President of Chile
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The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 and the head of government
Head of government
Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...

 of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration. Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile
History of Chile
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 2,000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to subdue and colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory became a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain...

, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization
Politics of Chile
The politics of Chile takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binominalism. Executive power...

, it is one of the most prominent political figures. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and it is essential to the country's political stability.

Under the current Constitution
Constitution of Chile
In its temporary dispositions, the document ordered the transition from the former military government, with Augusto Pinochet as President of the Republic, and the Legislative Power of the Military Junta , to a civil one, with a time frame of eight...

 (adopted in 1980), the President is elected 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.
The official seat of the President of Chile is the La Moneda Palace in the capital Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

.

List of heads of state of Chile (1810–present)

# Picture Name Began office Left office Title(s)
Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta July 1810 18 September 1810 Royal Governor of Chile
First Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1810)
Government Junta of the Kingdom of Chile , also known as the First Government Junta, was the organ established to rule Chile following the deposition and imprisonment of King Ferdinand VII by Napoleon Bonaparte...

18 September 1810 11 August 1811
President:
Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta
Vice President:
José Martínez de Aldunate
Jose Martinez de Aldunate
Bishop José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate y Garcés de Marcilla was Chilean Bishop and a member of the First Government Junta of Chile....


Members:
Fernando Márquez de la Plata y Orozco
Juan Martínez de Rozas Correa
Ignacio de la Carrera y Cuevas
Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes
Francisco Javier de Reina
Secretary:
José Gregorio Argomedo Montero del Águila
José Gaspar Marín
Second Junta
Government Junta of Chile (August 1811)
Government Junta of Chile , also known as the Executive Junta or the Second Government Junta, was the organ established to rule Chile following the convocatory of a National Congress.-Background:...

 (Provisional Executive Authority
11 August 1811 4 September 1811 Members:
Martín Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren
Juan José Aldunate Larrain
Francisco Javier del Solar
Juan Miguel Benavente
José Antonio Astorga Torres
Manuel Joaquín de Valdivieso
Third Junta (Executive Tribunal) 4 September 1811 15 November 1811 Members:
Juan Martínez de Rozas
Juan Martinez de Rozas
Juan Martínez de Rozas Correa was the earliest leader in the Chilean struggle for independence.He was born at Mendoza in 1759, the son of Juan Martínez de Soto Rozas and María Prudencia Correa Villegas. In his early life he was a professor of law, theology and philosophy at Santiago...


Martín Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren
Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes
John Mackenna O'Reilly
José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel
Fourth Junta
Government Junta of Chile (November 1811)
Government Junta of Chile , also known as the Provisional Junta, was the political structure established to rule Chile following the Military Coup organized by Juan Martínez de Rozas and José Miguel Carrera...

15 November 1811 2 December 1811 Members:
Juan Martínez de Rozas
Juan Martinez de Rozas
Juan Martínez de Rozas Correa was the earliest leader in the Chilean struggle for independence.He was born at Mendoza in 1759, the son of Juan Martínez de Soto Rozas and María Prudencia Correa Villegas. In his early life he was a professor of law, theology and philosophy at Santiago...


José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo
José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Alternate Member)
Fifth Junta
Government Junta of Chile (December 1811)
Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to rule Chile following a Military Coup organized by José Miguel Carrera. It lasted until replaced by the Superior Governmental Junta.-External links:*...

2 December 1811 7 March 1814 Members:
José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo
Juan José Aldunate Larrain
José Antonio De la Cerda De Santiago Concha
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoyza
Antonio José De Irisarri Alonso 7 March 1814 14 March 1814 Interim Supreme Director
1 Francisco de la Lastra y de la Sotta 14 March 1814 23 July 1814 Supreme Director
Sixth Junta 23 July 1814 2 October 1814 Members:
José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo
Julián Urivi Ribas
Manuel Muñoz y Urzúa
From 1814 until 1817, Chile was reconquered by Spanish forces.
Mariano Osorio
Mariano Osorio
Mariano de Osorio was a Spanish general and Governor of Chile, from 1814 to 1815.-Early career:Osorio was born in Seville, Spain. He joined the Spanish army and as many of his contemporaries, his military career began during the Spanish Peninsular War in 1808 as an artillery general, as well as...

