National Environment Commission (Chile)

The National Environment Commission (Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Conama) was created on 9 March 1994 after the releasing of the Law N°19,300 under the government of Patricio Aylwin. Its first CEO was José Goñi.

On 1 October 2010, President Sebastián Piñera transformed the commission in the Ministry for the Environment.