Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Chile) explained

The Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo, MINVU) is an institution in charge of the planning, development and urbanization of inhabited or habitable spaces in Chile.

Its current minister is Carlos Montes.[1]

List of representatives

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endPresident
Modesto ColladosIndependent16 December 196510 August 1966Eduardo Frei Montalva
Juan HamiltonDC10 August 19669 October 1968
Andrés Donoso LarraínDC9 October 19683 November 1970
Carlos Cortés DíazPS3 November 197017 September 1971Salvador Allende
Julio Benítez CastilloIndependent17 September 197128 January 1972
Orlando CantuariasIndependent28 January 197217 June 1972
Luis Matte ValdésIndependent17 June 19729 August 1973
Aníbal PalmaRadical Party9 August 197328 August 1973
Pedro Felipe RamírezChristian Left28 August 197311 September 1973
Arturo Vivero ÁvilaMilitary12 September 197311 July 1974Augusto Pinochet
Arturo Troncoso DarochMilitary12 July 197414 April 1975
Carlos Granifo HarmsMilitary14 April 197511 March 1977
Luis Edmundo Ruiz UndurragaMilitary11 March 197726 December 1978
Jaime Estrada LeighIndependent26 December 197822 April 1982
Roberto Guillard MarinotIndependent22 April 198210 August 1983
Modesto ColladoIndependent10 August 19832 April 1984
Miguel Ángel PodujeIndependent2 April 198421 October 1988
Gustavo Montero SaavedraIndependent21 October 198811 March 1990
Alberto Etchegaray AubryIndependent11 March 199011 March 1994Patricio Aylwin
Edmundo HermosillaDC11 March 199424 July 1997Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle
Sergio HenríquezIndependent24 March 199711 March 2000
Claudio OrregoDC11 March 200029 September 2000Ricardo Lagos
Jaime RavinetDC29 December 200029 September 2004
Sonia TschornePS29 September 200411 March 2006
Patricia PobleteDC11 March 200611 March 2010Michelle Bachelet
Magdalena MatteUDI11 March 201019 April 2011Sebastián Piñera
Rodrigo Pérez MackennaUDI19 April 201111 March 2014
Paulina SaballPPD11 March 201411 March 2018Michelle Bachelet
Cristián MonckebergRN11 March 20184 June 2020Sebastián Piñera
Felipe WardUDI4 June 202011 March 2022
Carlos Montes Cisternas11 March 2022IncumbentGabriel Boric

Notes and References

  1. News: Boric assumes the presidency in Chile: news and reactions to the change of command. as.com. 11 March 2022. 11 March 2022.