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The Ministry of Finance of Chile (Spanish: Ministerio de Hacienda) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of managing the financial affairs, fiscal policy and capital markets of Chile; planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing all financial policies formulated by the President of Chile.
The current Minister of Finance is Mr Felipe Larraín.
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History
The office was first organized by a Presidential Decree on June 2, 1817, by Supreme Director Bernardo O'Higgins, which at that time was named "Secretariat of Finance" (1818 - 1824). The present structure, duties and attributions were defined by Presidential Decree N° 7912, "General Law of Ministries", on November 30, 1927.
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Patria Vieja period
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by José María Villareal March 14, 1814 July 23, 1814 Secretary of Government Francisco de la Lastra 
Bernardo de Vera y Pintado July 23, 1814 August 10, 1814 Secretary of Government and Finance Government Junta 
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoyza August 10, 1814 October 2, 1814 Secretary of Government and Finance Ministers of Finance
Picture Name Entered Office Exited Office Notes Appointed by 
Hipólito de Villegas y Fernández September 7, 1817 March 30, 1818 Bernardo O'Higgins Anselmo de la Cruz y Bahamonde March 30, 1818 April 14, 1818 José Miguel Infante y Rojas April 14, 1818 June 27, 1818 Anselmo de la Cruz y Bahamonde June 27, 1818 May 2, 1820 José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea May 2, 1820 January 28, 1823 
Agustín Vial Santelices January 28, 1823 April 8, 1823 Government Junta Pedro Nolasco Mena y Ramírez Rivilla April 8, 1823 July 12, 1823 Ramón Freire 
Diego José Benavente Bustamante July 12, 1823 February 22, 1825 José Ignacio Eyzaguirre Arechavala February 22, 1825 June 18, 1825 Rafael Correa de Saa Lazón June 18, 1825 October 8, 1825 Diego José Benavente Bustamante October 8, 1825 October 17, 1825 
Manuel José Gandarillas Guzmán October 17, 1825 September 9, 1826 Agustín Vial Santelices September 12, 1826 October 20, 1826 Agustín Eyzaguirre Melchor de Santiago Concha y Cerda October 20, 1826 October 22, 1826 Ventura Blanco Encalada March 8, 1827 July 23, 1828 Reappointed Ramón Freire 
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales July 23, 1828 July 16, 1829 Francisco Antonio Pinto Manuel José Huici July 16, 1829 November 9, 1829 Francisco Ramón Vicuña Pedro José Prado Montaner November 9, 1829 December 7, 1829 
Mariano Egaña Fabres February 20, 1830 March 18, 1830 Francisco Ruiz-Tagle 
Juan Francisco Meneses Echanes March 18, 1830 June 15, 1830 
Manuel Rengifo Cárdenas June 15, 1830 November 9, 1835 José Tomás Ovalle 
Joaquín Tocornal Jiménez November 9, 1835 April 14, 1841 José Joaquín Prieto Rafael Correa de Saa Lazón April 14, 1841 September 18, 1841 Manuel Rengifo Cárdenas September 18, 1841 April 10, 1845 Manuel Bulnes 
José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano April 10, 1845 September 22, 1846 
Manuel Camilo Vial Formas September 22, 1846 May 9, 1848 Interim Salvador Sanfuentes Torres May 9, 1848 June 12, 1849 Interim Antonio García Reyes June 12, 1849 April 19, 1850 
Jerónimo Urmeneta García-Abello April 19, 1850 May 7, 1852 Appointed by Reappointed by Manuel Montt José Guillermo Waddington Urrutia May 7, 1852 January 7, 1854 José María Berganza Lorca January 7, 1854 September 18, 1856 Interim 
José Francisco Gana López September 18, 1856 October 31, 1856 Interim Alejandro Vial Guzmán October 31, 1856 September 29, 1857 Francisco de Borja Solar Gorostiaga September 29, 1857 January 8, 1858 Matías Ovalle Errázuriz January 8, 1858 October 3, 1859 Jovino Novoa Vidal October 3, 1859 October 1, 1861 Manuel Rengifo Vial October 1, 1861 July 9, 1862 José Joaquín Pérez 
José Victorino Lastarria Santander July 9, 1862 January 16, 1863 
