Ministry of Education (Chile)
Introduction Logo of the Ministry of Education of ChileThe '''Ministry of Education of Chile''' ('''MINEDUC''') is the Ministry of State responsible for promoting the development of education at all levels, to assure all people access to basic education, to stimulate scientific and technological research and artistic creation, and the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage of the nation of Chile.The current Minister of Education, since 16 August 2023, is Nicolás Cataldo.
History Chilean students in 2008.The ministry began in 1837 as part of the Ministry of Justice and Religious Instruction. In those years the ministry was responsible for overseeing educational institutions such as the Instituto Nacional de Chile and Universidad de Chile. Since 1887 it was named Ministry of Justice and Public Instruction.The Ministry of Education was separated from the Ministry of Justice in 1927, and became responsible for primary education, secondary education, vocational education, libraries, archives and museums.During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva, the following institutions were created under Ministry of Education:* Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas/National Board of School Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB)* Centro de Perfeccionamiento, Experimentación e Investigaciones Pedagógicas/Center for Improvement, Educational Research and Experimentation (CPEIP)* Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles/National Board of Daycare (JUNJI)
List of ministers of education  '''Picture''' '''Name''' '''Entered Office''' '''Exited Office''' '''Notes''' '''Appointed by''' 70px '''Eduardo Barrios Hudtwalcker''' 17 November 1927 17 October 1928 Ind Carlos Ibáñez del Campo  '''Pablo Ramírez Rodríguez''' 17 October 1928 11 March 1929 PR  '''Mariano Navarrete''' 11 March 1929 5 August 1930 Militar 70px '''Bartolomé Blanche Espejo'''  5 August 1930 26 October 1930 Militar 70px '''Alberto Edwards Vives'''  26 October 1930 28 April 1931 PN  '''Gustavo Lira Manso'''  28 April 1931 13 July 1931 Ind  '''José Manuel Ríos Arias'''  13 July 1931 22 July 1931 PL  '''Miguel Letelier Espínola'''  22 July 1931 23 July 1931 PN  '''Gustavo Lira Manso'''  23 July 1931 26 July 1931 PN  '''Pedro Godoy Pérez''' 26 July 1931 27 July 1931 Ind Pedro Opazo 27 July 1931 20 August 1931 Juan Esteban Montero 20 August 1931 3 September 1931 Manuel Trucco  '''Leonardo Guzmán Cortés'''  3 September 1931 15 November 1931 PR  '''Santiago Labarca Labarca''' 15 November 1931 7 April 1932 PR Juan Esteban Montero  '''Alfredo Bravo Zamora'''  7 April 1932 5 June 1932 PR  '''Eugenio González Rojas''' 5 June 1932 17 June 1932 Ind Socialist Junta  '''Carlos Soto Rengifo'''  17 June 1932 8 July 1932 8 July 1932 1 August 1932 Carlos Dávila  '''Luis David Cruz Ocampo'''  1 August 1932 14 September 1932 Ind 14 September 1932 4 October 1932 Bartolomé Blanche  '''Alberto Coddou Ortiz''' 4 October 1932 24 December 1932 Ind Abraham Oyanedel  '''Domingo Durán Morales''' 24 December 1932 19 April 1934 PR Arturo Alessandri  '''Osvaldo Vial Vial'''  19 April 1934 26 August 1935 PL  '''Francisco Garcés Gana'''  26 August 1935 24 March 1937 PL  '''Guillermo Correa Fuenzalida'''  24 March 1937 24 December 1938 PL  '''Rudecindo Ortega Masson''' 24 December 1938 8 February 1940 PR Pedro Aguirre Cerda  '''Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas'''  8 February 1940 10 June 1941 PR  '''Raimundo del Río Castillo'''  10 June 1941 6 October 1941 PL  '''Ulises Vergara Osses'''  6 October 1941 10 October 1941 PR 10 October 1941 2 April 1942 Jerónimo Méndez  '''Oscar Bustos Aburto''' 2 April 1942 21 October 1942 PR Juan Antonio Ríos  '''Benjamín Claro Velasco'''  21 October 1942 7 June 1943 PR  '''Enrique Marshall Herrera'''  7 June 1943 1 September 1943 Ind  '''Benjamín Claro Velasco'''  1 September 1943 6 October 1944 PR  '''Enrique Marshall Herrera'''  6 October 1944 14 May 1945 Ind  '''Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas'''  14 May 1945 3 February 1946 PR  '''Benjamín Claro Velasco'''  3 February 1946 6 September 1946 PR  '''Humberto Enríquez Fródden''' 6 September 1946 3 November 1946 PR Alfredo Duhalde  '''Alejandro Ríos Valdivia''' 3 November 1946 2 August 1947 PR Gabriel González Videla  '''Enrique Molina Garmendia'''  2 August 1947 7 July 1948 Ind  '''Ulises Vergara Osses'''  7 July 1948 22 July 1948 PR  '''Armando Mallet Simonetti'''  22 July 1948 7 February 1950 PSA  '''Manuel Rodríguez Valenzuela'''  7 February 1950 27 February 1950 Ind  '''Bernardo Leighton