The Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage () is the government ministry of Chile responsible for the design, formulation, and implementation of cultural policies, plans and programs.
Its main headquarters are located in Valparaíso. It is the only Chilean government mnistry whose national offices are not based in Santiago.
HIstory It was created by Law 21045, promulgated on 13 October 2017 and published in the Official Gazette on 3 November of the same year. The Ministry began its functions on 1 March 2018, being the legal successor – through its two undersecretaries: the Undersecretariat of Cultures and the Arts and the Undersecretariat of Cultural Heritage — of the National Council of Culture and the Arts, an institution created in 2003 and dependent on the Ministry of Education (Mineduc).
List of ministers Picture Name Entered office Exited office Notes Appointed by Ernesto Ottone 1 March 2018 11 March 2018 Ind. Michelle Bachelet Alejandra Pérez Lecaros 11 March 2018 9 August 2018 Sebastián Piñera Mauricio Rojas 9 August 2018 13 August 2018 Consuelo Valdés 13 March 2018 11 March 2022 Julieta Brodsky 11 March 2022 10 March 2023 CS Gabriel Boric Jaime de Aguirre 10 March 2023 16 August 2023 Ind.Carolina Arredondo16 August 202311 March 2026Francisco Undurraga11 March 2026Incumbent Evópoli José Antonio Kast
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