Alberto Espina , the current Minister of Defense.Logo of the Ministry of National Defense Flag of the Minister of National Defense The Ministry of National Defense (Spanish : 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 .
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 March 17, 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 October 23, 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 February 1, 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 July 8, 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 October 28, 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 April 15, 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:
Secretariat of War (1814)Secretariat of War and Navy (1818-1831)Ministry of War and Navy (1831-1924)Ministry of War and Ministry of Navy (1924-1932)Ministry of National Defense - First Creation (1932)Ministry of War and Aviation and Ministry of Navy (1932)Ministry of National Defense - Second Creation (1932–present)
Organization
The main dependencies of the Ministry are:
Undersecretary of Defense : in charge of the defence policyUndersecretary of the Armed Forces in charge of the administratives dutiesJoint Staff Command
Titulars
Patria Vieja period
Ministers of War and Navy
Picture
Name
Entered Office
Exited Office
Notes
Appointed by
José Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo February 18, 1817
October 8, 1820
Bernardo O'Higgins
José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea October 8, 1820
January 7, 1823
Secretary of War
Joaquín Echeverría Larraín January 28, 1823
Secretary of Navy
Fernando Elizalde January 7, 1823
Secretary of War
Agustín Vial Santelices January 28, 1823
April 4, 1823
Secretary of War
Government Junta
Mariano Egaña Fabres Secretary of Navy
Juan de Dios Rivera April 4, 1823
July 12, 1824
Ramón Freire
Santiago Fernández Barriga July 12, 1824
February 22, 1825
José Ignacio Eyzaguirre Arechavala February 22, 1825
June 18, 1825
Secretary of War
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín Secretary of Navy
Rafael Correa de Saa Lazón June 18, 1825
October 9, 1825
Secretary of War
Juan de Dios Vial del Río Secretary of Navy
José María Novoa López October 9, 1825
June 21, 1826
Tomás Obejero June 21, 1826
September 26, 1826
Interim
Luis de la Cruz y Goyeneche September 26, 1826
March 8, 1827
Agustín Eyzaguirre
José Manuel Borgoño Núñez y Silva March 8, 1827
July 16, 1829
Ramón Freire
José Santiago Muñoz Bezanilla July 16, 1829
November 9, 1829
Francisco Ramón Vicuña
José Antonio Pérez de Cotapos November 9, 1829
December 7, 1829
José María Benavente Bustamante February 20, 1830
September 25, 1830
Appointed by
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
Reappointed by
José Tomás Ovalle
José María de la Cruz Prieto September 25, 1830
March 24, 1831
Appointed by
Reappointed by
Fernando Errázuriz
Diego Portales Palazuelos March 24, 1831
August 31, 1831
Appointed by
Reappointed by
José Joaquín Prieto
Bartolomé Mujica August 31, 1831
September 19, 1831
Secretary of War
Manuel José Calderón Secretary of Navy
Diego Portales Palazuelos September 19, 1831
December 4, 1832
Ramón de la Cavareda Trucíos December 4, 1832
April 21, 1835
Diego Portales Palazuelos April 21, 1835
June 7, 1836
Ramón de la Cavareda Trucíos June 7, 1836
March 27, 1841
Manuel Montt Torres March 27, 1841
September 18, 1841
Interim
José María de la Cruz Prieto September 18, 1841
April 20, 1842
Manuel Bulnes
José Santiago Aldunate Toro April 20, 1842
September 18, 1846
José Manuel Borgoño Núñez September 18, 1846
April 8, 1848
Pedro Nolasco Vidal April 8, 1848
September 18, 1851
José Francisco Gana September 18, 1851
January 13, 1853
Manuel Montt
Pedro Nolasco Vidal January 13, 1853
September 18, 1856
José Francisco Gana September 18, 1856
September 29, 1857
Manuel García Banqueda September 29, 1857
July 9, 1862
Appointed by
Reappointed by
José Joaquín Pérez
Marcos Maturana del Campo July 9, 1862
March 30, 1865
José Manuel Pinto Arias March 30, 1865
September 8, 1866
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu September 8, 1866
November 13, 1868
Francisco Echaurren García-Huidobro November 13, 1868
August 2, 1870
José Ramón Lira Calvo August 2, 1870
September 18, 1871
Aníbal Pinto Garmendia September 18, 1871
April 3, 1875
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
Ignacio Zenteno Gana April 3, 1875
April 19, 1875
Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla April 19, 1875
September 18, 1876
Belisario Prats Pérez September 18, 1876
October 27, 1877
Aníbal Pinto
Manuel García de la Huerta Pérez October 27, 1877
August 5, 1878
Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez August 5, 1878
April 17, 1879
Basilio Urrutia Vásquez April 17, 1879
August 20, 1879
Rafael Sotomayor Baeza August 20, 1879
June 16, 1880
Eusebio Lillo Robles June 16, 1880
July 15, 1880
José Francisco Vergara Donoso July 15, 1880
September 18, 1881
Carlos Castellón Larenas September 18, 1881
January 18, 1884
Domingo Santa María
Patricio Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar January 18, 1884
May 7, 1884
Carlos Antúnez González May 7, 1884
September 18, 1886
Evaristo Sánchez Fontecilla September 18, 1886
November 30, 1886
José Manuel Balmaceda
Nicolás Peña Vicuña November 30, 1886
June 28, 1887
Manuel García de la Huerta Pérez June 28, 1887
April 13, 1888
Evaristo Sánchez Fontecilla April 13, 1888
November 2, 1888
Ramón Donoso Vergara November 2, 1888
May 1, 1889
José Miguel Valdés Carrera May 1, 1889
June 11, 1889
Abraham König Velásquez June 11, 1889
October 23, 1889
Ismael Valdés Valdés October 23, 1889
November 7, 1889
Luis Barros Borgoño November 7, 1889
January 21, 1890
José Velásquez Bórquez January 21, 1890
August 7, 1890
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren August 7, 1890
October 15, 1890
José Francisco Gana Castro October 15, 1890
March 29, 1891
José Velásquez Bórquez March 29, 1891
August 29, 1891
Adolfo Holley Urzúa September 7, 1891
December 26, 1891
Revolutionary Junta of Iquique
Ventura Blanco Viel December 26, 1891
March 14, 1892
Jorge Montt
Luis Barros Borgoño March 14, 1892
July 9, 1892
Luis Arteaga July 9, 1892
September 22, 1892
Francisco Antonio Pinto Cruz September 22, 1892
April 22, 1893
Isidoro Errázuriz April 22, 1893
August 8, 1893
Manuel Villamil Blanco August 8, 1893
October 6, 1893
Juan Antonio Orrego October 6, 1893
April 26, 1894
Santiago Aldunate Bascuñan April 26, 1894
December 7, 1894
Carlos Rivera Jofré December 7, 1894
August 1, 1895
Ismael Valdés Valdés August 1, 1895
November 24, 1895
Luis Barros Borgoño November 24, 1895
September 18, 1896
Manuel Bulnes Pinto September 18, 1896
November 26, 1896
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Elías Fernández Albano November 26, 1896
June 26, 1897
Benjamín Vergara June 26, 1897
August 25, 1897
Carlos Palacios Zapata August 25, 1897
December 23, 1897
Patricio Larraín Alcalde December 23, 1897
May 5, 1898
Ventura Blanco Viel May 5, 1898
December 19, 1898
Carlos Concha Subercaseaux December 19, 1898
June 27, 1899
Javier Angel Figueroa Larraín June 27, 1899
September 2, 1899
Carlos Concha Subercaseaux September 2, 1899
November 27, 1899
Ricardo Matte Pérez November 27, 1899
November 3, 1900
Arturo Besa Navarro November 3, 1900
March 14, 1901
Vicente Palacios Baeza March 14, 1901
May 1, 1901
Wenceslao Bulnes May 1, 1901
September 18, 1901
Beltrán Mathieu Andrews September 18, 1901
May 6, 1902
Germán Riesco
Víctor Manuel Lamas May 6, 1902
November 20, 1902
Francisco Baeza November 20, 1902
April 4, 1903
Ricardo Matte Pérez April 4, 1903
September 1, 1903
Carlos Besa Navarro September 1, 1903
October 23, 1903
Luis Barros Méndez October 23, 1903
January 10, 1904
Aníbal Cruz Díaz January 10, 1904
March 12, 1904
Ascanio Bascuñan Santa María March 12, 1904
April 12, 1904
Joaquín Muñoz Hurtado April 12, 1904
October 30, 1904
Ascanio Bascuñan Santa María October 30, 1904
March 18, 1905
Ramón Corvalán Melgarejo March 18, 1905
August 1, 1905
Luis Uribe Orrego August 1, 1905
October 21, 1905
Manuel Fóster Recabarren October 21, 1905
March 19, 1906
Manuel Covarrubias March 19, 1906
May 7, 1906
Salvador Vergara May 7, 1906
September 18, 1906
Belisario Prats Bello September 18, 1906
October 29, 1906
Pedro Montt
