List of female cabinet ministers of Chile

The executive power in Chile is exercised by the president, who serves as both head of state and head of government, along with their cabinet. In 1952, Adriana Olguín became the first female cabinet minister in Latin America.

As of 2025, eighty-eight women have served as cabinet ministers in the governments of Chile. There has been at least one woman in every cabinet since March 2000, when Ricardo Lagos assumed the presidency.

Gabriel Boric's administration appointed Chile's first-ever majority-women cabinet upon taking office in 2022: fourteen women and ten men, with an average age of 49. The cabinet lost its gender parity in April 2023 but regained it in January 2025.

List of women ministers Numerical order represents the order of first appointment to the cabinet. #NameOfficeAppointedLeft officePresident / Head of Executive Power1Adriana OlguínMinister of Justice29 July 19523 November 1952Gabriel González Videla2María Teresa del CantoMinister of Education3 November 19521 April 19533Mireya BaltraMinister of Labor and Social Welfare17 June 19722 November 1972Salvador Allende4Mónica MadariagaMinister of Justice and Human Rights20 April 197714 February 1983Augusto Pinochet5Mónica MadariagaMinister of Education14 February 198319 October 19836María Teresa Infante BarrosMinister of Labor and Social Welfare17 August 198911 March 19907Soledad AlvearMinister of Justice and Human Rights11 March 199416 December 1999Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle8Adriana DelpianoMinister of National Assets11 March 199413 April 19999Michelle BacheletMinister of Health11 March 20007 February 2002Ricardo Lagos10Mariana AylwinMinister of Education11 March 20003 March 200311Alejandra KraussMinister of Social Development and Family11 March 20007 January 200212Soledad AlvearMinister of Foreign Affairs11 March 200029 September 200413Michelle BacheletMinister of National Defense7 January 200229 September 200414Cecilia Pérez DíazMinister of Social Development and Family7 January 20023 March 200315Sonia TschorneMinister of Housing and Urbanism29 September 200411 March 200615Sonia TschorneMinister of National Assets29 September 200411 March 200616Yasna ProvosteMinister of Social Development and Family1 October 200411 March 200617Marigen HornkohlMinister of Education14 December 200511 March 200618Vivianne BlanlotMinister of National Defense11 March 200626 March 2007Michelle Bachelet19Patricia PobleteMinister of Housing and Urbanism11 March 200611 March 201020Clarisa HardyMinister of Social Development and Family11 March 20068 January 200821Karen PoniachikMinister of Mining11 March 20068 January 200822María Soledad BarríaMinister of Health11 March 200628 October 200823Paulina VelosoMinister General Secretariat of the Presidency11 March 200626 March 200724Romy SchmidtMinister of National Assets11 March 20066 January 201025Íngrid AntonijevicMinister of Economy, Development, and Tourism11 March 200614 July 200626Yasna ProvosteMinister of Education14 June 200617 April 200827Paula QuintanaMinister of Social Development and Family8 January 200811 March 201028Marigen HornkohlMinister of Agriculture10 January 200811 March 201029Mónica JiménezMinister of Education17 April 200811 March 201030Claudia SerranoMinister of Labor and Social Welfare15 December 200811 March 201031Carolina ToháMinister General Secretariat of Government12 March 200914 December 200932Pilar ArmanetMinister General Secretariat of Government14 December 200911 March 201033Jacqueline WeinsteinMinister of National Assets6 January 201011 March 201034Camila MerinoMinister of Labor and Social Welfare11 March 201014 January 2011Sebastián Piñera35Magdalena MatteMinister of Housing and Urbanism11 March 201019 April 201136Ena von BaerMinister General Secretariat of Government11 March 201018 July 201137Catalina ParotMinister of National Assets11 March 20105 November 201238María Ignacia BenítezMinister for the Environment1 October 201011 March 201439Evelyn MattheiMinister of Labor and Social Welfare16 January 201122 July 201340Loreto SilvaMinister of Public Works5 November 201211 March 201441Cecilia PérezMinister General Secretariat of Government5 November 201211 March 201442Patricia PérezMinister of Justice and Human Rights17 December 201211 March 201443Carolina SchmidtMinister of Education22 April 201311 March 201444Helia MolinaMinister of Health11 March 201423 January 2015Michelle Bachelet45Paulina SaballMinister of Housing and Urbanism11 March 201411 March 201846Ximena RincónMinister General Secretariat of the Presidency11 March 201411 May 201547Fernanda VillegasMinister of Social Development and Family11 March 201411 May 201548Javiera BlancoMinister of Labor and Social Welfare11 March 201411 May 201549Natalia RiffoMinister of Sports11 March 201418 November 201650Aurora WilliamsMinister of Mining11 March 201411 March 201851Carmen CastilloMinister of Health23 January 201511 March 201852Javiera BlancoMinister of Justice and Human Rights11 May 201519 October 201653Ximena RincónMinister of Labor and Social Welfare11 May 201518 November 201654Patricia SilvaMinister General Secretariat of the Presidency7 June 201527 June 201555Adriana DelpianoMinister of Education27 June 201511 March 201856Claudia