2 October 1814 26 December 1815 Royal Governor of Chile
Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Pont Díaz Ángel y Méndez 26 December 1815 12 February 1817 Royal Governor of Chile
Chilean patriots defeat the Spanish Empire
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....

 in Maipu.
2 Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme 16 February 1817 28 January 1823 Supreme Director
Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1823)
Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to rule Chile following the resignation of Supreme Director Bernardo O'Higgins...

28 January 1823 4 April 1823 Members:
Agustín De Eyzaguirre Arechavala (President)
José Miguel Infante y Rojas
Fernando De Errázuriz y Martínez de Aldunate
3 Ramón Freire Serrano 4 April 1823 9 July 1826 Supreme Director
1 Manuel Blanco Encalada
Manuel Blanco Encalada
Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President .-Biography:...

9 July 1826 9 September 1826 President
Agustín De Eyzaguirre Arechavala 9 September 1826 25 January 1827 Provisional President
2 Ramón Freire Serrano 25 January 1827 8 May 1827 President
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz 8 May 1827 16 July 1829 Accidental President
Francisco Ramón Vicuña y Larraín 16 July 1829 19 October 1829 President Delegate
3 Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz 19 October 1829 2 November 1829 President
Francisco Ramón Vicuña y Larraín 2 November 1829 7 December 1829 Acting President
Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1829)
Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to rule Chile following the defeat of the Liberal army at the Battle of Ochagavía...

24 December 1829 18 February 1830 Members:
José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
José Tomás Ovalle
José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as provisional president of Chile.-Early life:...

 (President)
Isidoro de Errázuriz Aldunate
José María Guzmán Ibáñez
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales 18 February 1830 31 March 1830 Provisional President
José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla 1 April 1830 8 March 1831 Provisional President
Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate 8 March 1831 31 March 1831 Provisional President
4 José Joaquín Prieto Vial 10 April 1831 18 September 1841 Provisional President (10 April 1831 – 18 September 1831)
President (18 September 1831 – 18 September 1841)
5 Manuel Bulnes Prieto 18 September 1841 18 September 1851 President
6 Manuel Montt Torres  18 September 1851 18 September 1861 President
7 José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano 18 September 1861 18 September 1871 President
8 Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
Federico Marcos del Rosario Errázuriz Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1871 and 1876. He was born in Santiago in 1825 and died there in 1877. Errázuriz was of Basque descent....

18 September 1871 18 September 1876 President
9 Aníbal Pinto Garmendia 18 September 1876 18 September 1881 President
10 Domingo Santa María González 18 September 1881 18 September 1886 President
11 José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández 18 September 1886 29 August 1891 President
Manuel Baquedano González 29 August 1891 31 August 1891 Chief of Government
Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1891)
Revolutionary Junta of Iquique , was the political structure established to challenge the power of Chilean President José Manuel Balmaceda following the insurrection of the navy that started the Chilean Civil War...

31 August 1891 26 December 1891 Members:
Jorge Montt
Jorge Montt
Jorge Montt Álvarez was vice-admiral of the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...

 (President)
Waldo Silva Algüe
Ramón Barros Luco
Ramón Barros Luco
Ramón Barros Luco was President of Chile between 1910 and 1915.Barros Luco was born in 1835 in Santiago, Barros Luco was son of Ramón Luis Barros Fernández and Dolores Luco Fernández de Leiva. He graduated from Law School in 1858...

12 Jorge Montt Álvarez 26 December 1891 18 September 1896 President
13 Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren was a Chilean political figure. Born in Santiago, he served as President of Chile between 1896 and his death in 1901. Federico Errázuriz was of Basque descent.-Early life:...

18 September 1896 12 July 1901 President
Aníbal Zañartu
Aníbal Zañartu
Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served several times as minister and as Vice President in 1901....

12 July 1901 18 September 1901 Acting President
14 Germán Riesco
Germán Riesco
Germán Riesco Errázuriz was a Chilean political figure, and he served as President of Chile between 1901 and 1906.-Early life:...

18 September 1901 18 September 1906 President
15 Pedro Montt Montt 18 September 1906 16 August 1910 President
Elías Fernández Albano 16 August 1910 6 September 1910 Acting President
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín 6 September 1910 23 December 1910 Acting President
16 Ramón Barros Luco
Ramón Barros Luco
Ramón Barros Luco was President of Chile between 1910 and 1915.Barros Luco was born in 1835 in Santiago, Barros Luco was son of Ramón Luis Barros Fernández and Dolores Luco Fernández de Leiva. He graduated from Law School in 1858...