Domingo Santa María González January 16, 1863 May 10, 1864 Alejandro Reyes Cotapos May 10, 1864 January 7, 1869 
Melchor de Concha y Toro January 7, 1869 August 2, 1870 José Antonio Gandarillas Luco August 2, 1870 September 18, 1871 Camilo Cobo Gutiérrez September 18, 1871 April 12, 1872 Federico Errázuriz Zañartu 
Ramón Barros Luco April 12, 1872 September 18, 1876 
Rafael Sotomayor Baeza September 18, 1876 October 27, 1877 Aníbal Pinto 
Augusto Matte Pérez October 27, 1877 August 5, 1878 
Julio Zegers Samaniego August 5, 1878 April 17, 1879 Augusto Matte Pérez April 17, 1879 June 16, 1880 José Alfonso Cavada June 16, 1880 September 18, 1881 Luis Aldunate Carrera September 18, 1881 April 25, 1882 Domingo Santa María 
Pedro Lucio Cuadra Luque April 25, 1882 January 18, 1884 Ramón Barros Luco January 18, 1884 September 5, 1885 Pedro Nolasco Gandarillas Luco September 5, 1885 October 13, 1885 
Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Lopetegui October 13, 1885 September 18, 1886 Agustín Edwards Ross September 18, 1886 April 13, 1888 José Manuel Balmaceda 
Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes Andonaegui April 13, 1888 November 2, 1888 Justiniano Sotomayor Guzmán November 2, 1888 June 11, 1889 Juan de Dios Vial Guzmán June 11, 1889 October 23, 1889 
Pedro Montt Montt October 23, 1889 January 21, 1890 Pedro Nolasco Gandarillas Luco January 21, 1890 August 7, 1890 Manuel Salustio Fernández Pradel August 7, 1890 October 15, 1890 Lauro Barros Valdés October 15, 1890 December 26, 1890 Anfión Muñoz Muñoz December 26, 1890 January 5, 1891 Ismael Pérez Montt December 27, 1890 January 5, 1891 Interim José Miguel Valdés Carrera January 5, 1891 March 29, 1891 
Manuel Arístides Zañartu Zañartu March 29, 1891 July 29, 1891 
Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín July 29, 1891 August 29, 1891 
Joaquín Walker Martínez September 7, 1891 December 26, 1891 Revolutionary Junta of Iquique Francisco Valdes Vergara December 26, 1891 March 14, 1892 Jorge Montt Agustin Edwards Ross March 14, 1892 July 9, 1892 
Enrique Mac-Iver Rodríguez July 9, 1892 April 22, 1893 Alejandro Vial Guzmán April 22, 1893 April 26, 1894 Carlos Riesco Errázuriz April 26, 1894 December 7, 1894 Manuel Salustio Fernández December 7, 1894 August 1, 1895 Enrique Mac-Iver Rodríguez August 1, 1895 November 24, 1895 Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Lopetegui November 24, 1895 September 18, 1896 José Francisco Fabres September 18, 1896 November 20, 1896 Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Justiniano Sotomayor Guzmán November 20, 1896 June 26, 1897 Juan Enrique Tocornal June 26, 1897 August 25, 1897 
Elías Fernández Albano August 25, 1897 December 23, 1897 Alberto González Errázuriz December 23, 1897 April 14, 1898 
Darío Zañartu del Río April 14, 1898 June 28, 1898 
Rafael Sotomayor Gaete June 28, 1898 June 27, 1899 
Manuel Salinas González June 27, 1899 October 14, 1900 
Ramón Santelices Cuevas October 14, 1900 November 3, 1900 Nicolás González Errázuriz November 3, 1900 March 15, 1901 Manuel Fernández García March 15, 1901 May 1, 1901 
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui May 1, 1901 October 3, 1901 
Luis Barros Borgoño October 3, 1901 November 18, 1901 Germán Riesco 
Enrique Villegas Encalada November 18, 1901 May 6, 1902 
Guillermo Barros Jara May 6, 1902 November 20, 1902 
Ricardo Cruzat Hurtado November 20, 1902 April 7, 1903 Manuel Salinas González April 7, 1903 September 1, 1903 Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal September 1, 1903 January 10, 1904 Ramón Santelices Cuevas January 10, 1904 April 12, 1904 Guillermo Barros Jara April 12, 1904 May 12, 1904 Maximiliano Ibáñez May 12, 1904 October 30, 1904 Ernesto Hübner Bermúdez October 30, 1904 March 18, 1905 
Antonio Subercaseaux Pérez March 18, 1905 October 21, 1905 Belfor Fernández October 21, 1905 March 19, 1906 Ramón Santelices Cuevas March 19, 1906 May 7, 1906 Joaquín Prieto Hurtado May 7, 1906 September 18, 1906 José Raimundo del Río Soto Aguilar September 18, 1906 October 29, 1906 Pedro Montt Rafael Sotomayor Gaete October 29, 1906 June 12, 1907 
