The Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency () is the cabinet-level administrative office (equivalent to the president's Chief of Staff) which serves in an advisory role to the President of Chile and her or his ministers in the governments' relations with the National Congress of Chile, the development of the legislative agenda, and keeping track of the bills and other legislative activity in Congress as they pertain to the government.
The ministry was created in 1990 during the government of Patricio Aylwin, and the first appointee and longest-serving Minister so far was Edgardo Boeninger Kausel.
The Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency is José García Ruminot, who was appointed by President José Antonio Kast on 11 March 2026.
Titulars Picture Name Entered office Exited office Appointed by Edgardo Böeninger Kausel 11 March 1990 11 March 1994 Patricio Aylwin Genaro Arriagada Herrera 11 March 1994 1996 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Juan Villarzú Rohde 1996 1998 John Biehl del Río 1998 22 June 1999 José Miguel Insulza Salinas 22 June 1999 11 March 2000 Álvaro García Hurtado 11 March 2000 2002 Ricardo Lagos Mario Fernández Baeza 2002 2003 Francisco Huenchumilla Jaramillo 2003 2004 Eduardo Dockendorff Vallejos 200411 March 2006 Paulina Veloso Valenzuela 11 March 2006 27 March 2007 Michelle Bachelet José Antonio Viera-Gallo Quesney 27 March 2007 11 March 2010 Cristián Patricio Larroulet Vignau 11 March 2010 11 March 2014 Sebastián Piñera Ximena Cecilia Rincón González 11 March 2014 11 May 2015 Michelle Bachelet Jorge Insunza Gregorio de Las Heras 11 May 2015 7 June 2015 Patricia Silva Meléndez 7 June 2015 27 June 2015 Nicolás Eyzaguirre 27 June 2015 31 August 2017 Gabriel de la Fuente Acuña 31 August 2017 11 March 2018 Gonzalo Blumel Mac Iver 11 March 2018 28 October 2019 Sebastián Piñera Felipe Andrés Ward Edwards 28 October 2019 4 June 2020 Claudio Alvarado 4 June 2020 28 July 2020 Cristián Monckeberg 28 July 2020 6 January 2021 Juan José Ossa 6 January 2021 11 March 2022 Giorgio Jackson 11 March 2022 6 September 2022 Gabriel Boric Ana Lya Uriarte 6 September 2022 19 April 2023 Álvaro Elizalde 19 April 2023 4 March 2025 Macarena Lobos 4 March 2025 11 March 2026 José García Ruminot 11 March 2026 Incumbent
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External links Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency website