The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos) is the Ministry of State responsible for the law and judiciary. The current Minister of Justice and Human Rights is Luis Cordero, who has served since January 11, 2023.[1]
The Ministry of Justice has been known by four different names.
| Minister | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government of Domingo Santa María | |||
| 1881–1885 | |||
| 1885–1886 | |||
| 1886 | |||
| Government of José Manuel Balmaceda | |||
| 1886–1887 | |||
| 1887 | |||
| 1887–1888 | |||
| 1888 | |||
| 1888–1889 | |||
| 1889 | |||
| 1889–1890 | |||
| 1890 | |||
| 1890 | |||
| 1890–1891 | |||
| 1891 | |||
| Government of Jorge Montt Álvarez | |||
| 1891 | |||
| 1891 | |||
| 1891 | |||
| 1891–1892 | |||
| 1892 | |||
| 1892 | |||
| 1892–1893 | |||
| 1893 | |||
| 1893–1894 | |||
| 1894 | |||
| 1894–1895 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| Government of Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | |||
| 1896 | |||
| 1896–1897 | |||
| 1897–1898 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1899–1900 | |||
| 1900 | |||
| 1900–1901 | |||
| 1901 | |||
| 1901 | |||
| 1901 | |||
| Government of Germán Riesco Errázuriz | |||
| 1901 | |||
| 1901–1902 | |||
| 1902–1903 | |||
| 1903 | |||
| 1903–1904 | |||
| 1904 | |||
| 1904 | |||
| 1904–1905 | |||
| 1905 | |||
| 1905 | |||
| 1905–1906 | |||
| 1906 | |||
| 1906 | |||
| Government of Pedro Montt Montt | |||
| 1906 | |||
| 1906–1907 | |||
| 1907–1909 | |||
| 1909 | |||
| Government of Ramón Barros Luco | |||
| 1909–1911 | |||
| 1911–1912 | |||
| 1912 | |||
| 1912–1913 | |||
| 1913–1914 | |||
| 1914–1915 | |||
| 1915 | |||
| 1915 | |||
| Government of Juan Luis Sanfuentes | |||
| 1915–1916 | |||
| 1916 | |||
| 1916 | |||
| 1916–1917 | |||
| 1917 | |||
| PN | 1917–1918 | ||
| PR | 1918 | ||
| 1918 | |||
| PR | 1918–1919 | ||
| PR | 1919 | ||
| PLD | 1919 | ||
| PD | 1919–1920 | ||
| 1920 | |||
| PR | 1920 | ||
| 1920 | |||
| Government of Arturo Alessandri Palma | |||
| 1920 | |||
| 1920–1921 | |||
| 1921 | |||
| 1921–1922 | |||
| PR | 1922 | ||
| PD | 1922 | ||
| PD | 1922–1923 | ||
| PR | 1923 | ||
| PR | 1923 | ||
| 1923 | |||
| 1923–1924 | |||
| PR | 1924 | ||
| PR | 1924 | ||
| 1924 | |||
| PR | 1924 | ||
| 1924 | |||
| Government of Military Junta of 1924 | |||
| 1924 | |||
| PD | 1924 | ||
| 1924 | |||
| Government of Arturo Alessandri Palma | |||
| 1925 | |||
| Government of Luis Barros Borgoño (interino) | |||
| 1925 | |||
| Government of Emiliano Figueroa Larraín | |||
| 1925–1926 | |||
| 1926 | |||
| 1926–1927 | |||
| PR | 1927 | ||
| Government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | |||
| PR | 1927 | ||
| 1927 | |||
| 1927–1928 | |||
| 1928–1930 | |||
| 1930 | |||
| 1930–1931 | |||
| PC | 1931 | ||
| 1931 | |||
| 1931 | |||
| 1931 | |||
| Government of Pedro Opazo Letelier (interino) | |||
| PC | 1931 | ||
| Government of Juan Esteban Montero (interino) | |||
| PC | 1931 | ||
| Government of Manuel Trucco Franzzani (interino) | |||
| PC | 1931 | ||
| PC | 1931 | ||
