The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Spanish: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos) is the Ministry of State responsible for the law and judiciary. The current Minister of Justice and Human Rights is Luis Cordero, who has served since January 11, 2023.[1]
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History
The Ministry of Justice has been known by four different names.
- Ministerio de Justicia, Culto e Instrucción Pública (1837–1887)
- Ministerio de Justicia e Instrucción Pública (1887–1927)
- Ministerio de Justicia (1927–2016)
- Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos (2016–present)
Ministers of Justice of Chile
| Minister | Party | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Government of Domingo Santa María | ||
| José Eugenio Vergara | PL | 1881–1885 |
| Emilio Crisólogo Varas | PR | 1885–1886 |
| Pedro Montt Montt | PN | 1886 |
| Government of José Manuel Balmaceda | ||
| Adolfo Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña | PL | 1886–1887 |
| Francisco Freire Caldera | PL | 1887 |
| Pedro Lucio Cuadra | PL | 1887–1888 |
| Federico Puga Borne | PL | 1888 |
| Julio Bañados Espinosa | PL | 1888–1889 |
| Federico Puga Borne | PL | 1889 |
| Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz | PL | 1889–1890 |
| Gregorio Donoso Vergara | PLD | 1890 |
| Rafael Casanova Casanova | PLD | 1890 |
| Ismael Pérez Montt | PLD | 1890–1891 |
| Francisco Concha Berguecio | PLD | 1891 |
| Government of Jorge Montt Álvarez | ||
| Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz | PL | 1891 |
| Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | PL | 1891 |
| Joaquín Walker Martínez | PC | 1891 |
| Isidoro Errázuriz Errázuriz | PL | 1891–1892 |
| Juan Castellón Larenas | PR | 1892 |
| Gaspar Toro Hurtado | PR | 1892 |
| Máximo del Campo Yávar | PC | 1892–1893 |
| Joaquín Rodríguez Rozas | PL | 1893 |
| Francisco Pinto Zañartu | PL | 1893–1894 |
| Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | PL | 1894 |
| Osvaldo Rengifo Vial | PL | 1894–1895 |
| Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla | PL | 1895 |
| Gaspar Toro Hurtado | PR | 1895 |
| Government of Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | ||
| Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez | PL | 1896 |
| Federico Puga Borne | PL | 1896–1897 |
| José Domingo Amunátegui Rivera | PL | 1897–1898 |
| Augusto Orrego Luco | PL | 1898 |
| Juan Antonio Orrego | PL | 1898 |
| Carlos Palacios Zapata | PL | 1898 |
| Francisco Herboso España | PL | 1899–1900 |
| Emilio Bello Codecido | PLD | 1900 |
| Francisco Herboso España | PL | 1900–1901 |
| Ramón Vergara Donoso | PLD | 1901 |
| Ventura Carvallo Elizalde | PL | 1901 |
| Ramón Escobar Escobar | PLD | 1901 |
| Government of Germán Riesco Errázuriz | ||
| Manuel Ballesteros Ríos | PL | 1901 |
| Rafael Balmaceda Fernández | PLD | 1901–1902 |
| José Domingo Amunátegui Rivera | PL | 1902–1903 |
| Aníbal Sanfuentes Velasco | PLD | 1903 |
| Francisco Concha Berguecio | PLD | 1903–1904 |
| Efraín Vásquez Guarda | PLD | 1904 |
| Enrique Rodríguez Velásquez | PN | 1904 |
| Alejandro Fierro Pérez-Camino | PN | 1904–1905 |
| Javier Ángel Figueroa | PLD | 1905 |
| Antonio Huneeus Gana | PL | 1905 |
| Guillermo Pinto Agüero | PLD | 1905–1906 |
| Manuel Salas Lavaqui | PLD | 1906 |
| Samuel Claro Lastarria | PL | 1906 |
| Government of Pedro Montt Montt | ||
| Enrique Rodríguez Velásquez | PN | 1906 |
| Ramón Escobar Escobar | PLD | 1906–1907 |
| Óscar Viel Cavero | PLD | 1907–1909 |
| Emiliano Figueroa Larraín | PLD | 1909 |
| Government of Ramón Barros Luco | ||
| Domingo Amunátegui Solar | PL | 1909–1911 |
| Benjamín Montt Montt | PN | 1911–1912 |
| Arturo del Río Racet | PLD | 1912 |
| Enrique Villegas Echiburu | PLD | 1912–1913 |
| Aníbal Letelier Núñez | PLD | 1913–1914 |
| Absalón Valencia Zavala | PLD | 1914–1915 |
| Samuel Claro Lastarria | PL | 1915 |
| Gregorio Amunátegui Solar | PL | 1915 |
| Government of Juan Luis Sanfuentes | ||
