The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining public order, security and social peace" within Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling, and informing the domestic policies formulated by the President of Chile. As responsible for local government, the minister supervises all ...
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The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública) is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining public order, security and social peace" within Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling, and informing the domestic policies formulated by the President of Chile. As responsible for local government, the minister supervises all non-elected regional authorities.
The present Minister of the Interior is Rodrigo Hinzpeter (as of March 11, 2010). His Undersecretary of the Interior is Rodrigo Ubilla Mackenney and the Undersecretary of Regional Development is Miguel Flores Vargas. In the absence (because of travel, death, or other impediment) of the President of Chile, the Minister of the Interior becomes Vice-President.
During the first days of the independence movements, the senior "secretary" of the respective Junta would function as the Secretary of Government. The...
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