The Ministry General Secretariat of Government () (Segegob) is the cabinet-level administrative office of the Government of Chile charged with acting as the government's organ of communication. The principal function of the Minister Secretary General of Government and their staff is to serve as the spokesperson of the government. The current Minister Secretary General of Government is Claudio Alvarado.
History The position of the General Secretariat of Government was created in 1932, and the Ministry General Secretariat of Government was created in 1976 after a decree (Decreto Ley N° 1.385) which awarded ministerial rank to the General Secretariat of Government. The Ministry General Secretariat of Government was reorganized by different laws in 1991 and 1992 during the administration of Patricio Aylwin.
On 1 June 2026, President José Antonio Kast announced a bill to merge the Ministry Secretary-General of Government and the Ministry of the Interior into a single entity.
General Secretaries / Ministers Picture Name Entered office Exited office 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 197422 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 11 March 2026 Gabriel Boric Mara Sedini 11 March 2026 19 May 2026 José Antonio Kast Claudio Alvarado 19 May 2026 Incumbent
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