| Augusto Orrego Luco | PL | 1915–1916 |
| Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta | PLD | 1916 |
| Alberto Romero Herrera | PN | 1916 |
| Pedro Íñiguez Larraín | PLDo | 1916–1917 |
| Ángel Guarello Costa | PD | 1917 |
| Arturo Alemparte Quiroga | PN | 1917–1918 |
| Pedro Aguirre Cerda | PR | 1918 |
| Alcibíades Roldán Alvarez | PL | 1918 |
| Luis Orrego Luco | PR | 1918–1919 |
| Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez | PR | 1919 |
| Julio Prado Amor | PLD | 1919 |
| José Bernales Navarro | PD | 1919–1920 |
| Enrique Bermúdez de la Paz | PL | 1920 |
| Javier Gandarillas Matta | PR | 1920 |
| Lorenzo Montt Montt | PLDo | 1920 |
| Government of Arturo Alessandri Palma | ||
| Alberto Montt Montt | PL | 1920 |
| Armando Jaramillo Valderrama | PL | 1920–1921 |
| Tomás Ramírez Frías | PL | 1921 |
| Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta | PLD | 1921–1922 |
| Octavio Maira González | PR | 1922 |
| Ángel Guarello Costa | PD | 1922 |
| Robinson Paredes Pacheco | PD | 1922–1923 |
| Carlos Alberto Ruiz Bahamonde | PR | 1923 |
| Luis Salas Romo | PR | 1923 |
| Marcial Martínez de Ferrari | PL | 1923 |
| Alcíbiades Roldán Álvarez | PL | 1923–1924 |
| Domingo Antonio Durán Morales | PR | 1924 |
| Guillermo Labarca Hubertson | PR | 1924 |
| Jorge Prieto Echaurren | PLD | 1924 |
| Luis Salas Romo | PR | 1924 |
| Gregorio Amunátegui Jordán | PL | 1924 |
| Government of Military Junta of 1924 | ||
| Gregorio Amunátegui Jordán | PL | 1924 |
| José Bernales Navarro | PD | 1924 |
| José Maza Fernández | PLDo | 1924 |
| Government of Arturo Alessandri Palma | ||
| José Maza Fernández | PLDo | 1925 |
| Government of Luis Barros Borgoño (interino) | ||
| Oscar Fenner Marín | Militar | 1925 |
| Government of Emiliano Figueroa Larraín | ||
| Alamiro Huidobro Valdés | PC | 1925–1926 |
| Alvaro Santa María | PLD | 1926 |
| Ramón Montero | PR | 1926–1927 |
| Aquiles Vergara Vicuña | PR | 1927 |
| Government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | ||
| Aquiles Vergara Vicuña | PR | 1927 |
| José Santos Salas | USRACH | 1927 |
| Enrique Balmaceda Toro | PLD | 1927–1928 |
| Osvaldo Koch Krefft | ind | 1928–1930 |
| David Hermosilla | PR | 1930 |
| Humberto Arce Bobadilla | PR | 1930–1931 |
| Antonio Planet Cordero | PC | 1931 |
| José Manuel Ríos Arias | PL | 1931 |
| Guillermo Edwards Matte | PL | 1931 |
| Alberto Edwards Vivas | PN | 1931 |
| Government of Pedro Opazo Letelier (interino) | ||
| Luis Gutiérrez Alliendes | PC | 1931 |
| Government of Juan Esteban Montero (interino) | ||
| Luis Gutiérrez Alliendes | PC | 1931 |
| Government of Manuel Trucco Franzzani (interino) | ||
| Luis Gutiérrez Alliendes | PC | 1931 |
| Horacio Walker Larraín | PC | 1931 |
| Government of Juan Esteban Montero | ||
| Luis Gutiérrez Alliendes | PC | 1931–1932 |
| Arturo Ureta Echazarreta | PC | 1932 |
| Government of the Socialist Republic of Chile | ||
| Pedro Antonio Fajardo Ulloa | PD | 1932 |
| Santiago Pérez Peña | PL | 1932 |
| Government of Carlos Dávila Espinoza | ||
| Santiago Pérez Peña | PL | 1932 |
| Guillermo Bañados Honorato | PD | 1932 |
| Government of Bartolomé Blanche Espejo (interino) | ||
| Juan Antonio Ríos Morales | PR | 1932 |
| Government of Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (interino) | ||
| Absalón Valencia Zavala | PLD | 1932 |
| 2.º Government of Arturo Alessandri Palma | ||
| Domingo Durán Morales | PR | 1932–1934 |
| Osvaldo Vial Vial | PL | 1934–1935 |
| Francisco Garcés Gana | PL | 1935–1936 |
| Humberto Álvarez Suárez | PL | 1936 |
| Pedro Freeman Caris | PR | 1936–1937 |
| Fernando Moller Bordeu | PR | 1937 |
| Alejandro Serani Burgos | PD | 1937 |
| Guillermo Correa Fuenzalida | PL | 1937 |
| Government of Pedro Aguirre Cerda | ||
| Raúl Puga Monsalve | PD | 1938–1941 |
| Domingo Godoy Pérez | PL | 1941 |
| Tomás Mora Pineda | PR | 1941 |
| Government of Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia (interino) | ||
| Tomás Mora Pineda | PR | 1941–1942 |
| Government of Juan Antonio Ríos Morales | ||
