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Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | March 9, 1994 |
Dissolved | October 1, 2010 |
Superseding agencies |
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Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
Parent department | Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency |
The National Environment Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Conama) was created on 9 March 1994 after the releasing of the Law N°19,300 under the government of Patricio Aylwin. Its first CEO was José Goñi.
On 1 October 2010, President Sebastián Piñera transformed the commission in the Ministry for the Environment.
Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | President | |
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Ana Lya Uriarte[1] | PS | 26 March 2007 | 11 March 2010 | Michelle Bachelet | |
María Ignacia Benítez | UDI | 11 March 2010 | 1 October 2010 | Sebastián Piñera |