Overview
- Economist Jorge Quiroz was named finance minister after advising Kast’s program, advocating deregulation, lower corporate taxes and fiscal adjustments.
- Fernando Barros will lead defense and Fernando Rabat will head justice and human rights, prompting objections from victims’ families because both previously defended Augusto Pinochet.
- Business figures feature prominently, including longtime Luksic group executive Francisco Pérez Mackenna as foreign minister, with 16 of 24 ministers unaffiliated with political parties.
- Career prosecutor Trinidad Steinert will run the Public Security ministry, reflecting Kast’s pledge to prioritize crime reduction.
- Daniel Mas will oversee mining and economic development in a country that leads global copper production and ranks second in lithium, with the cabinet set to take office on March 11.