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This article contains a list of presidents of Chile from the establishment of the first government junta in 1810, at the beginning of the Chilean War of Independence, to the present day.

Patria Vieja (1810–1814)[]

Government Juntas (1810–1814)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Notes
1 Junta		Mateo de Toro y Zambrano (1727–1811)	18 September 1810	26 February 1811	President of the First Government Junta. Died in office.
		Juan Martínez de Rozas (1759–1813)	27 February 1811	2 April 1811	Interim President of the First Government Junta.
		Fernando Márquez de la Plata (1740–1818)	2 April 1811	4 July 1811	President of the First Government Junta.
2 Junta		Juan Antonio Ovalle (1750–1819)	4 July 1811	20 July 1811	President of the First National Congress.
		Martín Calvo Encalada (1756–1828)	20 July 1811	11 August 1811	President of the First National Congress.
3 Junta			11 August 1811	4 September 1811	President of the Provisional Executive Authority.
4 Junta		[es] (1755–1825)	4 September 1811	16 November 1811	President of the .
5 Junta		José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)	16 November 1811	13 December 1811	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
6 Junta	13 December 1811	8 January 1812	Provisional Supreme Authority.
7 Junta	8 January 1812	8 April 1812	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
		[es] (1764–1835)	8 April 1812	6 August 1812	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
		[es] (1754–1827)	6 August 1812	6 December 1812	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
		José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)	6 December 1812	30 March 1813	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
		Juan José Carrera (1782–1818)	30 March 1813	13 April 1813	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
8 Junta		Francisco Antonio Pérez (1764–1828)	13 April 1813	23 August 1813	President of the Superior Governmental Junta.
		José Miguel Infante (1778–1844)	23 August 1813	11 January 1814	President of the Superior Governmental Junta.
		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	11 January 1814	7 March 1814	President of the Superior Governmental Junta.

Supreme directors (1814)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Notes
1		Antonio José de Irisarri (1786–1868)	7 March 1814	14 March 1814	Interim Supreme Director.
2		Francisco de la Lastra (1777–1852)	14 March 1814	23 July 1814	Supreme Director.
9 Junta		José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)	23 July 1814	2 October 1814	President of the Government Junta. Chilean defeat in the Battle of Rancagua, Spain regains control of Chile.

Reconquest (1814–1817)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Notes
-		Mariano Osorio (1777–1819)	3 October 1814	26 December 1815	Royal Governor of Chile
-		Casimiro Marcó del Pont (1770–1819)	26 December 1815	12 February 1817	Royal Governor of Chile. Chilean victory in the Battle of Chacabuco, Spanish control ends.

Patria Nueva (1817–1826)[]

Supreme directors (1817–1826)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Notes
3		Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842)	16 February 1817	28 January 1823	Supreme Director.
10 Junta		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	28 January 1823	4 April 1823	President of the Government Junta.
4		Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	4 April 1823	9 July 1826	Interim Supreme Director.

Presidents (1826–present)[]

Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes	Vice President[a]
1		Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876)	9 July 1826	9 September 1826		Independent	1826	Elected as Interim President. Resigned.	Agustín Eyzaguirre
2		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	9 September 1826	25 January 1827		Independent	–	Interim Vice-President under Manuel Blanco Encalada, assumed the presidency after his resignation.	Vacant
Acting		Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	25 January 1827	15 February 1827		Pipiolos		Provisional President.
3			15 February 1827	8 May 1827			1827	Resigned.	Francisco Antonio Pinto
4		Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858)	8 May 1827	16 July 1829		Pipiolos	–	Vice-President under Ramón Freire, assumed the presidency after his resignation.	Vacant
Acting		Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	16 July 1829	19 October 1829		Pipiolos	—	For health reasons, Francisco Antonio Pinto made the President of the Senate, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Delegate President.
4		Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858)	19 October 1829	2 November 1829		Pipiolos	1829	Resigned.	Joaquín Vicuña
Acting		Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	2 November 1829	7 November 1829		Pipiolos	—	President of the Senate. Deposed during the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30.	Vacant
11 Junta		Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	7 November 1829	8 November 1829		Pipiolos	—	President of the Government Junta. Deposed during the Civil War.
Acting		Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	8 November 1829	7 December 1829		Pipiolos	—	President of the Senate. Restoration of its original mandate. Resigned during the Civil War.
Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829								Civil War. There was no president in this period.
12 Junta		José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831)	24 December 1829	18 February 1830		Pelucones	—	President of the Government Junta.
Acting		Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales (1790–1860)	18 February 1830	1 April 1830		Pelucones	—	Provisional President. Resigned.	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
Acting		José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831)	1 April 1830	8 March 1831		Pelucones	—	Provisional Vice-President under Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, assumed the presidency after his resignation. End of the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 with the Battle of Lircay. Resigned for health reasons, died 2 weeks later.	Vacant
Acting		Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841)	8 March 1831	21 March 1831		Pelucones	—	Provisional President appointed by the Congress.
			21 March 1831	18 September 1831			—	The Congress appointed José Joaquín Prieto as president and Fernando Errázuriz as vice president, but Prieto did not take office and instead resigned immediately, making Fernando Errázuriz president automatically.

