Since its return to democracy in 1990,Chile has been an active participant in the regional and international arena. Chile assumed a two-year non-permanent position on the UN Security Council in January 2003 and was re-elected to the council in October 2013. It is also an active member of the UN family of agencies,serving as a member of the Commission on Human Rights and participating in UN peacekeeping activities. Chile hosted the second Summit of the Americas in 1998,was the chair of the Rio Group in 2001,hosted the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in 2002,and the APEC summit and related meetings in 2004. In 2005 it hosted the Community of Democracies ministerial conference. It is an associate member of Mercosur and a full member of APEC. The OECD agreed to invite Chile to be among four countries to open discussions in becoming an official member.
Guido Girardi Lavín is a Chilean doctor and politician. He was a senator in district no. 7 for Santiago Poniente. He previously served as the president of that chamber.
The first government of Mariano Rajoy was formed on 22 December 2011,following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 20 December and his swearing-in on 21 December,as a result of the People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2011 Spanish general election. It succeeded the second Zapatero government and was the Government of Spain from 22 December 2011 to 4 November 2016,a total of 1,779 days,or 4 years,10 months and 13 days.
Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler is a Peruvian engineer,academic,politician,and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
Carla Vizzotti is an Argentine physician specialized in vaccine-preventable diseases. She was the Secretary of Health Access and Vice Minister of Health in Argentina's Health Ministry,working under Minister Ginés González García,until February 2021. She served as Minister of Health from 2021 to 2023,following González García's resignation.
The Arce Cabinet constitutes the 222nd cabinet of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was formed on 9 November 2020,one day after Luis Arce was sworn in as the 67th president of Bolivia following the 2020 general election,succeeding the Áñez Cabinet. The cabinet is composed entirely of members of the ruling Movement for Socialism. Described as a "technocratic" cabinet,it has been noted for the low-profile and youth of some of its members as well as its political distance from former president Evo Morales.
Izkia Jasvin Siches Pastén is a Chilean physician and politician,who served in 2022 as Minister of Interior and Public Security for President Gabriel Boric. She was the first woman to hold that position,the second most important in government after the President.
The cabinet of Jeanine Áñez constituted the 220th and 221st cabinets of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was initially formed on 13 November 2019,a day after Jeanine Áñez was sworn-in as the 66th president of Bolivia following the 2019 political crisis,in which the ruling Movement for Socialism government resigned. A second cabinet was formed on 28 January 2020 with all but three ministers being ratified in their positions.
Rodrigo Javier Delgado Mocarquer is a Chilean psychologist and politician,member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party. From November 4,2020 until 11 March 2022,he served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile,under the second administration of Sebastián Piñera.
Víctor Claudio JoséPérez Varela is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was Minister of Defense during the second government of the President Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
Tania Isabel Madriaga Flores is a Chilean politician,sociologist and former member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Luis Antonio Belisario Velasco Baraona was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as Minister of the Interior during the first government of Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010).
Pablo Esteban Badenier Martínez is a Chilean biochemical engineer and politician who was minister of the second government of Michelle Bachelet (2014−2018).
Adrián Rubén Quelca Tarqui is a Bolivian politician,professor,and trade unionist who served as minister of education from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Communist Party,Quelca worked to implement a project for a "semi-present" school system in which partial in-person learning would be coupled with radio and tele-education. Under his management,schools previously closed early by the past administration were reopened to blended learning for the 2021 year. Despite initial hopes for fully in-person classes by the second half of the year,results never panned out,and his administration was hampered by an ongoing corruption investigation that ultimately culminated in the presentation of charges and his resignation on 12 November 2021.
Jorge Insunza Gregorio de Las Heras is a Chilean politician and lobbyist. He was minister during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.
Javier Naranjo Solano is a Chilean lawyer and former Minister for the Environment.
Pablo Andrés Gómez Niada is a Chilean lawyer who served as a prosecutor of the Soquimich (SQM) mega-corruption case from 2015 to 2018.
Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7,2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion,in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.
