Ministry of Education (Chile)

Logo of the Ministry of Education of Chile

The Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación, MINEDUC) is the Ministry of State responsible for promoting the development of education at all levels, to assure all people access to basic education, to stimulate scientific and technological research and artistic creation, and the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage of the nation of Chile.

The current Minister of Education, since 16 August 2023, is Nicolás Cataldo.

## History

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Chilean students in 2008.

The ministry began in 1837 as part of the Ministry of Justice and Religious Instruction. In those years the ministry was responsible for overseeing educational institutions such as the Instituto Nacional de Chile and Universidad de Chile. Since 1887 it was named Ministry of Justice and Public Instruction.

The Ministry of Education was separated from the Ministry of Justice in 1927, and became responsible for primary education, secondary education, vocational education, libraries, archives and museums.

During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva, the following institutions were created under Ministry of Education:

* Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas/National Board of School Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB)
* Centro de Perfeccionamiento, Experimentación e Investigaciones Pedagógicas/Center for Improvement, Educational Research and Experimentation (CPEIP)
* Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles/National Board of Daycare (JUNJI)

## List of ministers of education

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Picture  | Name  | Entered Office  | Exited Office  | Notes  | Appointed by

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| Eduardo Barrios Hudtwalcker | 17 November 1927  | 17 October 1928  | Ind  | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
| Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez | 17 October 1928  | 11 March 1929  | PR
| Mariano Navarrete | 11 March 1929  | 5 August 1930  | Militar
| Bartolomé Blanche Espejo | 5 August 1930  | 26 October 1930  | Militar
| Alberto Edwards Vives | 26 October 1930  | 28 April 1931  | PN
| Gustavo Lira Manso | 28 April 1931  | 13 July 1931  | Ind
| José Manuel Ríos Arias | 13 July 1931  | 22 July 1931  | PL
| Miguel Letelier Espínola | 22 July 1931  | 23 July 1931  | PN
| Gustavo Lira Manso | 23 July 1931  | 26 July 1931  | PN
| Pedro Godoy Pérez | 26 July 1931  | 27 July 1931  | Ind  | Pedro Opazo
27 July 1931  | 20 August 1931  | Juan Esteban Montero
20 August 1931  | 3 September 1931  | Manuel Trucco
| Leonardo Guzmán Cortés | 3 September 1931  | 15 November 1931  | PR
| Santiago Labarca Labarca | 15 November 1931  | 7 April 1932  | PR  | Juan Esteban Montero
| Alfredo Bravo Zamora | 7 April 1932  | 5 June 1932  | PR
| Eugenio González Rojas | 5 June 1932  | 17 June 1932  | Ind  | Socialist Junta
| Carlos Soto Rengifo | 17 June 1932  | 8 July 1932  |
8 July 1932  | 1 August 1932  | Carlos Dávila
| Luis David Cruz Ocampo | 1 August 1932  | 14 September 1932  | Ind
14 September 1932  | 4 October 1932  | Bartolomé Blanche
| Alberto Coddou Ortiz | 4 October 1932  | 24 December 1932  | Ind  | Abraham Oyanedel
| Domingo Durán Morales | 24 December 1932  | 19 April 1934  | PR  | Arturo Alessandri
| Osvaldo Vial Vial | 19 April 1934  | 26 August 1935  | PL
| Francisco Garcés Gana | 26 August 1935  | 24 March 1937  | PL
| Guillermo Correa Fuenzalida | 24 March 1937  | 24 December 1938  | PL
| Rudecindo Ortega Masson | 24 December 1938  | 8 February 1940  | PR  | Pedro Aguirre Cerda
| Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas | 8 February 1940  | 10 June 1941  | PR
| Raimundo del Río Castillo | 10 June 1941  | 6 October 1941  | PL
| Ulises Vergara Osses | 6 October 1941  | 10 October 1941  | PR
10 October 1941  | 2 April 1942  | Jerónimo Méndez
| Oscar Bustos Aburto | 2 April 1942  | 21 October 1942  | PR  | Juan Antonio Ríos
| Benjamín Claro Velasco | 21 October 1942  | 7 June 1943  | PR
| Enrique Marshall Herrera | 7 June 1943  | 1 September 1943  | Ind
| Benjamín Claro Velasco | 1 September 1943  | 6 October 1944  | PR
| Enrique Marshall Herrera | 6 October 1944  | 14 May 1945  | Ind
| Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas | 14 May 1945  | 3 February 1946  | PR
| Benjamín Claro Velasco | 3 February 1946  | 6 September 1946  | PR
| Humberto Enríquez Fródden | 6 September 1946  | 3 November 1946  | PR  | Alfredo Duhalde
| Alejandro Ríos Valdivia | 3 November 1946  | 2 August 1947  | PR  | Gabriel González Videla
| Enrique Molina Garmendia | 2 August 1947  | 7 July 1948  | Ind
| Ulises Vergara Osses | 7 July 1948  | 22 July 1948  | PR
| Armando Mallet Simonetti | 22 July 1948  | 7 February 1950  | PSA
| Manuel Rodríguez Valenzuela | 7 February 1950  | 27 February 1950  | Ind
| Bernardo Leighton Guzmán | 27 February 1950  | 4 February 1952  | FN
