Politics of Chile Politics of Chile Chile's government is a representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binomialism. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Congress. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature of Chile. The Constitution of Chile was approved in a national plebiscite in September 1980, under the military government of dictator Augusto Pinochet. It entered into
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile () is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the foreign policy formulated by the President of Chile. It is located in the "José Miguel Carrera" building at Plaza de la Constitución ("Constitution Square"), in downtown Santiago. The present Minister of Foreign Affairs (who is also known colloquially as "Chancellor") is Roberto Ampuero. The office was first organized in 1812, during the War of Independence, under the name of Foreign Affairs Secretariat. It was abolished in 1814, after the Battle of