The Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Spanish : Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo, MINVU) is an institution in charge of the planning, development and urbanization of inhabited or habitable spaces in Chile.
Its current minister is Carlos Montes. [1]
| Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Modesto Collados | Independent | 16 December 1965 | 10 August 1966 | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
 | Juan Hamilton | DC | 10 August 1966 | 9 October 1968 | |
| Andrés Donoso Larraín | DC | 9 October 1968 | 3 November 1970 | ||
| Carlos Cortés Díaz | PS | 3 November 1970 | 17 September 1971 | Salvador Allende | |
| Julio Benítez Castillo | Independent | 17 September 1971 | 28 January 1972 | ||
| Orlando Cantuarias | Independent | 28 January 1972 | 17 June 1972 | ||
| Luis Matte Valdés | Independent | 17 June 1972 | 9 August 1973 | ||
| Aníbal Palma | Radical Party | 9 August 1973 | 28 August 1973 | ||
 | Pedro Felipe Ramírez | Christian Left | 28 August 1973 | 11 September 1973 | |
| Arturo Vivero Ávila | Military | 12 September 1973 | 11 July 1974 | Augusto Pinochet | |
| Arturo Troncoso Daroch | Military | 12 July 1974 | 14 April 1975 | ||
| Carlos Granifo Harms | Military | 14 April 1975 | 11 March 1977 | ||
| Luis Edmundo Ruiz Undurraga | Military | 11 March 1977 | 26 December 1978 | ||
| Jaime Estrada Leigh | Independent | 26 December 1978 | 22 April 1982 | ||
| Roberto Guillard Marinot | Independent | 22 April 1982 | 10 August 1983 | ||
| | Modesto Collado | Independent | 10 August 1983 | 2 April 1984 | |
 | Miguel Ángel Poduje | Independent | 2 April 1984 | 21 October 1988 | |
| Gustavo Montero Saavedra | Independent | 21 October 1988 | 11 March 1990 | ||
| Alberto Etchegaray Aubry | Independent | 11 March 1990 | 11 March 1994 | Patricio Aylwin | |
| Edmundo Hermosilla | DC | 11 March 1994 | 24 July 1997 | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle | |
| Sergio Henríquez | Independent | 24 March 1997 | 11 March 2000 | ||
 | Claudio Orrego | DC | 11 March 2000 | 29 September 2000 | Ricardo Lagos |
 | Jaime Ravinet | DC | 29 December 2000 | 29 September 2004 | |
 | Sonia Tschorne | PS | 29 September 2004 | 11 March 2006 | |
 | Patricia Poblete | DC | 11 March 2006 | 11 March 2010 | Michelle Bachelet |
 | Magdalena Matte | UDI | 11 March 2010 | 19 April 2011 | Sebastián Piñera |
 | Rodrigo Pérez Mackenna | UDI | 19 April 2011 | 11 March 2014 | |
 | Paulina Saball | PPD | 11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | Michelle Bachelet |
 | Cristián Monckeberg | RN | 11 March 2018 | 4 June 2020 | Sebastián Piñera |
 | Felipe Ward | UDI | 4 June 2020 | 11 March 2022 | |
| Carlos Montes Cisternas | 11 March 2022 | Incumbent | Gabriel Boric |
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