| Eliodoro Domínguez Domínguez | 4 February 1952  | 29 July 1952  | PSA
| Luis David Cruz Ocampo | 29 July 1952  | 3 November 1952  | Ind
| María Teresa del Canto Molina | 3 November 1952  | 1 April 1953  | PF  | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
| Juan Gómez Millas | 1 April 1953  | 14 August 1953  | PAL
| Oscar Fenner Marín | 14 August 1953  | 14 October 1953  | Militar
| Eduardo Barrios Hudtwalcker | 14 October 1953  | 5 June 1954  | Ind
| Oscar Herrera Palacios | 5 June 1954  | 24 March 1955  | Ind
| Tobías Barros Ortíz | 24 March 1955  | 6 April 1955  | Militar
| Kaare Olsen Nielsen | 6 April 1955  | 2 June 1955  | Militar
| Oscar Herrera Palacios | 2 June 1955  | 17 August 1955  | Ind
| Tobías Barros Ortíz | 17 August 1955  | 18 April 1956  | Militar
| René Vidal Merino | 18 April 1956  | 27 August 1956  | Ind
| Francisco Bórquez Jopia | 27 August 1956  | 23 April 1957  | Ind
| Manuel Quintana Oyarzún | 23 April 1957  | 28 October 1957  | Ind
| Diego Barros Ortiz | 28 October 1957  | 3 November 1958  | Militar
| Francisco Cereceda Cisternas | 3 November 1958  | 15 September 1960  | PL  | Jorge Alessandri
| Eduardo Moore Montero | 15 September 1960  | 5 October 1961  | PL
| Patricio Barros Alemparte | 5 October 1961  | 26 September 1963  | PL
| Alejandro Garretón Silva | 26 September 1963  | 3 November 1964  | Ind
| Juan Gómez Millas | 3 November 1964  | 17 February 1968  | Ind  | Eduardo Frei Montalva
| William Thayer Arteaga | 17 February 1968  | 4 March 1968  | PDC
| Máximo Pacheco Gómez | 4 March 1968  | 3 November 1970  | PDC
| Mario Astorga Gutiérrez | 3 November 1970  | 28 January 1972  | PR  | Salvador Allende
| Alejandro Ríos Valdivia | 28 January 1972  | 17 June 1972  | PR
| Aníbal Palma Fourcade | 17 June 1972  | 2 November 1972  | PR
| Jorge Tapia Valdés | 2 November 1972  | 5 July 1973  | PR
| Edgardo Enríquez Frodden | 5 July 1973  | 11 September 1973  | PR
| José Navarro Tobar | 12 September 1973  | 27 September 1973  | IND  | Augusto Pinochet
| Hugo Castro Jiménez | 27 September 1973  | 16 May 1975  | IND
| Arturo Troncoso Daroch | 16 May 1975  | 3 December 1976  | IND
| Luis Niemann Núñez | 3 December 1976  | 26 December 1978  | IND
| Gonzalo Vial Correa | 26 December 1978  | 14 December 1979  | IND
| Alfredo Prieto Bafalluy | 14 December 1979  | 22 April 1982  | IND
| Álvaro Arriagada Norambuena | 22 April 1982  | 14 February 1983  | IND
| Mónica Madariaga | 14 February 1983  | 19 October 1983  | IND
| Horacio Aránguiz Donoso | 19 October 1983  | 29 July 1985  | IND
| Sergio Gaete Rojas | 29 July 1985  | 11 July 1987  | IND
| Juan Antonio Guzmán Molinari | 11 July 1987  | 5 June 1989  | IND
| René Salamé Martín | 5 June 1989  | 11 March 1990  | Militar
| Ricardo Lagos | 11 March 1990  | 28 September 1992  | PS  | Patricio Aylwin
| Jorge Arrate | 28 September 1992  | 11 March 1994  | PS
| Ernesto Schiefelbein | 11 March 1994  | 20 September 1994  | DC  | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
| Sergio Molina | 20 September 1994  | 28 September 1996  | PPD
| José Pablo Arellano | 28 September 1996  | 11 March 2000  | DC
| Mariana Aylwin | 11 March 2000  | 3 March 2003  | DC  | Ricardo Lagos
| Sergio Bitar | 3 March 2003  | 14 December 2005  | PPD
| Marigen Hornkohl | 14 December 2005  | 13 March 2006  | DC
| Martín Zilic | 11 March 2006  | 14 June 2006  | DC  | Michelle Bachelet
| Yasna Provoste | 14 June 2006  | 17 April 2008  | DC
| Mónica Jiménez | 14 April 2008  | 13 March 2010  | DC
| Joaquín Lavín | 11 March 2010  | 18 July 2011  | UDI  | Sebastián Piñera
| Felipe Bulnes | 18 July 2011  | 29 December 2011  | RN
| Harald Beyer | 29 December 2011  | 22 April 2013  | IND
| Carolina Schmidt | 22 April 2013  | 11 March 2014  | IND
| Nicolás Eyzaguirre | 11 March 2014  | 27 June 2015  | PPD  | Michelle Bachelet
| Adriana Delpiano | 27 June 2015  | 11 March 2018  | PPD
| Gerardo Varela | 11 March 2018  | 9 August 2018  | IND  | Sebastián Piñera
| Marcela Cubillos | 9 August 2018  | 28 February 2020  | UDI
| Raúl Figueroa | 28 February 2020  | 11 March 2022  | IND
| Marco Antonio Ávila | 11 March 2022  | 16 August 2023  | Democratic Revolution | Gabriel Boric
| Nicolás Cataldo | 16 August 2023  | Incumbent  | Communist Party of Chile

PR – Partido Radical
PS – Partido Socialista
PDC – Partido Democrata Cristiano
PL – Partido Liberal
ind – Independent
PAL – Partido Agrario Laborista
PF – Partido Femenino de Chile
PSA – Partido Socialista Auténtico
FN – Falange Nacional
PN – Partido Nacional
UDI – Unión Demócrata Independiente
RN – Renovación Nacional
PPD – Partido por la Democracia

## See also

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* Chile portal
* Education portal

* Education in Chile

## External links

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* Official website (in Spanish)
* Links and Technology Education Center of the Ministry of Education (in Spanish)

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel