List of presidents of Chile

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President of Chile
Seal of the President of Chile
Incumbent Michelle Bachelet since March 11, 2006
Term length	Four years, not eligible for re-election immediately
Inaugural holder	Mateo de Toro y Zambrano
Website	www.gobiernodechile.cl/

Chile

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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 1 List of Presidents 1.1 Patria Vieja (1810-1814) 1.2 Patria Nueva (1817-1829) 1.3 Republic (1829-Present) 2 Last election 3 References

[edit] List of Presidents

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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	Dictator. Chairman of Government Junta
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	27 June 1974	17 December 1974	Dictator. Supreme Chief of the Nation
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	17 December 1974	11 March 1990	Dictatorship- NOT President
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.

[edit] Last election

e • d Summary of the 11 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 Chilean presidential election results

Candidates and nominating parties	1st round		2nd round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
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	100.00	6,959,413	100.00
Null votes	180,485	2.50	154.972	2.16
Blank votes	84,752	1.18	47,960	0.67
Total votes (Turnout 87.67% / 87.12%)	7,207,278	100.00	7,162,345	100.00
Total voters enrolled	8,220,897	—	8,220,897	—
Source: Tricel, Tricel

[edit] References

• Fuentes, J.; Cortés, L.; Valdés, A. (1982). Diccionario Histórico de Chile, Santiago de Chile: Editorial Zig-Zag, S.A.
• Icarito
• Presidencia.cl
• Memoria Chilena
• List of Heads of State
• World Statesmen