Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Chile)
Government ministry of Chile
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The Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Spanish: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio) is the government ministry of Chile responsible for the design, formulation, and implementation of cultural policies, plans and programs.
- National Council of Culture and the Arts (2003–2018)
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 Ministry headquarters in Valparaíso. | |
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| Formed | 1 March 2018 |
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| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Chile |
| Headquarters | Plaza Sotomayor Valparaíso |
| Employees | 2 018 (2018)[1] |
| Annual budget | 198 193 425 miles de CLP (2020)[2] |
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| Website | cultura |
Its main headquarters are located in Valparaíso. It is the only Chilean government mnistry whose national offices are not based in Santiago.
HIstory
It was created by Law 21045, promulgated on 13 October 2017[3] and published in the Official Gazette on 3 November of the same year.[4] The Ministry began its functions on 1 March 2018,[5] being the legal successor – through its two undersecretaries: the Undersecretariat of Cultures and the Arts and the Undersecretariat of Cultural Heritage — [6] of the National Council of Culture and the Arts, an institution created in 2003 and dependent on the Ministry of Education (Mineduc).[4]
List of ministers
| Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Ernesto Ottone | 1 March 2018 | 11 March 2018 | Ind. | Michelle Bachelet |
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Alejandra Pérez Lecaros | 11 March 2018 | 9 August 2018 | Sebastián Piñera | |
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Mauricio Rojas | 9 August 2018 | 13 August 2018 | ||
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Consuelo Valdés | 13 March 2018 | 11 March 2022 | ||
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Julieta Brodsky | 11 March 2022 | 10 March 2023 | CS | Gabriel Boric |
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Jaime de Aguirre | 10 March 2023 | 16 August 2023 | Ind. | |
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Carolina Arredondo | 16 August 2023[7] | 11 March 2026 | ||
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Francisco Undurraga | 11 March 2026 | Incumbent | José Antonio Kast |
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