Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile)

Ministry of the Interior and Public Security

Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública
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Agency overview
Formed	2011
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Chile
Headquarters	Santiago
Ministers responsible	Carolina Tohá, Minister of the Interior and Public Security Manuel Monsalve, Undersecretary of the Interior Francisca Perales, Undersecretary of Regional Development Eduardo Vergara, Undersecretary of Crime Prevention
Child agencies	Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia Carabineros de Chile Investigations Police of Chile ONEMI
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública) is the cabinet-level office of home affairs in Chile, in charge of "maintaining public order, security and social peace" within the country. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling, and informing the domestic policies formulated by the President of Chile. As responsible for local government, the minister supervises all non-elected regional authorities.

Carolina Tohá has served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security since 6 September 2022;^[1]. Her Undersecretary of the Interior is Manuel Monsalve, the Undersecretary of Regional Development is Francisca Perales and the Crime Prevention Undersecretary is Eduardo Vergara. ^[2]

In the absence (because of travel, death, or other impediment) of the president of Chile, the Minister of the Interior becomes "vice president"; however, this is not a true vice presidential position, but rather a position of a designated acting president, as the post of Vice President of Chile has no existence independent from the Ministership of the Interior since 1833.