (Spanish; Castilian: Junta de Vacunas) was founded, and then in 1832 the Board of Directors of Hospitals (Spanish; Castilian: Junta Directiva de Hospitales) began operations. Both organizations were precursors of what would become the modern institutions of public health. In 1907, a division charged with the administration of public hygiene was created under the Ministry of the Interior (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio del Interior). Then on 14 October 1924, this division was made into the cabinet-level Ministry of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Higiene, Asistencia y Previsión Social), with the same function (Decree No. 44, 1924). In 1927 all the ministries underwent an important restructuring; with these change it became the Ministry of Social Welfare (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Bienestar Social), and was charged with, as well as the coordination of public health policies, the investigation of the application of laws relating to society, public welfare, and social security.

In 1932, it was once again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Public Health (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Salubridad Pública), then the Ministry of Public Health, Social Assistance and Welfare (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Salubridad Pública, Asistencia y Previsión Social) in 1936, and later the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Salud Pública y Previsión Social) in 1953.

In 1959, the ministry was divided into the Ministry of Public Health (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Salud Pública), the modern form of the ministry, and, assuming the functions regulating the welfare of Chileans, the Ministry of Work and Social Welfare (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social).

Finally, from 1973 to 1979, the internal structure of the ministry, now simply the Ministry of Health, was reorganized, creating services such as the National Health Fund (Spanish; Castilian: Fondo Nacional de Salud), or FONASA.

Organization

Currently under the Ministry are the following public institutions:

Titulars

Ministers of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Alejandro del Río Soto-Aguilar 17 October 1924 23 January 1925 align=center September Junta
José Santos Salas Morales 29 January 1925 10 October 1925 Appointed byalign=center January Junta
Reappointed byLuis Barros Borgoño
Pedro Lautaro Ferrer Rodríguez 10 October 1925 23 December 1925
Lucio Córdoba Labarca 23 December 192520 November 1926 Emiliano Figueroa
Manuel Rivas Vicuña 20 November 1926 22 February 1927 Minister of the Interior
Isaac Hevia Concha 22 February 192723 May 1927
José Santos Salas Morales 23 May 192717 November 1927align=center Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Ministers of Social Welfare

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Enrique Balmaceda Toro 17 November 192720 April 1928 InterimCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
Alejandro Lazo 20 April 1928 6 June 1928
Luis Schmidt 6 June 192821 June 1928Interim
Luis Carvajal Laurnaga 21 June 19285 August 1930
Humberto Arce 5 August 19305 September 1930
Ricardo Puelma Laval 5 September 193013 July 1931
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez 13 July 1931 22 July 1931 Minister of the Interior and Social Welfare
Héctor Boccardo Benvenuto 22 July 1931 22 July 1931
Sótero del Río Gundián 26 July 1931 3 September 1931Appointed byalign=center Pedro Opazo
Reappointed byalign=center Juan Esteban Montero
Santiago Wilson Barrientos 3 September 1931 15 November 1931 align=center Manuel Trucco
Sótero del Río Gundián 15 November 1931 4 June 1932 align=center Juan Esteban Montero

Ministers of Public Health (First Creation)

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Oscar Cifuentes Solar 5 June 1932 17 June 1932 Appointed byalign=center Socialist Junta
Reappointed byCarlos Dávila
Alfonso Quijano Olivares 17 June 1932 4 October 1932
Javier Castro Oliveira4 October 193224 December 1932align=center Abraham Oyanedel
Horacio Hevia Labbé 24 December 1932 7 May 1933 Minister of the Interior and Public HealthArturo Alessandri
Alfredo Piwonka Jilabert 7 May 1933 19 April 1934 Minister of the Interior and Public Health
Luis Salas Romo 19 April 1934 26 August 1935 Minister of the Interior and Public Health
Javier Castro Oliveira26 August 1935 15 January 1937

