Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Chile)
| Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio | |
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 Ministry headquarters in Valparaíso. | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 March 2018 |
| Preceding agency |
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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] |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Website | cultura |
The Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Spanish: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, MinCAP) is the Ministry of the State of Chile in charge of the design, formulation and implementation of cultural policies, plans and programs. Its main headquarters are in Valparaíso, in a building located in Plaza Sotomayor, being the only secretariat of the Chilean State whose national address isn't located in Santiago. The current head of the ministry is Jaime de Aguirre.
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
[edit]| 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 | Incumbent | IND |
- IND: Independent
- CS: Social Convergence
References
[edit]- ^ Chilean Budget Office. "Estadísticas de Recursos Humanos del Sector Público 2011–2018" [Public Sector Human Resources Statistics 2011–2018] (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Chilean Budget Office. "Ley de presupuestos del sector público Año 2020" [Public Sector Budget Law 2020] (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Presidenta Bachelet y Ministro Ottone encabezan promulgación del Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio" [President Bachelet and Minister Ottone lead the promulgation of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage]. cultura.gob.cl (in Spanish). 13 October 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Law 21045 03-NOV-2017 Ministry of Education – Ley Chile – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional". Ley Chile (in Spanish). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y Patrimonio entrará en vigencia este jueves" [Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage will go into effect this Thursday]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Mañana entra en vigencia el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio" [Tomorrow the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage takes effect]. cultura.gob.cl (in Spanish). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Spanish)