41 Chilean Ministers of Finance

Luis Aldunate Carrera was a Chilean lawyer who served as minister of finance (1881–1882) and minister of foreign affairs (1882–1884). He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile (1876–1885) and Senate of Chile (1885–1891).

Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador Allende. He was the son of Arturo Alessandri, who was president from 1920 to 1925 and again from 1932 to 1938.

Alberto Arenas de Mesa is a Chilean economist, academic, and Socialist politician. He was Chile's Minister of Finance, under the second government of President Michelle Bachelet (2014–2015).

Ramón Barros Luco was President of Chile between 1910 and 1915.

Ventura Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a Chilean political figure.

Ignacio Briones Rojas is a Chilean economist, scholar and politician who served as Minister of Finance in the second government of Sebastián Piñera from 2019 until 2021. Prior to this appointment, Ignacio served as Dean of the School of Government of Adolfo Ibáñez University.

Hernán Alberto Büchi Buc is a Chilean economist who served as minister of finance of the Pinochet government. In 1989 he ran unsuccessfully for president with support of Chilean right-wing parties.

Sergio de Castro Spikula is a Chilean economist who served the military junta headed by Augusto Pinochet as economy and finance minister. De Castro was one of the Chicago boys, trained in economics at the University of Chicago. Sergio de Castro is one of the authors of the influential text known as El ladrillo, writing its prologue.

José Alfonso Cavada was Chilean minister of foreign affairs (1876–1878) and finance (1880–1881). He was twice President of the Supreme Court of Chile.

Rodrigo Andrés Cerda Norambuena is a Chilean economist and politician. Between March 2018 and December 2019, he served as Budget Director. He currently serves as Minister of Finance under the second government of Sebastián Piñera.

Melchor de Concha y Toro was a Chilean businessman, lawyer, and politician, and the Marquis of Casa Concha by the Spanish Crown.

Ricardo Cruzat Hurtado (1845–1905) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was minister of foreign affairs (1891) under President Jose Manuel Balmaceda and minister of finance (1902–1903). He was a member of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies from 1894–1897.

Luis Alberto Edwards Vives was a Chilean historian, nationalist politician and lawyer. He was a member of the influential Edwards family. His most famous work was La fronda aristocrática en Chile (1928). This analyzed the history of Chile in the 19th century as a conflict between the authoritarian state and the aristocracy.

Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán is a Chilean economist, and the former Minister of Education of his country. Previously, he was Chile's Minister of Finance between 2000 and 2006. He is the son of architect Joaquín Eyzaguirre and actress Delfina Guzmán.

Alejandro Tomás Foxley Rioseco is a Chilean economist and politician. He was the Foreign Minister of Chile from 2006 to 2009 and previously served as Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1994 and leader of the Christian Democrat Party from 1994 to 1996.

General José Francisco Gana López was a Chilean military and political figure, who took part in the Peruvian War of Independence. José Francisco Gana was of Basque descent.

Pedro Nolasco Gandarillas Luco was a Chilean politician. He was born in Santiago. He was a graduate of the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. He served in the Government of Chile under Presidents Domingo Santa Maria and José Manuel Balmaceda.

José Miguel Infante y Rojas was a Chilean statesman and political figure. He served several times as deputy and minister, and was the force behind the Federalist movement in that country.

Felipe Larraín Bascuñán is a Chilean economist, scholar and former Minister of Finance under President Sebastián Piñera from 2010 until 2014 and again from 2018 until 2019.

José Victorino Lastarria was a Chilean writer, legislative deputy, senator, diplomat, and finance minister.

Rolf Lüders Schwarzenberg is a Chilean economist, entrepreneur, scholar and politician, former Minister of State of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He is son of Jürgen Lüders, leading mountaineer of the Club Alemán Andino.

Augusto Matte Pérez was a Chilean politician, lawyer, diplomat, and a member of the influential Matte family. He was Minister of Finance and briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs (1888) of Chile.

Juan Francisco Meneses Echanes was a Chilean priest and political figure.

Pedro Elías Pablo Montt Montt was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile from 1906 to his death from a probable stroke in 1910. His government furthered railroad and manufacturing activities but ignored pressing social and labour problems.

Vice Admiral Francisco Nef Jara was a Chilean naval officer and member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile between 1924 and 1925.

Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Lopetegui was a Chilean politician and journalist.

Edmundo Pérez Zujovic was a Chilean politician of the Christian Democrat Party. He was Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Finance under the government of President Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964–1970).

José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1861 and 1871.

Jorge Prat Echaurren was a Chilean nationalist politician. Prat was a leading figure on the far right of Chilean politics for several decades, although he also served a brief spell as a cabinet minister in the 1950s.

Manuel Rengifo Cardenas was a Chilean politician.

Manuel Xavier Rodríguez Erdoíza was a Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Rodríguez was of Basque descent.

Francisco Antonio Pascual de la Ascensión Ruiz de Tagle y Portales was a Chilean political figure. In 1830, he was briefly president of the country as Provisional President of Republic of Chile elected by Congress.

Raúl Sáez Sáez was a Chilean civil engineer. He served as Minister of Finance in Chile in 1968, and as Minister of Economic Coordination under the military junta from 1974 to 1975.

Domingo Santa María González was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1881 and 1886.

Rafael Segundo Sotomayor Gaete was a Chilean politician and several times minister.

Joaquín Tocornal Jiménez (1788–1865) was a Chilean political figure. He served several times as minister, and participated actively in the war of independence in that country.

Rodrigo Osvaldo Valdés Pulido is a Chilean economist and politician who served as minister of finance from May 11, 2015 to August 31, 2017 under president Michelle Bachelet.

Andrés Velasco Brañes is a Chilean economist and professor who served as Minister of Finance in the first government of President Michelle Bachelet from March 2006 to March 2010. He is currently the Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics.

Manuel Camilo Agustín Vial Formas was a Chilean political figure and conservative politician. He served several times as minister.

Hipólito de Villegas y Fernández Manzanares was a Chilean political figure, who participated actively in the war of independence in that country, and served as its first Minister of Finance.

José Andrés Rafael Zaldívar Larraín, popularly known as El Chico Zaldívar, is a prominent Chilean Christian Democrat politician. Andrés Zaldívar is of Basque descent.