Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)
# Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)

The Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Spanish: Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno) (Segegob) is the cabinet-level administrative office charged with acting as the government's organ of communication. The principal function of the Minister Secretary General of Government and his or her staff is to serve as the spokesperson of the government. The current Minister Secretary General of Government is Camila Vallejo.

## History

The position of the General Secretariat of Government was created in 1932, and the Ministry General Secretariat of Government was created in 1976 after a decree (Decreto Ley N° 1.385) which awarded ministerial rank to the General Secretariat of Government. The Ministry General Secretariat of Government was reorganized by different laws in 1991 and 1992 during the administration of Patricio Aylwin.

## General Secretaries / Ministers

| Name | Entered Office | Exited office | Appointed by |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jaime Suárez Bastidas | 4 November 1970 | 8 August 1972 | Salvador Allende |
| Hernán del Canto Riquelme | 8 August 1972 | 27 March 1973 | Salvador Allende |
| Aníbal Palma Fourcade | 27 March 1973 | 9 August 1973 | Salvador Allende |
| Fernando Flores Labra | 9 August 1973 | 11 September 1973 | Salvador Allende |
| Pedro Ewing Hodar | 12 September 1973 | 1974 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Hernán Béjares González | 1974 22 March 1976 | 15 November 1977 | Augusto Pinochet |
| René Vidal Basauri | 15 November 1977 | 27 January 1979 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Julio Fernández Atienza | 27 January 1979 | 14 December 1979 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Sergio Badiola Broberg | 14 December 1979 | 20 October 1980 | Augusto Pinochet |
| René Vidal Basauri | 20 October 1980 | 29 December 1980 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Julio Bravo Valdés | 29 December 1980 | 30 August 1982 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa | 30 August 1982 | 14 February 1983 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Ramón Suárez González | 14 February 1983 | 10 August 1983 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Alfonso Márquez de la Plata Yrarrázaval | 10 August 1983 | 6 November 1984 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Francisco Javier Cuadra Lizana | 6 November 1984 | 11 July 1987 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Orlando Poblete | 11 July 1987 | 21 October 1988 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Miguel Ángel Poduje | 21 October 1988 | 5 April 1989 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Óscar Vargas Guzmán | 5 April 1989 | 17 August 1989 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Cristián Labbé Galilea | 17 August 1989 | 11 March 1990 | Augusto Pinochet |
| Enrique Correa Ríos | 11 March 1990 | 11 March 1994 | Patricio Aylwin |
| Víctor Manuel Rebolledo | 11 March 1994 | 20 September 1994 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| José Joaquín Brunner Ried | 20 September 1994 | 1 August 1998 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| Jorge Arrate MacNiven | 1 August 1998 | 22 June 1999 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| Carlos Mladinic | 22 June 1999 | 11 March 2000 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| Claudio Huepe García | 11 March 2000 | 7 January 2002 | Ricardo Lagos |
| Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela | 7 January 2002 | 3 March 2003 | Ricardo Lagos |
| Francisco Vidal Salinas | 3 March 2003 | 24 May 2005 | Ricardo Lagos |
| Osvaldo Puccio Huidobro | 24 May 2005 | 11 March 2006 | Ricardo Lagos |
| Ricardo Lagos Weber | 11 March 2006 | 6 December 2007 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Francisco Vidal Salinas | 6 December 2007 | 12 March 2009 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Carolina Tohá Morales | 12 March 2009 | 14 December 2009 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Pilar Armanet | 14 December 2009 | 11 March 2010 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Ena von Baer Jahn | 11 March 2010 | 18 July 2011 | Sebastián Piñera |
| Andrés Chadwick Piñera | 18 July 2011 | 5 November 2012 | Sebastián Piñera |
| Cecilia Pérez | 5 November 2012 | 11 March 2014 | Sebastián Piñera |
| Álvaro Elizalde | 11 March 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Marcelo Díaz | 11 May 2015 | 19 November 2016 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Paula Narváez | 19 November 2016 | 11 March 2018 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Cecilia Pérez | 11 March 2018 | 28 October 2019 | Sebastián Piñera |
| Karla Rubilar | 28 October 2019 | 28 July 2020 | Sebastián Piñera |
| Jaime Bellolio | 28 July 2020 | 11 March 2022 | Sebastián Piñera |
| Camila Vallejo | 11 March 2022 | Incumbent | Gabriel Boric |
