Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Ministers of the Republic of Chile/ República de Chile (Female Suffrage: Local 1934, Central 1949) Under Spanish rule till 1810 a war of independence lasted till 1818, when the republic became fully independent

See also Chile Parliament

1931 Subsecretary of Education N.N.

1932 Subsecretary of Education N.N.

1952 Minister of Justice Adriana Olguín de Baltra
1981 Councillor of State (Consejero de Estado)
She was Secretary of the Municipality of Valparaíso 1937-40, Chief of the Women's Office 1946-52, Advisor of the General Controller of the Republic 1962-66, and lived (1915-83).

1952-53 Minister of Health Maréa Teresa del Canto Molina
From 1917 Professor in English at the University of Santiago de Chile. (b. 1898-?)

1958-64 Subsecretary of Finance Vivian Schwartz

1971-72 Minister of Labour Mireya Baltra Moreno
MP 1969-71. (b. 1932-).

1972-73 Secretary of State Inés Vargas
She later married the Leader of the Norwegian Labour Party Reiulf Steen. In 2000 her son-in-law, Raymond Johansen became Norwegian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and her daughter, Carolina Maira is a TV-journalist.

1977-83 Minister of Justice Monica Madrige Gotierez
1982-83 Minister of Education
From 1983-85 Ambassador to the Organization of American States, OAS, Niece of dictator General Augosto Pinochet. (b. 1942-)

1980 Subsecretary of Economy and Revenue Mariella Corral Barrios

1982 Secretary of The Family Carmen Grez
She later became Mayor of the Province of Cerro San Cristóbal

1989-90 Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Marie Therese Infante Baros

1990-94 Minister for the National Women Service Soledad Alvear Valenzuela
1994-99 Minister of Justice
2000-04 Minister of Foreign Affairs
She was leader of the Election Campaign of President Ricardo Lagos Escobar in 1999.  She was chosen as the Christian Democratic Party's candidate for the primary of the centre-left Concertacion coalition, but she quit the race in May 2005 to pave the way for Michelle Barchelet's nomination as the coalition's candidate. President of the Democracia Cristiana from 2006. (b. 1951-).

1990-93 Subsecretary of Justice Marita Wörner Tappia
MP 1994-98.

1990-94 Subsecretary of Labour Paulina Veloso Valenzuela
1994-97 Subdirector of the National Service of Women
2006-07 Minister-Secretary General of the Presidency
Afterwards Professor in Civil Right at the  Universidad de Chile. (b. 1958-).

1990-94 Subsecretary of Natural Resources Pia Figueroa Edwards Nagel

1994-99 Minister of Natural Assets Adriana del Piano Puelma
2000-03 Minister Women’s Affairs
2003-2005 Subsecretary of Regional Development
2005-06 Minister of Interior Affairs
She was Deputy Leader of the Election Campaign of President Lagos in 1999. And from 2007 Intendent of the Región Metropolitana de Santiago. (b. 1947-)

1994-2000 Minister of Women's Affairs Josefina Bilbao Mendoza
In 2000 she became Regional Intendant of Region V  of Valparadìso (Including Easter Island) (b. 1936-)

1994-2000 Secretary of Culture Marcia Scantleburt

1994-2000 Subsecretary of Housing and Urban Development Berta Belma Ruiz
Intendent of Region IX (Araucanía) from 2000.

Ca. 1994-99 Subsecretary of Interior Nilda Garré

1994-97 Subsecretary of Regional Development Carolina Echeverría
2006- Subsecretary of the Navy

1999-2004 Subsecretary of Housing and National Assets Paulina Saball Astaburuaga
2006- Subsecretary of Housing and Urban Affairs 
(b. 1953-).

2000-03 Minister of Education Prof. Mariana Aylwin Gyarzún
Member of Parliament 1994-99 She is daughter of former President Aylwin. (b. 1950-)

2000-02 Minister of Health Dr. Michelle Bachelet Jeria
2002-04 Minister of Defence
2006- President and Head of the Cabinet
She was chosen as the Socialist Party's candidate for the primary of the centre-left Concertacion coalition, but when the Christian Democrat candidate, Soledad Alvear, quit the race in May 2005, she became the coalition's sole candidate for the 2005 elections and the second round in January 2006. (b. 1952-).

2000-02 Minister of  Planning and Cooperation Alejandra Krauss Valle
She is also in charge of Mideplan – the Poverty and Youth programs

2000-06 Subsecretary of Finance María Eugenia Wagner Brizzi

2000-05 Subsecretary of Economy, Mines and Energy in charge of Mines Jacqueline Saintard Vera
In 1990-92 she was National Vice-President of Partido Demócratica Cristiano and since 1997 member of the congress.

2000-01 Subsecretary of Justice Consuelo Grazmuri Riveros

2000-05 Subsecretary of Economy, Mines and Energy and Executive Secretary of the National Energy Commission Vianne Blanlot Soza

2000-02 Subsecretary of of Housing and Urbanism Sonia Tschorne Berestesky
2004-06 Minister of Housing, Urbanism and National Assets

2000-03 Subsecretary of Labour and Social Security Marigen Adriana Hornkohl Venegas
2003-05 Subesecretary of Education
2005-06 Minister of Education
Ambassador to Germany from 2006.

2000-01 Subsecretary of the Secretary General of the Government Carolina Tohá Morales

2000-03 Subdirector of the Women’s Directorate Kareen Herrera Esparza

2001-05 Subsecretary of the Secretary General of the Government María Eliana Arntz
(b. 1965-)

2002-03 Minister of  Planning and Cooperation Cecilia Pérez Díaz
2003-06 Minister of Women's Affairs

2002-04 Subdirector of Women's Affairs Pilar Romaguera Gracia
2006- Subsecretary of Education

2003-05 Subdirector of Women's Affairs Lisette García Bustamante
2006- Subsecretary of Social Provision

2003-06 Subsecretary of National Assets in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and National Assets Jacqueline Weinstein Levy

2003-05 Subsecretary of Social Provision Macarena de los Ángeles Carvallo Silva
2005-06 Subsecretary of Sports
Governor of  Provincia Cordillera 2002-03. (b. 1973-).

2004-06 Minister of Planning and Cooperation Yasna Provoste Campillay
2006-08 Minister of Education
Provincial Governor of Huasco 2000-02, and Intendent of Region III, Atacama 2002-04, impeached for financial irregularities by both chambers of parliament in 2008. (b. 1970-).

2005-06 Subsecretary of Social Provision Marisol Aravena Puelma
2006- Subsecretary of Mines  

2005- Subsecretary of Public Health Cecilia Villavicencio
Regional Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the Region of Bío Bío 2000-05.

2005-06 Subsecretary of Housing in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and National Assets Teresa Rey Carrasco

2005-06 Subdirector of Women's Affairs Myriam Verdugo Godoy

2006-07 Minister of Defence Viviane Blanlot Soza
(b. 1956-).

2006 Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction Ingrid Antonijevic Hanh
(b. 1953-).

2006- Minister of Planning and Cooperation Clarisa Hardy Roskovan
(b. 1946-)

2006- Minister of Health María Soledad Barría
(b. 1954-).

2006- Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Patricia Poblete Bennett
(b. 1947-).

2006- Minister of Mines and Energy Karen Poniachik Pollok
(b. 1966-).

Last update 23.04.07