President of Chile
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President of
Chile

Seal of the President of Chile
Incumbent:
Michelle Bachelet
Term length Four years, not eligible for re-election immediately
Inaugural Mateo de Toro y Zambrano
Formation
Website www.gobiernodechile.cl/
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The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. Under the current constitution (1980), the President is elected by popular vote to serve for a period of four years, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. This is not unique: France reduced its presidential terms in 2002, from seven to five years, for the same reason.

The official seat of the President of Chile is the Palacio de La Moneda in the capital Santiago.

Contents

List of Presidents

Patria Vieja (1810-1814)

Name Took Office Left Office Notes
Presidents of the Government Juntas during the Patria Vieja
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano 18 September 1810 † 26 February 1811 President of the Governmental Junta of the Kingdom
Juan Martínez de Rozas 27 February 1811 2 April 1811 Interim President of the Governmental Junta
Fernando Márquez de la Plata 2 April 1811 17 May 1811 President of the Governmental Junta of the Kingdom
Juan Martínez de Rozas 17 May 1811 4 July 1811 President of the Superior Government Junta
Juan Antonio Ovalle 4 July 1811 11 August 1811 President of the First National Congress
Martín Calvo Encalada 11 August 1811 4 September 1811 President of the Provisional Executive Authority
Juan Martínez de Rozas 4 September 1811 15 November 1811 President of the Superior Government Junta
José Miguel Carrera 15 November 1811 13 December 1811 President of the Provisional Government Junta of 1811
José Santiago Portales 13 December 1811 8 January 1812
José Miguel Carrera 8 January 1812 3 November 1812
Pedro José Prado Jaraquemada 3 November 1812 6 December 1812 President of the Superior Governmental Junta of 1812
José Miguel Carrera 6 December 1812 13 April 1813
Francisco Antonio Pérez 13 April 1813 23 August 1813 President of the Superior Governmental Junta of 1813
José Miguel Infante 23 August 1813 10 January 1814
Agustín Manuel Eyzaguirre Arechavala 11 January 1814 7 March 1814
Supreme Directors
Antonio José de Irisarri 7 March 1814 14 March 1814 Interim Supreme Director
Francisco de la Lastra 14 March 1814 23 July 1814 1
Presidents of the Government Juntas
José Miguel Carrera 23 July 1814 2 October 1814 President of the Superior Governmental Junta of 1814
Between 1814 and 1817, the country was under Spanish control (Reconquista)

Patria Nueva (1817-1829)

Name Took Office Left Office Notes Order
Supreme Directors after Independence
Bernardo O'Higgins 16 February 1817 28 January 1823 2
Agustín Manuel Eyzaguirre Arechavala 28 January 1823 29 March 1823 President of the Government Junta
Congreso de Plenipotenciarios 29 March 1823 5 April 1823 Provisional triumvirate of the three provinces
Ramón Freire Serrano 5 April 1823 13 August 1823 Interim Supreme Director
Diego José Benavente 13 August 1823 2 September 1823 Acting Supreme Director
Ramón Freire Serrano 2 September 1823 9 July 1826 3
Presidents
Manuel Blanco Encalada 9 July 1826 9 September 1826 Provisional President 1
Agustín Manuel Eyzaguirre Arechavala 9 September 1826 25 January 1827 Vice President
Ramón Freire Serrano 25 January 1827 15 February 1827 Provisional President 2
Ramón Freire Serrano 15 February 1827 8 May 1827
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz 8 May 1827 14 July 1829 Vice President
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín 14 July 1829 19 October 1829 President Delegate
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz 19 October 1829 2 November 1829 3
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín 2 November 1829 7 December 1829 Vice President
Acephalous executive 7 December 1829 24 December 1829

Republic (1829-Present)

