Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile) facts for kids

The Ministry General Secretariat of Government (which is called Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno in Spanish, or just Segegob for short) is a very important part of the government. Think of it as the government's main communication office. Its most important job is to act as the official spokesperson for the government. This means the Minister and their team help explain what the government is doing and why. The person currently leading this ministry is Camila Vallejo.

Camila Vallejo, the current Minister Secretary General of Government.

Logo of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government

How the Ministry Started

The idea for the General Secretariat of Government began a long time ago, in 1932. However, it only became a full ministry, called the Ministry General Secretariat of Government, in 1976. This happened because of a special law. Later, in the early 1990s, during the time Patricio Aylwin was president, the ministry was updated and reorganized by new laws to help it work even better.

Leaders of the Ministry

Many different people have led the Ministry General Secretariat of Government over the years. They are called General Secretaries or Ministers. Here is a list of some of the people who have held this important role and the presidents who chose them.

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