The Ministry of Agriculture (Spanish : Ministerio de Agricultura) is an institution in charge of the agriculture and livestock in Chile. [1] It was created in 1924 under the name of Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Colonization; its current name was established in 1930.
Since August 2025, Ignacia Fernández Gatica is the current minister.
Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | President | |
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Hugo Trivelli | DC | 3 November 1964 | 3 November 1970 | Eduardo Frei Montalva | |
![]() | Jacques Chonchol | MAPU | 3 November 1970 | 2 November 1972 | Salvador Allende |
Rolando Calderón | PS | 2 November 1972 | 27 January 1973 | ||
Pedro Hidalgo Ramírez | PS | 27 January 1973 | 3 June 1973 | ||
Ernesto Torrealba | PS | 5 July 1973 | 13 July 1973 | ||
![]() | Jaime Tohá González | Independent | 13 June 1973 | 11 September 1973 | |
Sergio Crespo Moreno | Militar | 12 September 1973 | 11 July 1974 | Augusto Pinochet | |
Tucapel Vallejos | Militar | 11 July 1974 | 12 July 1976 | ||
Mario McKay | Militar | 12 July 1976 | 20 April 1978 | ||
![]() | Alfonso Márquez de la Plata | Independent | 20 April 1978 | 29 December 1980 | |
José Luis Toro Hevia | Militar | 29 December 1980 | 22 April 1982 | ||
Jorge Prado Aranguiz | Independent | 22 April 1982 | 6 October 1988 | ||
Jaime de la Sotta | Independent | 6 October 1988 | 5 June 1989 | ||
Juan Ignacio Domínguez | Independent | 5 June 1989 | 11 March 1990 | ||
![]() | Juan Agustín Figueroa | PR | 11 March 1990 | 11 March 1994 | Patricio Aylwin |
![]() | Emiliano Ortega | DC | 11 March 1994 | 28 September 1996 | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle |
![]() | Carlos Mldinic | DC | 28 September 1996 | 22 June 1999 | |
![]() | Ángel Sartori Arellano | DC | 21 October 1988 | 11 March 1990 | |
![]() | Jaime Campos | PRSD | 11 March 2000 | 11 March 2006 | Ricardo Lagos |
![]() | Álvaro Rojas | DC | 11 March 2006 | 10 January 2008 | Michelle Bachelet |
| Marigen Hornkohl | DC | 10 January 2008 | 11 March 2010 | |
![]() | José Antonio Galilea | RN | 11 March 2010 | 29 December 2011 | Sebastián Piñera |
![]() | Luis Mayol | RN | 29 December 2011 | 11 March 2014 | |
![]() | Carlos Furche | PS | 11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | Michelle Bachelet |
![]() | Antonio Walker | Independent | 11 March 2018 | 6 January 2021 | Sebastián Piñera |
![]() | María Emilia Undurraga | Evópoli | 6 January 2021 | 11 March 2022 | |
![]() | Esteban Valenzuela | FREVS | 11 March 2022 | 21 August 2025 | Gabriel Boric |
Ignacia Fernández | PS | 21 August 2025 | Incumbent |