Ministers of Public Health, Social Assistance and Welfare

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Eduardo Cruz-Coke Lassabe 15 January 193715 September 1938 Arturo Alessandri
Luis Prúnes Rissetti 15 September 193824 December 1938
Miguel Etchebarne Rioll 24 December 193825 December 1939Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Salvador Allende Gossens25 December 19392 April 1942
Eduardo Escudero Forrastal 2 April 194215 August 1942Juan Antonio Rios
Miguel Etchebarne Rioll 15 August 19424 February 1943
Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia 4 February 19437 June 1943
Sótero del Río Gundián 7 June 19433 February 1946
Juan Garafulic Dubracic 3 February 19466 September 1946
René García Valenzuela 6 September 19463 November 1946
Fernando Claro Salas 3 November 194616 April 1947Gabriel González Videla
Manuel Sanhueza Morales 16 April 19472 August 1947
José Santos Salas Morales 2 August 19477 July 1948
Guillermo Varas Contreras 7 July 19487 February 1950
Manuel Aguirre Geisse 7 February 195027 February 1950
Jorge Mardones Restat 27 February 195022 July 1952
Sótero del Río Gundián22 July 19523 November 1952
Waldemar Coutts Billiviller 3 November 19521 April 1953Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Ministers of Public Health and Social Welfare

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Eugenio Suárez Orrego 1 April 19531 March 1954Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Vasallo Rojas 1 March 19545 June 1954
Sergio Altamirano Pinto 5 June 19546 January 1955
Jorge Aravena Carrasco 6 January 195530 May 1955
Raúl Barrios Ortiz 30 May 19554 July 1956
Alberto Araya Lampe 4 July 195627 August 1956
Roberto Muñoz Urrutia 27 August 195618 July 1957
Jorge Torreblanca Droguett 18 July 19573 November 1958
Eduardo Gomién Díaz 3 November 195829 October 1959Jorge Alessandri

Ministers of Public Health (Second Creation)

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered Officealign=center Exited Officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Sótero del Río Gundián29 October 195926 August 1961Jorge Alessandri
Benjamín Cid Quiroz26 August 196126 September 1963
Francisco Rojas Villegas26 September 19633 November 1964
Ramón Valdivieso Delaunay3 November 19643 November 1970Eduardo Frei Montalva
Oscar Jiménez Pinochet3 November 197014 August 1971Salvador Allende
Juan Carlos Concha Gutiérrez14 August 19713 November 1972
Arturo Jirón Vargas3 November 197228 August 1973
Mario Lagos Hernández28 August 197311 September 1973
Alberto Spoerer Covarrubias12 September 197311 November 1974Augusto Pinochet
Francisco Herrera12 November 19747 March 1976
Fernando Matthei8 March 197623 July 1978
Carlos Jiménez Vargas24 July 197813 December 1979
Alejandro Medina Lois14 December 197928 December 1980
Hernán Rivera Calderón29 December 19809 August 1983
Winston Chinchón Bunting10 August 198312 August 1986
Juan Giaconi Gandolfo13 August 198610 March 1990
11 March 199029 August 1992Patricio Aylwin
Julio Montt30 August 199210 April 1994
Carlos Massad11 April 19946 August 1996Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Álex Figueroa7 August 199610 March 2000
11 March 20006 February 2002Ricardo Lagos
Osvaldo Artaza7 February 20022 March 2003
Pedro García Aspillaga3 March 200310 March 2006
María Soledad Barría11 March 200627 October 2008Michelle Bachelet
Álvaro Erazo28 October 200810 March 2010
Jaime Mañalich11 March 201010 March 2014Sebastián Piñera
Helia Molina11 March 201422 January 2015Michelle Bachelet
Carmen Castillo Taucher23 January 201511 March 2018
Emilio Santelices11 March 201812 June 2019
Jaime Mañalich13 June 201913 June 2020
Enrique Paris13 June 202011 March 2022
María Begoña Yarza11 March 20226 September 2022
Ximena Aguilera6 September 2022Incumbent

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dipres.gob.cl/598/articles-176466_doc_pdf.pdf
  2. Web site: Gobierno de Chile: Ministerio de Salud. 26 September 2022. 2022. www.gob.cl.

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