Guzmán'''  27 February 1950 4 February 1952 FN  '''Eliodoro Domínguez Domínguez'''  4 February 1952 29 July 1952 PSA  '''Luis David Cruz Ocampo'''  29 July 1952 3 November 1952 Ind '''María Teresa del Canto Molina''' 3 November 1952 1 April 1953 PF Carlos Ibáñez del Campo  '''Juan Gómez Millas'''  1 April 1953 14 August 1953 PAL  '''Oscar Fenner Marín'''  14 August 1953 14 October 1953 Militar  '''Eduardo Barrios Hudtwalcker''' 14 October 1953 5 June 1954 Ind  '''Oscar Herrera Palacios''' 5 June 1954 24 March 1955 Ind  '''Tobías Barros Ortíz''' 24 March 1955 6 April 1955 Militar  '''Kaare Olsen Nielsen''' 6 April 1955 2 June 1955 Militar  '''Oscar Herrera Palacios''' 2 June 1955 17 August 1955 Ind  '''Tobías Barros Ortíz''' 17 August 1955 18 April 1956 Militar  '''René Vidal Merino''' 18 April 1956 27 August 1956 Ind  '''Francisco Bórquez Jopia''' 27 August 1956 23 April 1957 Ind  '''Manuel Quintana Oyarzún''' 23 April 1957 28 October 1957 Ind  '''Diego Barros Ortiz''' 28 October 1957 3 November 1958 Militar '''Francisco Cereceda Cisternas''' 3 November 1958 15 September 1960 PL Jorge Alessandri  '''Eduardo Moore Montero''' 15 September 1960 5 October 1961 PL  '''Patricio Barros Alemparte''' 5 October 1961 26 September 1963 PL  '''Alejandro Garretón Silva''' 26 September 1963 3 November 1964 Ind '''Juan Gómez Millas'''  3 November 1964 17 February 1968 Ind Eduardo Frei Montalva  '''William Thayer Arteaga''' 17 February 1968 4 March 1968 PDC  '''Máximo Pacheco Gómez''' 4 March 1968 3 November 1970 PDC '''Mario Astorga Gutiérrez'''  3 November 1970 28 January 1972 PR Salvador Allende  '''Alejandro Ríos Valdivia''' 28 January 1972 17 June 1972 PR  '''Aníbal Palma Fourcade''' 17 June 1972 2 November 1972 PR  '''Jorge Tapia Valdés''' 2 November 1972 5 July 1973 PR  '''Edgardo Enríquez Frodden''' 5 July 1973 11 September 1973 PR  '''José Navarro Tobar'''  12 September 1973 27 September 1973 IND Augusto Pinochet  '''Hugo Castro Jiménez'''  27 September 1973 16 May 1975 IND  '''Arturo Troncoso Daroch'''  16 May 1975 3 December 1976 IND  '''Luis Niemann Núñez'''  3 December 1976 26 December 1978 IND  '''Gonzalo Vial Correa'''  26 December 1978 14 December 1979 IND  '''Alfredo Prieto Bafalluy'''  14 December 1979 22 April 1982 IND  '''Álvaro Arriagada Norambuena'''  22 April 1982 14 February 1983 IND  '''Mónica Madariaga'''  14 February 1983 19 October 1983 IND  '''Horacio Aránguiz Donoso'''  19 October 1983 29 July 1985 IND  '''Sergio Gaete Rojas'''  29 July 1985 11 July 1987 IND  '''Juan Antonio Guzmán Molinari'''  11 July 1987 5 June 1989 IND  '''René Salamé Martín'''  5 June 1989 11 March 1990 Militar  '''Ricardo Lagos'''  11 March 1990 28 September 1992 PS Patricio Aylwin  '''Jorge Arrate'''  28 September 1992 11 March 1994 PS  '''Ernesto Schiefelbein'''  11 March 1994 20 September 1994 DC Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle  '''Sergio Molina'''  20 September 1994 28 September 1996 PPD  '''José Pablo Arellano'''  28 September 1996 11 March 2000 DC 70px '''Mariana Aylwin'''  11 March 2000 3 March 2003 DC Ricardo Lagos  '''Sergio Bitar'''  3 March 2003 14 December 2005 PPD 70px '''Marigen Hornkohl'''  14 December 2005 13 March 2006 DC  '''Martín Zilic'''  11 March 2006 14 June 2006 DC Michelle Bachelet 70px '''Yasna Provoste'''  14 June 2006 17 April 2008 DC  '''Mónica Jiménez'''  14 April 2008 13 March 2010 DC 70px '''Joaquín Lavín'''  11 March 2010 18 July 2011 UDI Sebastián Piñera 70px '''Felipe Bulnes'''  18 July 2011 29 December 2011 RN 70px '''Harald Beyer'''  29 December 2011 22 April 2013 IND 70px '''Carolina Schmidt'''  22 April 2013 11 March 2014 IND 70px '''Nicolás Eyzaguirre'''  11 March 2014 27 June 2015 PPD Michelle Bachelet 70px '''Adriana Delpiano'''  27 June 2015 11 March 2018 PPD 70px '''Gerardo Varela'''  11 March 2018 9 August 2018 IND Sebastián Piñera 70px '''Marcela Cubillos'''  9 August 2018 28 February 2020 UDI 70px '''Raúl Figueroa''' 28 February 2020 11 March 2022 IND 70px '''Marco Antonio Ávila'''  11 March 2022 16 August 2023 Democratic Revolution Gabriel Boric 70px '''Nicolás Cataldo'''  16 August 2023 Incumbent Communist Party of Chile:PR – Partido Radical:PS – Partido Socialista:PDC – Partido Democrata Cristiano:PL – Partido Liberal:ind – Independent:PAL – Partido Agrario Laborista:PF – Partido Femenino de Chile:PSA – Partido Socialista Auténtico:FN – Falange Nacional:PN – Partido Nacional:UDI – Unión Demócrata Independiente:RN – Renovación Nacional:PPD – Partido por la Democracia
See also * Education in Chile
External links *  * Links and Technology Education Center of the Ministry of Education