Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Chile)

The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Spanish: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social) is a government ministry in Chile. It was established during the government of President Jorge Alessandri through Decree with the Force of Law No. 25, published in the Official Gazette on October 29, 1959, along with the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAL).^[1]

Since March 11, 2022, the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare is Jeannette Jara. The Undersecretary of Labor is Giorgio Boccardo, and the Undersecretary of Social Welfare is Claudio Reyes.^[2]

List of ministers (2010-present)

	Minister	Party	Term start	Term end	President
	Camila Merino	Evópoli	11 March 2010	16 January 2011	Sebastián Piñera
	Evelyn Matthei	UDI	16 January 2011	24 July 2013	Sebastián Piñera
	Juan Carlos Jobet	RN	24 July 2013	11 March 2014	Sebastián Piñera
	Javiera Blanco	Ind. DC	11 March 2014	11 May 2015	Michelle Bachelet
	Ximena Rincón	DC	11 May 2015	16 November 2016	Michelle Bachelet
	Alejandra Krauss	DC	16 November 2016	11 March 2018	Sebastián Piñera
	Nicolás Monckeberg	RN	11 March 2018	28 October 2019	Sebastián Piñera
	María José Zaldívar	Independent	28 October 2019	7 April 2021	Sebastián Piñera
	Patricio Melero	UDI	7 April 2021	11 March 2022	Sebastián Piñera
	Jeannette Jara	PCCh	11 March 2022	Incumbent	Gabriel Boric