Ministry of National Defense (Chile)

Ministry of National Defense

Ministerio de Defensa Nacional
Logo of the Ministry of National Defense
Flag of the Ministry of National Defense
Ministry headquarters
Agency overview
Formed	1932
Preceding agencies	• Ministry of War and Navy (1818–1924) • Ministry of War (1924–1927,1927–1932) • Ministry of Navy (1924–1927,1927–1932) • Ministry of National Defense (1927) • Ministry of War and Aviation (1932)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Chile
Headquarters	Zenteno 45 (esquina Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins) Santiago
Ministers responsible	Maya Fernández, Minister of National Defense Cristián de la Maza Riquelme, Undersecretary of Defense Alfonso Vargas Lyng, Undersecretary of the Armed Forces
Child agency	National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE)
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

The Ministry of National Defense (Spanish: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining the independence and sovereignty" of Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the defense policies formulated by the President of Chile. The minister supervises all the Chilean armed forces. It is Chile's ministry of defence.