Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Chile)

Government ministry of Chile

The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Spanish: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social) is a government ministry in Chile. It was established during the government of President Jorge Alessandri through Decree with the Force of Law No. 25, published in the Official Gazette on October 29, 1959, along with the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAL).[1]

Since 7 April 2025,[update] the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare is Giorgio Boccardo. The Undersecretary of Labor is Pablo Chacón Cancino, and the Undersecretary of Social Welfare is Claudio Reyes Barrientos [es].[2]

## List of ministers (2010-present)

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| Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end  | President

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| Camila Merino | Evópoli | 11 March 2010  | 16 January 2011  | Sebastián Piñera
| Evelyn Matthei | UDI | 16 January 2011  | 24 July 2013  | Sebastián Piñera
| Juan Carlos Jobet | RN | 24 July 2013  | 11 March 2014  | Sebastián Piñera
| Javiera Blanco | Ind. DC | 11 March 2014  | 11 May 2015  | Michelle Bachelet
| Ximena Rincón | DC | 11 May 2015  | 16 November 2016  | Michelle Bachelet
| Alejandra Krauss | DC | 16 November 2016  | 11 March 2018  | Sebastián Piñera
| Nicolás Monckeberg | RN | 11 March 2018  | 28 October 2019  | Sebastián Piñera
| María José Zaldívar | Independent  | 28 October 2019  | 7 April 2021  | Sebastián Piñera
| Patricio Melero | UDI | 7 April 2021  | 11 March 2022  | Sebastián Piñera
| Jeannette Jara | PCCh | 11 March 2022  | 7 April 2025  | Gabriel Boric
| Giorgio Boccardo | FA | 7 April 2025  | Incumbent  | Gabriel Boric

## References

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1. ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República: registros de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo (2.ª ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello.
2. ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social". www.gob.cl. n.d. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

## External links

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* Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare on Twitter