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Ministry Of National Defense (Chile)
The Ministry of National Defense () 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 Military of Chile, Chilean armed forces. It is Chile's ministry of defence. History During the first days of the independence movements, the senior "secretary" of the respective List of Government Juntas of Chile, Junta would function as the ''Secretary of Government'' with administrative power over the army. The office officially first came to be on 17 March 1814, when then Supreme Director Francisco de la Lastra dictated the Constitutional Norms approved on that date. It was then named ''Secretariat of War''. It was abolished the same year by the Spanish authorities when, after the Battle of Rancagua, they re-asserted royal power. On 23 October ...
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Government Of Chile
Chile's government is a Representative democracy, representative democratic republic, in which the President of Chile serves as both head of state and head of government, within a formal multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and their cabinet. Legislative power is vested in both the Forms of government, government and the two chambers of the National Congress of Chile, National Congress. The judiciary operates independently of both the executive and legislative branches. The Chilean Constitution of 1980, Constitution of Chile was approved in a national 1980 Chilean constitutional referendum, plebiscite in September 1980, during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and came into effect in March 1981. After Pinochet was voted out of office in 1988 Chilean presidential referendum, 1988, the Constitution was amended 1989 Chilean constitutional referendum, the following year to simplify the process for future amendments. In September 2006, Pr ...
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Mariano Egaña
Mariano Egaña Fabres (Santiago, 1793 – Santiago, 1846) was a Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...an lawyer, conservative politician and the main writer of the Chilean Constitution of 1833. Politicians from Santiago, Chile 1793 births 1846 deaths Chilean scholars of constitutional law Viceroyalty of Peru people {{chile-academic-bio-stub ...
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Government Junta Of Chile (1823)
This is a list of the Military junta, Government Juntas that have ruled Chile as an Executive (government), executive government, since its independence: * Government Junta of Chile (1810), Government Junta of the Kingdom of Chile (1810), also known as the ''First Junta'' * Government Junta of Chile (August 1811), Government Junta of Chile (August, 1811), also known as the ''Executive Junta'' or ''Second Junta'' * Government Junta of Chile (September 1811), Government Junta of Chile (September, 1811), also known as the ''Superior Junta'' or ''Third Junta'' * Government Junta of Chile (November 1811), Government Junta of Chile (November, 1811), also known as the ''Provisional Junta'' or ''Fourth Junta'' * Government Junta of Chile (December 1811), Government Junta of Chile (December, 1811), also known as the ''December Junta'' or ''Fifth Junta'' * Government Junta of Chile (April 1812), Government Junta of Chile (April, 1812), also known as the ''Superior Governmental Junta'' or ...
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Agustín Vial
Agustín is a Spanish given name and sometimes a surname. It is related to Augustín. People with the name include: Given name * Agustín Adorni (born 1990), Argentine footballer * Agustín Allione (born 1994), Argentine footballer * Agustín Almendra (born 2000), Argentine footballer * Agustín Auzmendi (born 1997), Argentine footballer * Agustín Bouzat (born 1994), Argentine footballer * Agustín Calleri (born 1976), Argentine tennis player * Agustín Canapino (born 1990), Argentine racing driver * Agustín Cañete (1844–1902), Paraguayan politician and military officer * Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), Afro-Cuban sculptor * Agustín Cejas (1945–2015), Argentine footballer * Agustín de Iturbide (1783–1824), First Emperor of Mexico * Agustín de Rojas Villandrando (1572–1618), Spanish writer and actor * Agustín Destribats (born 1997), Argentine freestyle wrestler * Agustín Díaz (born 1988), Argentine footballer * Agustín Escobar (died 2025), Sp ...
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Fernando Elizalde
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey". Given name * Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon A * Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete * Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter * Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer * Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver * Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer * Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter * Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist * Fernando de Araújo (other), multiple people B * Fernando Balzaretti (1946–1998), Mexican actor * Fernando Barrichello (born 2005), Brazilian racing driver * Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican president of the supreme court * Fernando Boter ...
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Joaquín Echeverría
Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) (Joaquín Rodríguez Espinar), Spanish football forward * Joaquín Almunia, Spanish politician * Joaquín Andújar, professional baseball player in the Houston Astros organization * Joaquín Arias, professional baseball player in the San Francisco Giants organization * Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic * Joaquín Barañao (born 1982), Chilean writer and podcaster * Joaquín Belgrano, Argentine patriot * Joaquín Benoit, professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres * Joaquin Castro, American politician from San Antonio, Texas * Joaquín Correa, Argentine football forward * Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer * Joaquín De Luz, Spanish N ...
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José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea
José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea (August 6, 1779 – June 3, 1841) was a Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...an politician. 1779 births 1841 deaths Members of the Senate of Chile {{Chile-Senator-stub ...
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Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque people, Basque-Spanish people, Spanish and Irish people, Irish ancestry. Although he was the second List of presidents of Chile, Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state. He was Captain general, Captain General of the Chilean Army, Brigadier general, Brigadier of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, General officer, General Officer of Gran Colombia and Grand Marshal of Peru. Early life Bernardo O'Higgins, a member of the O'Higgins family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the Legitimacy (family law), illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, a Spanish officer born in County Sligo, Ireland, who be ...
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José Ignacio Zenteno
José Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo y Silva (July 28, 1786 – July 16, 1847), was a Chilean soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. Zenteno was born in Santiago, the son of Antonio Zenteno y Bustamante and of Victoria del Pozo y Silva. He completed his studies at the Colegio Carolino, and took part in the movement for independence from the very beginning. In 1814, he became the secretary of Supreme Director Francisco de la Lastra, and was forced after the defeat of Rancagua, together with other patriots, to emigrate to Mendoza, Argentina, where, soon after his arrival, he was appointed secretary of the treasury of that province. There he befriended General José de San Martín, of whom became one of his principal assessors. He formed part of the liberating army of Chile, and made the campaigns of 1817 and 1818, taking part in the battles of Cancha Rayada and Maipu. He was named Governor of Valparaíso and when General Bernardo O'Higgins was elected S ...
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