History
During the first days of the independence movements, the senior "secretary" of the respective Junta would function as the Secretary of Government. The office officially first came to be on October 27, 1812, when it was one of the two secretariats created by the Constitutional Norms approved on that date. It was then named Secretariat of the Interior. It was abolished in 1814 by the Spanish authorities when, after the Battle of Rancagua, they re-asserted royal power.
In 1818, after independence, the secretariat was re-established, but this time as a "Ministry of Government" (1817-1818) later renamed "Ministry of the Interior and Foreign Affairs" (1829-1871). During this period, its functions normally subsumed the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was separated as an independent government administration in 1871. This ministry has undergone several reorganizations during its long history, reflected in its different names:
- Ministry of Government (1817-1818)
- Ministry of Government and Foreign Affairs (1818-1829)
- Ministry of the Interior and Foreign Affairs (1829-1871)
- Ministry of the Interior (1871 - 2011)
- Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (2011–present)
The function of chief of government was un-officially assumed by the Minister of the Interior and Public Security (1891-1925).
Read more about this topic: Ministry Of The Interior And Public Security (Chile)
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