The cabinet ministers of Juan Antonio Ríos comprised the heads of the executive ministries of Chile during his presidency, which lasted from 2 April 1942 to 27 June 1946.
The cabinet initially reflected the continuation of the Popular Front alignment, though it progressively shifted amid wartime diplomacy, internal political fragmentation, and Ríos’ deteriorating health, which led to increased ministerial rotation in the final stage of his administration.
List of Ministers Ministry Name Term Interior Raúl Morales Beltramí 2 April 1942 – 1943 Julio Allard Pinto 1943 Osvaldo Hiriart 1943 – 1944 Alfonso Quintana 1944 – 1945 Hernán Figueroa Anguita 1945 Luis Álamos Barros 1945 Alfredo Duhalde 1945 – 27 June 1946 Foreign Affairs Ernesto Barros Jarpa 1942 Joaquín Fernández 1942 – 1946 Finance Benjamín Matte Larraín 1942 Guillermo del Pedregal 1942 – 1943 Arturo Matte Larraín 1943 – 1944 Santiago Labarca 1944 – 1945 Pablo Ramírez 1945 – 1946 Justice Jerónimo Ortúzar 1942 Oscar Gajardo 1942 – 1944 Benjamín Claro 1944 Eugenio Puga 1944 – 1945 Enrique Arriagada 1945 – 1946 Public Education Oscar Bustos Aburto 1942 Benjamín Claro 1942 – 1943; 1946 Enrique Marshall 1943 – 1945 Juan Antonio Iribarren 1945 – 1946 National Defense Alfredo Duhalde 1942 – 1943 Benjamín Claro Velasco 1943 Óscar Escudero Otárola 1943 – 1944 Arnaldo Carrasco 1944 – 1946 Public Works and Communications Óscar Schnake 1942 Manuel Hidalgo 1942 – 1943 Ricardo Bascuñán 1943 Abraham Alcaíno 1943 – 1944 Gustavo Lira Manso 1944 Eduardo Frei Montalva 1944 – 1946 Lands and Colonization Pedro Poblete 1942 Enrique Arriagada 1942 – 1943 Osvaldo Fuenzalida 1943 Alejandro Lagos 1943 Osvaldo Vial 1943 – 1944 Manuel Casanueva 1944 – 1945 Fidel Estay 1944 – 1946 Agriculture Remigio Medina 1942 Fernando Moller Bordeu 1942 – 1943 Horacio Serrano 1943 Alfonso Quintana 1943 – 1944 Manuel Casanueva 1944 Jorge Urzúa 1944 – 1946 Labor Leonidas Leyton 1942 Mariano Bustos 1942 – 1946 Lisandro Cruz Ponce 1946 Public Health Eduardo Escudero 1942 Miguel Etchebarne 1942 – 1943 Jerónimo Méndez 1943 Sótero del Río 1943 – 1946 Economy and Commerce Pedro Álvarez 1942 Francisco Solar 1942 Froilán Arriagada 1942 – 1943 Rodolfo Jaramillo 1943 Arturo Riveros 1943 Guillermo del Pedregal 1943 Fernando Moller 1943 – 1944 Alejandro Tinsly 1944 – 1945 Pedro Enrique Alfonso 1945 – 1946
Provisional Vice Presidencies This was the transitional cabinet that served between the death of Juan Antonio Ríos and the election of President Gabriel González Videla, also from the Radical Party.
Alfredo Duhalde (27 June 1946–17 October 1946) and Juan Antonio Iribarren (17 October 1946–3 November 1946) were the vice-presidents.
Ministry Name Term Interior Vicente Merino 27 June 1946 – 6 September 1946 Juan Antonio Iribarren 6 September 1946 – 17 October 1946 Luis Alberto Cuevas 17 October 1946 – 3 November 1946 Foreign Affairs Joaquín Fernández 27 June 1946 – 3 November 1946 National Defense Arnaldo Carrasco 27 June 1946 – 3 November 1946 Finance Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez 27 June 1946 – 14 August 1946 Luis Álamos Barros 14 August 1946 – 6 September 1946 Arturo Maschke 6 September 1946 – 3 November 1946 Commerce and Supply Manuel Hidalgo Plaza 27 June 1946 – 6 September 1946 Oscar Gajardo 6 September 1946 – 3 November 1946 Public Education Benjamín Claro Velasco 27 June 1946 – 6 September 1946 Humberto Enríquez 6 September 1946 – 3 November 1946 Justice Fernando Moller Bordeu 27 June 1946 – 6 September 1946 Eugenio Puga Fischer 6 September 1946 – 3 November 1946 Labor Lisandro Cruz Ponce 27 July 1946 – 3 November 1946 Luis Mandujano 6 September 1946 – 3 November 1946 Development Manuel Tovarías 27 June 1946 – 3 November 1946 Public Health Juan Garafulic 27 June 1946 – 17 October 1946 René García Valenzuela 17 October 1946 – 3 November 1946 Lands and Colonization Fidel Estay 27 July 1946 – 3 November 1946 Agriculture Humberto Mendoza 27 July 1946 – 17 October 1946 Humberto Aguirre Doolan 17 October 1946 – 3 November 1946
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