José Francisco Fabres October 29, 1906
June 12, 1907
Alejandro Lira June 12, 1907
October 25, 1907
Belisario Prats Bello October 25, 1907
August 29, 1908
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera August 29, 1908
January 22, 1909
Darío Zañartu del Río January 22, 1909
June 15, 1909
Roberto Huneeus Gana June 15, 1909
September 15, 1909
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera September 15, 1909
June 25, 1910
Carlos Larraín Claro June 25, 1910
December 23, 1910
Arístides Pinto Concha December 23, 1910
January 11, 1911
Ramón Barros Luco
Ramón León Luco January 11, 1911
July 11, 1911
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera July 11, 1911
August 15, 1911
Alejandro Huneeus García-Huidobro August 15, 1911
January 23, 1912
Alejandro Rosselot January 23, 1912
May 29, 1912
Luis Devoto May 29, 1912
August 8, 1912
Claudio Vicuña Subercaseaux August 8, 1912
January 13, 1913
Jorge Matte Gormaz January 13, 1913
November 16, 1913
Ramón Corvalán Melgarejo November 16, 1913
September 6, 1914
Alfredo Barros Errázuriz [es ] September 6, 1914
December 15, 1914
Ricardo Cox Méndez December 15, 1914
June 7, 1915
Guillermo Soublette June 7, 1915
December 23, 1915
Salvador Vergara December 23, 1915
January 8, 1916
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
Cornelio Saavedra Montt January 8, 1916
July 1, 1916
Jorge Boonen Rivera July 1, 1916
November 20, 1916
Oscar Urzúa Jaramillo November 20, 1916
July 14, 1917
Pedro Nicolás Montenegro July 14, 1917
October 13, 1917
Oscar Viel Cavero October 13, 1917
January 18, 1918
Luis Vicuña Cifuentes January 18, 1918
April 22, 1918
Jorge Valdivieso Blanco April 22, 1918
September 6, 1918
Víctor Robles September 6, 1918
November 28, 1918
Enrique Bermúdez de la Paz November 28, 1918
September 23, 1919
Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera September 23, 1919
November 8, 1919
Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz November 8, 1919
March 29, 1920
Régulo Valenzuela March 29, 1920
June 16, 1920
Pedro Opazo Letelier June 16, 1920
July 1, 1920
Ladislao Errázuriz Lazcano July 1, 1920
December 23, 1920
Carlos Silva Cruz December 23, 1920
May 12, 1921
Arturo Alessandri
Enrique Balmaceda Toro May 12, 1921
August 16, 1921
Remigio Medina August 16, 1921
November 3, 1921
Samuel Claro Lastarria November 3, 1921
March 22, 1922
Ignacio Marchant Scott March 22, 1922
April 1, 1922
Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta April 1, 1922
August 29, 1922
Hernán Correa Roberts August 29, 1922
December 21, 1922
José Onofre Bunster Villagra December 21, 1922
January 12, 1923
Gustavo Silva Campo January 12, 1923
March 16, 1923
Jorge Andrés Guerra Álvarez de Toledo March 16, 1923
June 15, 1923
Luis Altamirano Talavera June 15, 1923
January 4, 1924
Alfredo Ewing January 4, 1924
February 1, 1924
Luis Brieba February 1, 1924
July 22, 1924
Luis Gaspar Mora Sotomayor July 22, 1924
September 5, 1924
Juan Pablo Bennett Argandoña September 5, 1924
September 11, 1924
Luis Gómez Carreño September 12, 1924
December 19, 1924
September Junta
Ministers of War
Picture
Name
Entered Office
Exited Office
Notes
Appointed by
Emiliano Ortiz Vega December 19, 1924
January 23, 1925
September Junta
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo January 29, 1925
February 22, 1927
January Junta
Emiliano Ortiz Vega February 22, 1927
May 23, 1927
Emiliano Figueroa
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen May 23, 1927
June 21, 1927
Minister of National Defense Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Bartolomé Blanche Espejo June 21, 1927
November 7, 1930
Pedro Charpin Rival November 7, 1930
July 26, 1931
Carlos Sáez Morales July 26, 1931
August 14, 1931
Appointed by
Pedro Opazo
Reappointed by
Juan Esteban Montero
Enrique Bravo Ortiz August 14, 1931
September 3, 1931
Carlos Vergara Montero September 3, 1931
March 5, 1932
Manuel Trucco
Ministers of Navy
Picture
Name
Entered Office
Exited Office
Notes
Appointed by
Luis Gómez Carreño December 19, 1924
January 23, 1925
September Junta
Braulio Bahamonde January 29, 1925
December 23, 1925
January Junta
Arturo Swett Otaegui December 23, 1925
