Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Chile)

Álvaro Elizalde, the Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency since 19 April 2023.
Logo of the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency

The Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia) is the cabinet-level administrative office (equivalent to the president's Chief of Staff) which serves in an advisory role to the President of Chile and her or his ministers in the governments' relations with the National Congress of Chile, the development of the legislative agenda, and keeping track of the bills and other legislative activity in Congress as they pertain to the government.[1]

The ministry was created in 1990 during the government of Patricio Aylwin,[1] and the first appointee and longest-serving Minister so far was Edgardo Boeninger Kausel.

The Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency is Álvaro Elizalde, who was appointed by President Gabriel Boric on 19 April 2023.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Law)" (in Spanish). Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia". www.gob.cl. 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ^ Brown, Martín; Caro, Isabel (19 April 2023). "Del Senado al gabinete: Boric apuesta por Álvaro Elizalde para reemplazar a ministra Uriarte en la Segpres" [From Senate to cabinet: Boric bets on Álvaro Elizalde to replace minister Uriarte at Segpres]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Grupo Copesa. Retrieved 19 April 2023.