Ministry of Mining

Aurora Williams Baussa's portrait
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Aurora Williams Baussa

MINING MINISTER

Aurora Williams Baussa holds a Degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Católica del Norte. She also holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Management from the Universitat de Lleida in Spain. 

She is a member of the Partido Radical (PR), and has more than 30 years of experience in senior executive positions in various companies in northern Chile, in particular in Antofagasta, her hometown. 

In 2014, she was appointed Mining Minister during the second administration of former President Michelle Bachelet, becoming only the second woman to hold the position in the country’s history after Karen Poniachik. 

During the first administration of Michelle Bachelet, she served as Antofagasta Regional Secretary of the Public Works Ministry.

Undersecretaries

Suina Chahuán Kim's portrait

Suina Chahuán Kim

MINING UNDERSECRETARY

Suina Chahuán Kim holds a Degree in Law from the Universidad de Chile, a Diploma in Public Economic Law from the Faculty of Law at the Universidad de Chile and a Diploma in Social Policy from the Faculty of Economics at the same university. 

She has worked as chief of staff in the Economy, Development and Tourism Ministry, and as a legislative advisor in the National Congress, between 2019 and 2022, in the Education Ministry and in the Financial Analysis Unit at the Treasury Ministry. 

She has also worked as an associate lawyer in various institutions. She is an independent.