February 22, 1927
Emiliano Figueroa
Carlos Frödden Lorenzen February 22, 1927
May 23, 1927
May 23, 1927
June 21, 1927
Minister of National Defense Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
June 21, 1927
August 5, 1930
Edgardo von Schröeders Sarratea August 5, 1930
April 27, 1931
Hipólito Marchant Morales April 27, 1931
July 26, 1931
Calisto Rogers Ceas July 26, 1931
September 3, 1931
Appointed by
Pedro Opazo
Reappointed by
Juan Esteban Montero
Enrique Spoerer Jardel September 3, 1931
March 5, 1932
Manuel Trucco
Ministers of War and Aviation
Ministers of Navy
Picture
Name
Entered Office
Exited Office
Notes
Appointed by
Emilio Bello Codecido December 24, 1932
April 9, 1938
Arturo Alessandri
Francisco Garcés Gana April 9, 1938
September 25, 1938
Interim
Emilio Bello Codecido September 25, 1938
December 24, 1938
Alberto Cabero Díaz December 24, 1938
April 13, 1939
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Guillermo Labarca Hubertson April 13, 1939
December 26, 1939
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez December 26, 1939
October 24, 1940
Juvenal Hernández Jaque October 24, 1940
June 10, 1941
Carlos Valdovinos Valdovinos June 10, 1941
November 21, 1941
Juvenal Hernández Jaque November 21, 1941
April 2, 1942
Jerónimo Méndez
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez April 2, 1942
1944
Juan Antonio Ríos
Oscar Escudero Otarola 1944
1945
Arnaldo Carrasco 1945
1946
Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes 1946
April, 1947
Gabriel González Videla
Juvenal Hernández Jaque April, 1947
August, 1947
Guillermo Barrios Tirado August, 1947
November 3, 1952
Abdón Parra November 3, 1952
1954
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Tobías Barros Ortiz 1954
1955
Benjamín Videla 1955
1955
Francisco O'Ryan Orrego 1955
1957
Adrián Barrientos 1957
November 3, 1958
Luis Vidal Vargas November 3, 1958
1958
Jorge Alessandri
Carlos Vidal 1958
1961
Joaquín Fernández y Fernández 1961
1961
Julio Pereira 1961
1963
Carlos Vidal 1963
November 3, 1964
Juan De Dios Carmona November 3, 1964
1969
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Tulio Marambio 1969
1970
Sergio Ossa Pretot 1970
November 3, 1970
Alejandro Ríos Valdivia November 3, 1970
January 7, 1972
Salvador Allende
José Tohá González January 7, 1972
July 5, 1973
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina July 5, 1973
August 9, 1973
Carlos Prats González August 9, 1973
August 23, 1973
Orlando Letelier Del Solar August 28, 1973
September 11, 1973
Patricio Carvajal Prado September 11, 1973
1974
Augusto Pinochet
Oscar Bonilla Bradánovich 1974
1975
Hermán Brady Roche 1975
1978
César Raúl Benavides 1978
1980
Carlos Forestier Hansen 1980
1982
Washington Carrasco Fernández 1982
1983
Patricio Carvajal Prado 1983
March 11, 1990
Patricio Rojas Saavedra March 11, 1990
March 11, 1994
Patricio Aylwin
Edmundo Pérez Yoma March 11, 1994
1998
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
José Florencio Guzmán 1998
1998
Raúl Troncoso Castillo 1998
1999
Edmundo Pérez Yoma 1999
March 11, 2000
Mario Fernández Baeza March 11, 2000
January 7, 2002
Ricardo Lagos
Michelle Bachelet Jeria January 7, 2002
October 1, 2004
Jaime Ravinet De La Fuente October 1, 2004
March 11, 2006
Vivianne Blanlot Soza March 11, 2006
March 27, 2007
Michelle Bachelet
José Goñi March 27, 2007
March 12, 2009
Francisco Vidal Salinas March 12, 2009
March 11, 2010
Jaime Ravinet de la Fuente March 11, 2010
January 16, 2011
Sebastián Piñera
Andrés Allamand Zavala January 16, 2011
November 5, 2012
Rodrigo Hinzpeter November 5, 2012
March 11, 2014
Jorge Burgos March 11, 2014
May 11, 2015
Michelle Bachelet
José Antonio Gómez May 11, 2015
March 11, 2018
Alberto Espina March 11, 2018
Incumbent
Sebastián Piñera
See also
References
República de Chile (1942). "VI. Poder Ejecutivo - Nómina de Gobernantes, Presidentes y Ministros desde la Independencia.". Manual del Senado. 1810-1942 (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. Template:Es icon 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. Template:Es icon
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