Ramón Subercaseaux Pérez June 12, 1907 October 25, 1907 Enrique A. Rodríguez October 25, 1907 August 29, 1908 Pedro Nicolás Montenegro Onel August 29, 1908 January 22, 1909 Luis Devoto A. January 22, 1909 June 15, 1909 
Joaquín Figueroa Larraín June 15, 1909 September 15, 1909 Manuel Salinas González September 15, 1909 June 25, 1910 
Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra June 25, 1910 December 23, 1910 José Raimundo del Río Soto Aguilar December 23, 1910 January 11, 1911 Ramón Barros Luco Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta April 11, 1911 August 15, 1911 Pedro Nicolás Montenegro Onel August 15, 1911 May 20, 1912 Samuel Claro Lastarria May 20, 1912 August 8, 1912 
Manuel Rivas Vicuña August 8, 1912 April 8, 1913 Pedro García de la Huerta Izquierdo August 8, 1913 June 16, 1913 
Arturo Alessandri Palma June 16, 1913 November 17, 1913 Ricardo Salas Edwards November 17, 1913 September 3, 1914 Alfredo Barros Errázuriz September 3, 1914 September 6, 1914 
Enrique Oyarzún Mondaca September 6, 1914 September 15, 1914 Alberto Edwards Argandoña September 15, 1914 December 15, 1915 Manuel García de la Huerta December 15, 1915 December 23, 1915 Ramón Santelices Cuevas December 23, 1915 January 8, 1916 PC Juan Luis Sanfuentes Armando Quezada Acharán January 8, 1916 July 1, 1916 PR Luis Devoto Arrizaga July 1, 1916 November 20, 1916 PLD 
Arturo Prat Carvajal November 20, 1916 July 14, 1917 PN Armando Quezada Acharán July 14, 1917 October 12, 1917 PR Ricardo Salas Edwards October 12, 1917 January 18, 1918 PC Manuel Hederra Concha January 18, 1918 April 27, 1918 PN 
Luis Claro Solar April 27, 1918 September 6, 1918 PL Luis Aníbal Barrios September 6, 1918 November 25, 1918 PR Luis Claro Solar November 25, 1918 July 9, 1919 PL Julio Philippi Bihl July 9, 1919 November 8, 1919 Ramón Subercaseaux Pérez November 8, 1919 March 26, 1920 PNa Enrique Oyarzún Mondaca March 26, 1920 June 16, 1920 PR Antonio Viera Gallo June 16, 1920 July 1, 1920 PN Francisco Garcés Gana July 1, 1920 December 23, 1920 PL Daniel Martner December 23, 1920 May 12, 1921 PR Arturo Alessandri Enrique Oyarzún Mondaca May 12, 1921 August 16, 1921 Víctor R. Celis Maturana August 16, 1921 November 3, 1921 Francisco Garcés Gana November 3, 1921 March 22, 1922 PL 
Galvarino Gallardo Nieto March 22, 1922 April 1, 1922 PR Samuel Claro Lastarria April 1, 1922 August 29, 1922 PL Guillermo Edwards Matte August 29, 1922 December 21, 1922 Ricardo Valdés Bustamante December 21, 1922 January 12, 1923 Aníbal Rodríguez Herrera January 12, 1923 March 16, 1923 PN Víctor R. Celis Maturana March 16, 1923 June 14, 1923 PR Agustín Correa Bravo June 14, 1923 July 2, 1923 PLD Ramón Subercaseaux Pérez July 2, 1923 January 3, 1924 PN 
Enrique Zañartu Prieto January 3, 1924 February 1, 1924 PLD Samuel Claro Lastarria February 1, 1924 March 14, 1924 PL Belfor Fernández Rodríguez March 14, 1924 July 20, 1924 PLD Enrique Zañartu Prieto July 20, 1924 September 5, 1924 PLD - PAL - Partido Agrario Laborista
- PC - Partido Conservador
- PCCh - Partido Comunista de Chile
- PCSC - Partido Conservador Social Cristiano
- PCU - Partido Conservador Unido
- PDC - Partido Democrata Cristiano
- Ind - Independiente
- PL - Partido Liberal
- PLD - Partido Liberal Democrático
- MAPU - Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria
- PN - Partido Nacional
- PNa - Partido Unión Nacionalista
- PR - Partido Radical
- PRDe - Partido Radical Democrático
- PS - Partido Socialista
Sources
- República de Chile (1942). "VI. Poder Ejecutivo - Nómina de Gobernantes, Presidentes y Ministros desde la Independencia." (in Spanish). Manual del Senado. 1810-1942. Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0027508.pdf. (Spanish)
- Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986) (in Spanish). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los poderes ejecutivo y legislativo desde 1810 (2ª edición ed.). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello. (Spanish)
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