PascualMinister of Women and Gender Equality3 June 201611 March 201857Nivia PalmaMinister of National Assets19 October 201611 March 201858Alejandra KraussMinister of Labor and Social Welfare18 November 201611 March 201859Paula NarváezMinister General Secretariat of Government18 November 201611 March 201860Paola TapiaMinister of Transport and Telecommunications14 March 201711 March 201861Gloria HuttMinister of Transport and Telecommunications11 March 201811 March 2022Sebastián Piñera62Pauline KantorMinister of Sports11 March 201828 October 201963Alejandra PérezMinister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage11 March 20189 August 201864Marcela CubillosMinister for the Environment11 March 20189 August 201865Cecilia PérezMinister General Secretariat of Government11 March 201828 October 201966Susana JiménezMinister of Energy11 March 201812 June 201967Isabel PláMinister of Women and Gender Equality11 March 201813 March 202068Marcela CubillosMinister of Education9 August 201828 February 202069Carolina SchmidtMinister for the Environment9 August 201822 November 202170Consuelo ValdésMinister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage13 August 201811 March 202271María José ZaldívarMinister of Labor and Social Welfare28 October 20197 April 202172Karla RubilarMinister General Secretariat of Government28 October 201928 July 202073Cecilia PérezMinister of Sports28 October 201911 March 202274Carolina Cuevas MerinoMinister of Women and Gender Equality13 March 20206 May 202075Macarena SantelicesMinister of Women and Gender Equality6 May 20209 June 202076Mónica ZalaquettMinister of Women and Gender Equality9 June 202011 March 202277Karla RubilarMinister of Social Development and Family28 July 202011 March 202278María Emilia UndurragaMinister of Agriculture6 January 202111 March 202279Carolina ValdiviaMinister of Foreign Affairs6 February 202211 March 202280Maisa RojasMinister for the Environment11 March 202211 March 2026Gabriel Boric81Antonia OrellanaMinister of Women and Gender Equality11 March 202211 March 202682Julieta BrodskyMinister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage11 March 202210 March 202383Alexandra BenadoMinister of Sports11 March 202210 March 202384María Begoña YarzaMinister of Health11 March 20226 September 202285Jeannette VegaMinister of Social Development and Family11 March 202225 August 202286Camila VallejoMinister General Secretariat of Government11 March 202223 December 202487Izkia SichesMinister of the Interior11 March 20226 September 202288Marcela RíosMinister of Justice and Human Rights11 March 20227 January 202389Antonia UrrejolaMinister of Foreign Affairs11 March 202210 March 202390Marcela HernandoMinister of Mining11 March 202216 August 202391Maya FernándezMinister of National Defense11 March 202210 March 202592Javiera ToroMinister of National Assets11 March 202216 August 202393Jeannette JaraMinister of Labor and Social Welfare11 March 20227 April 202594Paula PobleteMinister of Social Development and Family 25 August 20226 September 202295Ximena AguileraMinister of Health6 September 202211 March 202696Carolina ToháMinister of the Interior6 September 20224 March 202597Ana Lya UriarteMinister General Secretariat of the Presidency6 September 202219 April 202398Silvia DíazMinister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation6 September 202210 March 202399Jessica LópezMinister of Public Works10 March 202311 March 2026100Aisén EtcheverryMinister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation10 March 202322 July 2025101Paula PobleteMinister of Social Development and Family 11 August 202316 August 2023102Marcela SandovalMinister of National Assets16 August 20236 January 2025103Aurora WilliamsMinister of Mining16 August 202311 March 2026104Carolina ArredondoMinister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage16 August 202311 March 2026105Javiera ToroMinister of Social Development and Family 16 August 202311 March 2026106Aisén EtcheverryMinister General Secretariat of Government23 December 20249 July 2025107Macarena LobosMinister General Secretariat of the Presidency4 March 202511 March 2026108Adriana DelpianoMinister of National Defense10 March 202511 March 2026109Camila VallejoMinister General Secretariat of Government9 July 202511 March 2026110Ignacia FernándezMinister of Agriculture21 August 202511 March 2026111Trinidad SteinertMinister of the Interior11 March 202619 May 2026José Antonio Kast112Mara SediniMinister General Secretariat of Government11 March 202619 May 2026113Natalia DucoMinister of Sports11 March 202613 August 2026114María Jesús WulfMinister of Social Development and Family 11 March 2026Incumbent115María Paz ArzolaMinister of Education11 March 2026Incumbent116May ChomalíMinister of Health11 March 2026Incumbent117Catalina ParotMinister of National Assets11 March 2026Incumbent118Ximena RincónMinister of Energy11 March 2026Incumbent119Judith MarínMinister of Women and Gender Equality11 March 2026Incumbent120Ximena LincolaoMinister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation11 March 2026Incumbent

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See also

Women in Chile List of female Chilean presidential candidates

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