| Government of Juan Esteban Montero | |||
| PC | 1931–1932 | ||
| PC | 1932 | ||
| Government of the Socialist Republic of Chile | |||
| 1932 | |||
| 1932 | |||
| Government of Carlos Dávila Espinoza | |||
| 1932 | |||
| 1932 | |||
| Government of Bartolomé Blanche Espejo (interino) | |||
| 1932 | |||
| Government of Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (interino) | |||
| 1932 | |||
| 2.º Government of Arturo Alessandri Palma | |||
| PR | 1932–1934 | ||
| 1934–1935 | |||
| 1935–1936 | |||
| 1936 | |||
| PR | 1936–1937 | ||
| 1937 | |||
| 1937 | |||
| 1937 | |||
| Government of Pedro Aguirre Cerda | |||
| 1938–1941 | |||
| 1941 | |||
| PR | 1941 | ||
| Government of Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia (interino) | |||
| 1941–1942 | |||
| Government of Juan Antonio Ríos Morales | |||
| 1942 | |||
| 1942–1944 | |||
| 1944 | |||
| 1944–1945 | |||
| 1945–1946 | |||
| Government of Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez (interim) | |||
| 1946 | |||
| PR | 1946 | ||
| 1946 | |||
| Government of Juan Antonio Iribarren (interino) | |||
| 1946 | |||
| Government of Gabriel González Videla | |||
| 1946–1947 | |||
| 1947 | |||
| PD | 1947–1948 | ||
| 1948–1949 | |||
| 1949–1950 | |||
| PD | 1950 | ||
| PD | 1950 | ||
| 1950–1952 | |||
| Adriana Olguín de Baltra ['''1st female'''] | 1952 | ||
| 2.º Government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | |||
| 1952–1953 | |||
| 1953 | |||
| 1953 | |||
| 1953–1954 | |||
| 1954–1955 | |||
| 1955 | |||
| 1955 | |||
| 1955–1956 | |||
| 1956 | |||
| 1956–1957 | |||
| 1957–1958 | |||
| 1958 | |||
| 1958 | |||
| 1958 | |||
| 1958 | |||
| Government of Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez | |||
| 1958–1960 | |||
| 1960–1964 | |||
| Government of Eduardo Frei Montalva | |||
| PDC | 1964–1968 | ||
| PDC | 1968 | ||
| PDC | 1968–1969 | ||
| PDC | 1969 | ||
| PDC | 1969 | ||
| Government of Salvador Allende Gossens | |||
| 1970–1972 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1972–1973 | |||
| Government of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte | |||
| Independent | 1973–1974 | ||
| Independent | 1974–1975 | ||
| Independent | 1975–1977 | ||
| Independent | 1977 | ||
| Independent | 1977–1983 | ||
| Independent | 1983 | ||
| Independent | 1983–1990 | ||
| Government of Patricio Aylwin Azócar | |||
| PDC | 1990–1994 | ||
| Government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | |||
| 1994–1999 | |||
| PRSD | 1999–2000 | ||
| Government of Ricardo Lagos Escobar | |||
| PRSD | 2000–2003 | ||
| 2003–2006 | |||
| 1.º Government of Michelle Bachelet Jeria | |||
| 2006–2007 | |||
| PRSD | 2007–2010 | ||
| 1.º Government of Sebastián Piñera Echenique | |||
| 2010–2011 | |||
| RN | 2011–2012 | ||
| 2012–2014 | |||
| 2.º Government of Michelle Bachelet Jeria | |||
| PRSD | 2014–2015 | ||
| Ind-PDC | 2015–2016 | ||
| Jaime Campos Quiroga | PRSD | 2016–2018 | |
| 2.º Government of Sebastián Piñera Echenique | |||
| UDI | 2018–2022 | ||
| Government of Gabriel Boric | |||
| 2022–2023 | |||
| Luis Cordero Vega | 2023-present |