23 December 1910 23 December 1915 President
17 Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui 23 December 1915 23 December 1920 President
18 Arturo Alessandri Palma 23 December 1920 11 September 1924 President
Luis Altamirano Talavera 11 September 1924 23 January 1925 Chairman of the Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1924)
Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to rule Chile following the military coup that overthrew President Arturo Alessandri...

Pedro Dartnell Encina 23 January 1925 27 January 1925 Chairman of the Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1925)
Government Junta of Chile , was the political structure established to restore power to President Arturo Alessandri, after he had been deposed in 1924. On January 23, 1925, a military movement of young officers, wrestled power from the previous September Junta...

Arturo Alessandri Palma 27 January 1925 1 October 1925 President
Luis Barros Borgoño
Luis Barros Borgoño
Luis Barros Borgoño was a Chilean politician who served as Vice President of Chile in 1925.Born in Santiago, he was son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara...

1 October 1925 23 December 1925 Acting President
19 Emiliano Figueroa Larraín 23 December 1925 10 May 1927 President
20 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...

10 May 1927 26 July 1931 President
Pedro Opazo Letelier 26 July 1931 27 July 1931 Provisional President
21 Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez 27 July 1931 4 June 1932 President
Arturo Puga Osorio 4 June 1932 16 June 1932 Chairman of the Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1932)
Government Junta of Chile , was a political structure established during the anarchy that followed the resignation of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo...

Carlos Dávila Espinoza 16 June 1932 13 September 1932 Chairman of the Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1932)
Government Junta of Chile , was a political structure established during the anarchy that followed the resignation of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo...

 (16 June 1932 – 8 July 1932)
Provisional President (8 July 1932 – 13 September 1932)
Bartolomé Blanche Espejo 13 September 1932 2 October 1932 Provisional President
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia 2 October 1932 24 December 1932 Acting President
22 Arturo Alessandri Palma 24 December 1932 24 December 1938 President
23 Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Pedro Aguirre Cerda was a Chilean political figure. A member of the Radical Party, he was chosen as the Popular Front's candidate for the 1938 presidential election, and was triumphally elected. He governed Chile until his death in 1941...

24 December 1938 25 November 1941 President
Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia 25 November 1941 2 April 1942 Provisional President
24 Juan Antonio Ríos Morales 2 April 1942 27 June 1946 President
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez 27 June 1946 3 August 1946 Acting President
Vicente Merino Bielich 3 August 1946 13 August 1946 Acting President
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez 13 August 1946 17 October 1946 Acting President
Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas 17 October 1946 3 November 1946 Acting President
25 Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician. He was a deputy and senator in the Chilean Congress and was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952...

3 November 1946 3 November 1952 President
26 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...

3 November 1952 3 November 1958 President
27 Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez 3 November 1958 3 November 1964 President
28 Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...

3 November 1964 3 November 1970 President
29 Salvador Allende Gossens 3 November 1970 11 September 1973 President
Government Junta
Government Junta of Chile (1973)
Government Junta of Chile was the military junta established to rule Chile during the military dictatorship that followed the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. It was the executive and legislative branch of government until December 17, 1974...

11 September 1973 27 June 1974 Members:
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...


José Toribio Merino
José Toribio Merino
José Toribio Merino Castro was one of the principal coup leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, along with General Augusto Pinochet of the Army, General Gustavo Leigh of the Air Force, and General Mendoza of the "Carabineros"...


Gustavo Leigh
Gustavo Leigh
Air General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán was a Chilean general, who represented the Air Force in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and, for a time, in the ruling junta that followed. Leigh was forced out of the military government in 1978.-Biography:Leigh was born in Santiago, son of Hernán Leigh Bañados and...


César Mendoza
César Mendoza
General César Leonidas Mendoza Durán was a member of the Government Junta which ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the country-wide police force, the Carabineros de Chile....

30 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...

27 June 1974 11 March 1990 Supreme Head of the Nation (27 June 1974 – 17 December 1974)
President (17 December 1974 – 11 March 1990)
31 Patricio Aylwin Azócar
Patricio Aylwin
Patricio Aylwin Azócar was the first president of Chile after its return to democratic rule in 1990, following the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.- Early life :...

11 March 1990 11 March 1994 President
32 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación...

11 March 1994 11 March 2000 President
33 Ricardo Lagos Escobar 11 March 2000 11 March 2006 President
34 Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...

11 March 2006 11 March 2010 President
35 Sebastian Piñera Echenique
Sebastián Piñera
Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...

11 March 2010 Incumbent President

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