| Jerónimo Ortúzar Rojas | PD | 1942 |
| Oscar Gajardo Villarroel | ind | 1942–1944 |
| Benjamín Claro Velasco | PR | 1944 |
| Eugenio Puga Fisher | PD | 1944–1945 |
| Enrique Arriagada Saldías | PSA | 1945–1946 |
| Government of Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez (interim) | ||
| Arnaldo Carrasco Carrasco | Militar | 1946 |
| Fernando Moller Bordeu | PR | 1946 |
| Eugenio Puga Fisher | PD | 1946 |
| Government of Juan Antonio Iribarren (interino) | ||
| Eugenio Puga Fisher | PD | 1946 |
| Government of Gabriel González Videla | ||
| Guillermo Correa Fuenzalida | PL | 1946–1947 |
| Humberto Correa Labra | PR | 1947 |
| Eugenio Puga Fisher | PD | 1947–1948 |
| Luis Felipe Letelier Icaza | PCT | 1948–1949 |
| Juan Bautista Rossetti Colombino | PS | 1949–1950 |
| Eugenio Puga Fisher | PD | 1950 |
| Ruperto Puga Fisher | PD | 1950 |
| Humberto Parada Berger | PDa | 1950–1952 |
| Adriana Olguín de Baltra [1st female] | PR | 1952 |
| 2.º Government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | ||
| Orlando Latorre González | PDP | 1952–1953 |
| Enrique Monti Forno | PSP | 1953 |
| Juan Gómez Millas | PAL | 1953 |
| Santiago Wilson Hernández | PDP | 1953–1954 |
| Osvaldo Koch Krefft | ind | 1954–1955 |
| Arturo Zúñiga Latorre | ind | 1955 |
| Mariano Fontecilla Varas | PNC | 1955 |
| Santiago Wilson Hernández | PDP | 1955–1956 |
| Mariano Fontecilla Varas | PNC | 1956 |
| Arturo Zúñiga Latorre | ind | 1956–1957 |
| Adrián Barrientos Villalobos | Militar | 1957–1958 |
| Luis Octavio Reyes Ugarte | ind | 1958 |
| Arturo Zúñiga Latorre | ind | 1958 |
| Osvaldo Saint Marie Sorucco | ind | 1958 |
| Óscar Acevedo Vega | ind | 1958 |
| Government of Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez | ||
| Julio Philippi Izquierdo | ind | 1958–1960 |
| Enrique Ortúzar Escobar | ind | 1960–1964 |
| Government of Eduardo Frei Montalva | ||
| Pedro Jesús Rodríguez González | PDC | 1964–1968 |
| William Thayer Arteaga | PDC | 1968 |
| Jaime Castillo Velasco | PDC | 1968–1969 |
| Máximo Pacheco Gómez | PDC | 1969 |
| Gustavo Dagoberto Lagos Matus | PDC | 1969 |
| Government of Salvador Allende Gossens | ||
| Lisandro Cruz Ponce | API | 1970–1972 |
| Manuel Sanhueza Cruz | PIR | 1972 |
| Jorge Tapia Valdés | PR | 1972 |
| Sergio Insunza Barrios | PCCh | 1972–1973 |
| Government of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte | ||
| Gonzalo Prieto Gándara | Independent | 1973–1974 |
| Hugo Musante Romero | Independent | 1974–1975 |
| Miguel Schweitzer Speisky | Independent | 1975–1977 |
| Renato Damilano Bonfante | Independent | 1977 |
| Mónica Madariaga Gutiérrez | Independent | 1977–1983 |
| Jaime del Valle Alliende | Independent | 1983 |
| Hugo Rosende Subiabre | Independent | 1983–1990 |
| Government of Patricio Aylwin Azócar | ||
| Francisco Cumplido Cereceda | PDC | 1990–1994 |
| Government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | ||
| Soledad Alvear Valenzuela | PDC | 1994–1999 |
| José Antonio Gómez Urrutia | PRSD | 1999–2000 |
| Government of Ricardo Lagos Escobar | ||
| José Antonio Gómez Urrutia | PRSD | 2000–2003 |
| Luis Bates Hidalgo | ind | 2003–2006 |
| 1.º Government of Michelle Bachelet Jeria | ||
| Isidro Solís Palma | PRSD | 2006–2007 |
| Carlos Maldonado Curti | PRSD | 2007–2010 |
| 1.º Government of Sebastián Piñera Echenique | ||
| Felipe Bulnes Serrano | RN | 2010–2011 |
| Teodoro Ribera Neumann | RN | 2011–2012 |
| Patricia Pérez Goldberg | ind | 2012–2014 |
| 2.º Government of Michelle Bachelet Jeria | ||
| José Antonio Gómez Urrutia | PRSD | 2014–2015 |
| Javiera Blanco Suárez | Ind-PDC | 2015–2016 |
| Jaime Campos Quiroga | PRSD | 2016–2018 |
| 2.º Government of Sebastián Piñera Echenique | ||
| Hernán Larraín Fernández | UDI | 2018–2022 |
| Government of Gabriel Boric | ||
| Marcela Ríos | 2022–2023 | |
| Luis Cordero Vega | 2023-2024 | |
| Jaime Gajardo Falcón | 2024-present |
See also
References
External links
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