Ministry of Economy, Development and Reconstruction (Chile)
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The Ministry for the Economy, Development and Tourism is a Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an state ministry in charge of planning
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 and executing the flow of policies and projects of the Chilean government. The ministry aims to generate feasible and sustainable economic development, with stable progressive equality in the allocation of economic interests. The current Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction is Pablo Longueira
Pablo Longueira
Juan Pablo Longueira Montes in a Chilean right-wing politician, industrial civil engineer and Independent Democrat Union senator . He was previously a deputy . He launched his candidacy for president of Chile on March 30, 2007, but canceled it on May 3, 2007.-External links:* *...

.

History

The groundwork for the ministry were established in the 1930s - a period that saw the creation of the Subsecretary
Undersecretary
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 of Commerce that was dependent on the Ministry of Foreign Relations
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 of that era. But the actual ministry itself was realized in October 1941 as Ministry of Commerce and Supply and by 1942 it was ratified as the Ministry of Economy and Commerce. Subsequently it was renamed to Ministry of Economy (1953–1960) and hitherto the Ministry of Economy, Development and Reconstruction.

Structure

The Ministry for the Economy, Development and Reconstruction is divided into two organizations headed by sub-secretaries:
  • Economy Under-Secretariat
  • Fisheries Under-Secretariat


Government organisations related to, dependent or under supervision of the Ministry of Economy, Development and Reconstruction include:
  • Servicio Nacional de Pesca (SERNAPESCA)
  • Servicio Nacional de Turismo(SERNATUR)
  • Servicio Nacional del Consumidor (SERNAC)
  • Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles (SEC)
  • Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile
    National Statistics Institute (Chile)
    The National Statistics Institute of Chile is a state-run organization of the Government of Chile, created in the second half of the 19th century and tasked with performing a general census of population and housing, then collecting, producing and publishing official demographic statistics of...

     (INE)
  • Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE)
  • Comité de Inversiones Extranjeras
  • Empresa de Abastecimiento de Zonas Aisladas (EMAZA)
  • Sistema de Empresas Públicas (SEP)
  • Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO)
  • Comité de Inversiones Extranjeras CINVER

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