Ministry for the Environment (Chile)

The Ministry of Environment (Spanish: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente) is a ministry of the State of Chile that is in charge of collaborating with the President of the Republic in the design and application of policies, plans and programs in environmental matters, as well as in the protection and conservation of biological diversity and of renewable and hydric natural resources, promoting sustainable development, the integrity of the environmental policy and its normative regulation.

This ministry was created in January 2010 to replace the National Environment Commission (Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA).

The highest position of that Secretariat was held in all the period by Rafael Asenjo.

In 2007, it was created the position of President of the National Environmental Commission, granting him the rank of Minister of State.

Thus, Ana Lya Uriarte was the first Minister President of that Commission.