Conservative Republic (1830–1861)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes	Vice President[a]
5		Joaquín Prieto (1786–1854)	18 September 1831	18 September 1836		Pelucones	1831		Diego Portales[b]
			18 September 1836	18 September 1841		Conservative	1836		Post abolished
6		Manuel Bulnes (1799–1866)	18 September 1841	18 September 1846		Conservative	1841
			18 September 1846	18 September 1851			1846
7		Manuel Montt (1809–1880)	18 September 1851	18 September 1856		Conservative	1851	Government victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1851.
			18 September 1856	18 September 1861		National	1856

Liberal Republic (1861–1891)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes
8		José Joaquín Pérez (1801–1889)	18 September 1861	18 September 1866		National	1861
			18 September 1866	18 September 1871			1866
9		Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825–1877)	18 September 1871	18 September 1876		Liberal	1871
10		Aníbal Pinto Garmendia (1825–1884)	18 September 1876	18 September 1881		Liberal	1876
11		Domingo Santa María (1825–1889)	18 September 1881	18 September 1886		Liberal	1881
12		José Manuel Balmaceda (1840–1891)	18 September 1886	29 August 1891		Liberal	1886	Resigned in the Chilean Civil War of 1891 and handed over power to Manuel Baquedano. Killed himself on 19 September 1891, a day after his term would have ended.
Acting		[es] (1833–1907)	Did not take office			Liberal	July 1891	Won the presidential election, although he never assumed because of the Congressist victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1891.
Acting		Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897)	29 August 1891	31 August 1891		Military	—	Head of Provisional Government.

Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes
13 Junta		Jorge Montt (1845–1922)	31 August 1891	10 November 1891		Military	—	President of the Government Junta.
Acting			10 November 1891	26 December 1891			—	Head of the Executive Power.
13			26 December 1891	18 September 1896		Independent	October 1891
14		Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850–1901)	18 September 1896	12 July 1901		Liberal	1896	Died in office.
Acting		Aníbal Zañartu (1847–1902)	12 July 1901	18 September 1901		Liberal	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
15		Germán Riesco Errázuriz (1854–1916)	18 September 1901	18 September 1906		Liberal	1901
16		Pedro Montt (1849–1910)	18 September 1906	16 August 1910		National	1906	Died in office.
Acting		Elías Fernández Albano (1845–1910)	16 August 1910	6 September 1910		National	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Died in office.
Acting		Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931)	6 September 1910	23 December 1910		Liberal Democratic	—	Minister of Justice acting as vice president.
17		Ramón Barros Luco (1835–1919)	23 December 1910	23 December 1915		Liberal	1910
18		Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1858–1930)	23 December 1915	23 December 1920		Liberal Democratic	1915
19		Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950)	23 December 1920	12 September 1924		Liberal	1920	Deposed in a coup d'état.
14 Junta		Luis Altamirano (1876–1938)	12 September 1924	23 January 1925		Military	—	President of the Government Junta of 1924. Deposed in a coup d'état.
15 Junta		Pedro Dartnell (1874–1944)	23 January 1925	27 January 1925		Military	—	President of the Government Junta of 1925. Resigned.
		Emilio Bello Codesido (1868–1963)	27 January 1925	12 March 1925		Liberal Democratic	—	President of the Government Junta of 1925.

Presidential Republic (1925–1932)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes
19		Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950)	12 March 1925	1 October 1925		Liberal	—	Restoration of his original mandate. Resigned.
Acting		Luis Barros Borgoño (1858–1943)	1 October 1925	23 December 1925		Liberal	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
20		Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931)	23 December 1925	10 May 1927		Liberal Democratic	1925	Resigned.
Acting		Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960)	10 May 1927	21 July 1927		Independent	—	Vice President.
21			21 July 1927	26 July 1931			1927	Resigned.
Acting		Pedro Opaso (1876–1957)	26 July 1931	27 July 1931		Liberal Democratic	—	President of the Senate acting as vice president. Resigned.
Acting		Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948)	27 July 1931	20 August 1931		Radical	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Resigned to run for presidency.
Acting		Manuel Trucco (1875–1954)	20 August 1931	15 November 1931		Radical	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting		Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948)	15 November 1931	4 December 1931		Radical	—	Vice President.
22	4 December 1931	4 June 1932	1931	Deposed in a coup d'état.

