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 29 October 1959, along with the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAL).^[1]

Since 11 March 2026, the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare is Tomás Rau. The Undersecretary of Labor is Gustavo Rosende, and the Undersecretary of Social Welfare is María Cabezón.^[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	7 April 2025	Gabriel Boric
Giorgio Boccardo	FA	7 April 2025	11 March 2026	Gabriel Boric
Tomás Rau	Ind.	11 March 2026	Incumbent	José Antonio Kast