UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF
FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF
THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Includes
the free translation of a letter sent by SQM to the Superintendent of Securities
and Insurance (Superintendente de Valores y Seguros) in Chile, on May 23, 2008,
regarding the Company’s Board of Directors.
SOCIEDAD
QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CHEMICAL
AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE INC.
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
El
Trovador 4285, Santiago, Chile (562) 425-2000
(Address
and phone number of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
If
"Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82_________
May
23,
2008
Mr.
Guillermo Larraín R.
Superintendent
Superintendence
of Securities and Insurance
Avda.
Bernardo O’Higgins 1449
Santiago
Dear
Mr.
Superintendent,
We
hereby
inform you that the members of the Board of Directors of Sociedad Química y
Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) present at Board Meeting No. 605, held on May 20,
2008, voted unanimously to do the following: (i) appoint Mr. Julio Ponce Lerou
as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SQM; (ii) appoint Mr. Wayne R. Brownlee
as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of SQM; and (iii) appoint Messrs.
Hernán Büchi Buc, Eduardo Novoa Castellón and Daniel Yarur Elsaca as the members
of the SQM’s Directors’ Committee.
We
remain
at your disposal to clarify any additional matters that you may deem relevant
in
relation to the above.
Very
truly yours,
Sociedad
Química y Minera de Chile S.A.
Conf:
/s/
Patricio Contesse G.
Chief
Executive Officer
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
SOCIEDAD
QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.
Conf:
/s/
Ricardo Ramos R.
Ricardo
Ramos R.
Chief
Financial Officer
Date:
May
23,
2008