Chilean Cabinet Ministers from Official Sources, 1990-2014

A data set on Chilean ministers between 1990 and 2014 in CSV format. The collection was carried out based on official sources such as archives of Congress and ministries, the National Library, and press archives. It was authored by Bastián González‐Bustamante of the University of Oxford.

Use Cases

• Analyze ministerial tenure and turnover based on the specified 24-year time range.
• Study the composition of Chilean cabinets based on data from official government archives.
• Conduct comparative political analysis using structured data on ministers from a defined historical period.

Strengths

• Data collection is based on official sources including archives of Congress, ministries, and the National Library.
• Covers a significant 24-year period of Chilean political history from 1990 to 2014.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Official sources such as archives of Congress and ministries, the National Library, and press archives.

Collection Method

Data collection was carried out based on the listed official sources.

Time Range

1990-2014

Geography

Chile