Socialist Republic of Chile (1932)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes
16 Junta		Arturo Puga (1879–1970)	4 June 1932	16 June 1932		Military	—	President of the Government Junta. Resigned.
		Carlos Dávila (1887–1955)	16 June 1932	8 July 1932		Socialist	—	President of the Government Junta.
Acting	8 July 1932	13 September 1932	Provisional President of the Socialist Republic. Resigned.

Presidential Republic (1932–1973)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes
Acting		Bartolomé Blanche (1879–1970)	13 September 1932	2 October 1932		Military	—	Provisional President. Resigned.
Acting		Abraham Oyanedel (1874–1954)	2 October 1932	24 December 1932		Independent	—	President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president.
19 (2)		Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950)	24 December 1932	24 December 1938		Liberal	1932
23		Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941)	24 December 1938	25 November 1941		Radical	1938	Died in office.
Acting		Jerónimo Méndez (1887–1959)	25 November 1941	2 April 1942		Radical	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
24		Juan Antonio Ríos (1888–1946)	2 April 1942	27 June 1946		Radical	1942	Died in office.
Acting		Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985)	27 June 1946	3 August 1946		Radical	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Resigned to run for presidency.
Acting		Vicente Merino (1889–1977)	3 August 1946	13 August 1946		Independent	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting		Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985)	13 August 1946	17 October 1946		Radical	—	Vice President. Resigned.
Acting		Juan Antonio Iribarren (1885–1966)	17 October 1946	3 November 1946		Radical	—	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
25		Gabriel González Videla (1898–1980)	3 November 1946	3 November 1952		Radical	1946
21 (2)		Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960)	3 November 1952	3 November 1958		Independent	1952
26		Jorge Alessandri (1896–1986)	3 November 1958	3 November 1964		Independent	1958
27		Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911–1982)	3 November 1964	3 November 1970		Christian Democratic	1964
28		Salvador Allende (1908–1973)	3 November 1970	11 September 1973		Socialist	1970	Deposed in a military coup; he killed himself while the presidential palace was under attack.

Military rule (1973–1990)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Notes
17 Junta		Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006)	11 September 1973	17 June 1974		Military	President of the Government Junta.
			17 June 1974	17 December 1974			Supreme Chief of the Nation.
			17 December 1974	11 March 1981			President of the Republic by decree.
			11 March 1981	11 March 1989			President of the Republic. The Constitution of 1980 came into force, approved in the constitutional referendum of 1980, which confirmed Augusto Pinochet as president for an 8-year term.
			11 March 1989	11 March 1990			President of the Republic. After losing the national plebiscite of 1988, and in accordance with the Constitution of 1980, Pinochet and the Junta continued in power for another year. Presidential and parliamentary elections took place three months before Pinochet's term expired.

Presidential Republic (1990–present)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election	Notes
29		Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016)	11 March 1990	11 March 1994		Christian Democratic	1989	Elected for a 4-year term according to Temporary Provisions of the Constitution of 1980.
30		Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942)	11 March 1994	11 March 2000		Christian Democratic	1993	Elected for a 8-year term according to the Constitution of 1980. Days before his inauguration, the Constitutional reform of 1994 reduced the presidential term from 8 to 6 years.
31		Ricardo Lagos (born 1938)	11 March 2000	11 March 2006		Party for Democracy	1999–2000	The Constitutional reform of 2005 reduced the presidential term from 6 to 4 years.
32		Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	11 March 2006	11 March 2010		Socialist	2005–06	First term. First female president of Chile.
33		Sebastián Piñera (born 1949)	11 March 2010	11 March 2014		National Renewal Independent	2009–10	First term. First democratically elected conservative president since 1958.
32 (2)		Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	11 March 2014	11 March 2018		Socialist	2013	Second term. Supported by the left coalition New Majority and the communist party.
33 (2)		Sebastián Piñera (born 1949)	11 March 2018	Incumbent (Term ends on 11 March 2022)		Independent Support by Chile Vamos	2017	Second term. Ran as an independent candidate supported by the center-right coalition Chile Vamos. Previously suspended his party membership during his first term (2010–2014).
34		Gabriel Boric (born 1986)	Elected (Term begins on 11 March 2022)			Social Convergence	2021	Youngest president. Supported by the left-wing coalition Apruebo Dignidad.

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See also[]

• President of Chile
• Presidents of Chile timeline
• Vice President of Chile
• Politics of Chile
• List of government juntas of Chile
• Lists of incumbents

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