Name Took Office Left Office Notes Order
José Tomás Ovalle Bezanilla 24 December 1829 18 February 1830 President of the Government Junta
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales 18 February 1830 1 April 1830 Provisional President
José Tomás Ovalle Bezanilla 1 April 1830 8 March 1831 Vice President
Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate 8 March 1831 18 September 1831 Provisional President
José Joaquín Prieto Vial 18 September 1831 18 September 1841 4
Manuel Bulnes Prieto 18 September 1841 18 September 1851 5
Manuel Montt Torres 18 September 1851 18 September 1861 6
José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano 18 September 1861 18 September 1871 7
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu 18 September 1871 18 September 1876 8
Aníbal Pinto Garmendia 18 September 1876 18 September 1881 9
Domingo Santa María González 18 September 1881 18 September 1886 10
José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández 18 September 1886 29 August 1891 11
Manuel Baquedano González 29 August 1891 31 August 1891 Chief of Government
Jorge Montt Álvarez 31 August 1891 26 December 1891 President of the Government Junta
Jorge Montt Álvarez 26 December 1891 18 September 1896 12
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren 18 September 1896 † 12 July 1901 13
Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu 12 July 1901 18 September 1901 Vice President
Germán Riesco Errázuriz 18 September 1901 18 September 1906 14
Pedro Montt Montt 18 September 1906 † 16 August 1910 15
Elías Fernández Albano 16 August 1910 † 6 September 1910 Vice President
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín 6 September 1910 23 December 1910 Vice President
Ramón Barros Luco 23 December 1910 23 December 1915 16
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui 23 December 1915 23 December 1920 17
Arturo Alessandri Palma 23 December 1920 11 September 1924 18
Luis Altamirano Talavera 11 September 1924 23 January 1925 President of the Government Junta
Pedro Dartnell 23 January 1925 27 January 1925 President of the Government Junta
Emilio Bello Codecido 27 January 1925 20 March 1925
Arturo Alessandri Palma 20 March 1925 1 October 1925 Reasumed as President
Luis Barros Borgoño 1 October 1925 23 December 1925 Vice President
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín 23 December 1925 10 May 1927 19
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 10 May 1927 21 July 1927 Vice President
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 21 July 1927 26 July 1931 20
Pedro Opazo Letelier 26 July 1931 27 July 1931 Vice President
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez 27 July 1931 3 September 1931 Vice President
Manuel Trucco Franzani 3 September 1931 15 November 1931 Vice President
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez 15 November 1931 4 December 1931 Vice President
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez 4 December 1931 4 June 1932 21
Arturo Puga 4 June 1932 13 June 1932 President of the Government Junta of the Socialist Republic of Chile
Arturo Puga 13 June 1932 16 June 1932
Carlos Dávila Espinoza 16 June 1932 8 July 1932
Carlos Dávila Espinoza 8 July 1932 13 September 1932 Provisional President of the Socialist Republic of Chile
Bartolomé Blanche Espejo 13 September 1932 2 October 1932
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia 2 October 1932 24 December 1932 Vice President
Arturo Alessandri Palma 24 December 1932 24 December 1938 22
Pedro Aguirre Cerda 24 December 1938 † 25 November 1941 23
Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia 25 November 1941 2 April 1942 Vice President
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales 2 April 1942 † 27 June 1946 24
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez 27 June 1946 3 August 1946 Vice President
Vicente Merino Bielich 3 August 1946 13 August 1946 Vice President
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez 13 August 1946 17 October 1946 Vice President
Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas 17 October 1946 3 November 1946 Vice President
Gabriel González Videla 3 November 1946 3 November 1952 25
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 3 November 1952 3 November 1958 26
Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez 3 November 1958 3 November 1964 27
Eduardo Frei Montalva 3 November 1964 3 November 1970 28
Salvador Allende Gossens 3 November 1970 † 11 September 1973 29
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte 11 September 1973 27 June 1974 Chairman of Government Junta
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte 27 June 1974 17 December 1974 Supreme Chief of the Nation
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte 17 December 1974 11 March 1990 30
Patricio Aylwin Azócar 11 March 1990 11 March 1994 31
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 11 March 1994 11 March 2000 32
Ricardo Lagos Escobar 11 March 2000 11 March 2006 33
Michelle Bachelet Jeria 11 March 2006 Incumbent, term expected to end on 11 March 2010 34

Note: In bold, effectively held the seat of President or Supreme Director. In italics, held the seat in an interim manner or temporarily due to vacancy. † means date of death of the seat-holder.

Last election

e•d Chilean presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties Votes 1st rnd. % Votes run-off %
Michelle Bachelet Jeria - Socialist Party of Chile/CPD 3,190,691 45.96 3,723,019 53.49
Sebastián Piñera Echenique - National Renewal 1,763,964 25.41 3,236,394 46.50
Joaquín Lavín Infante - Independent Democratic Union 1,612,608 23.23 - -
Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt - Humanist Party/JPM 375,048 5.40 - -
Total valid votes 6,942,041 100 6,959,413 100
Null votes 180,485 2.5 154.972 2.16
Blank votes 84,752 1.18 47,960 0.67
Total votes (Turnout 87.67% / 87.12%) 7,207,278 100 7,162,345 100
Total voters enrolled 8,220,897 8,220,897
Source: Tricel [1] (1st rnd.) / Tricel [2] (PDF) (runoff)

References
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