Chile's first woman president has enjoyed the highest public support as against three of her immediate predecessors, according to the country's latest public opinion poll conducted by Adimark. Michelle Bachelet's 73-percent support rate, the highest posted since she took office in March 2006, was higher than that garnered by her cabinet members and that by her government. The poll result, released on Tuesday, showed the Chilean government had an approval rate of 57 percent from the public. Of cabinet ministers, the highest approval rate went to Treasury Minister Andres Velasco with 64 percent and the lowest was pinned to Health Minister Alvaro Erazo with 29 percent. Defense Minister Francisco Vidal came second among the ministers with a 52-percent support rate, while the second from bottom was Education Minister Monica Jimenez with 33 percent of support. Compared with the previous poll, Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma lost 9 percent of approval to drop to 39 percent from 48 percent, due to the parliamentary hearings he was going through in the Senate. Adimark conducted the poll between Aug. 3 and Aug. 27 by telephoning 1,109 people in the main cities of the country. The poll has an error margin of 3 percent. 