President of Chile

President of the Republic of Chile
Standard of the President of Chile
Incumbent Sebastián Piñera since March 11, 2010
Residence	None; seat of government at La Moneda Palace
Term length	Four years, not eligible for re-election immediately
Inaugural holder	Manuel Blanco Encalada
Formation	July 9, 1826
Website	www.gobiernodechile.cl/

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The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration.^[1] Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, 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.^[2]

Under the current Constitution (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.

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	18 September 1810	11 August 1811	President: Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta Vice President: José Martínez de Aldunate 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 (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 Martín Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes John Mackenna O'Reilly José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel
		Fourth Junta	15 November 1811	2 December 1811	Members: Juan Martínez de Rozas José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Alternate Member)
		Fifth Junta	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	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 in Maipu.
2		Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme	16 February 1817	28 January 1823	Supreme Director
		Government Junta	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	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	24 December 1829	18 February 1830	Members: José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (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	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	31 August 1891	26 December 1891	Members: Jorge Montt (President) Waldo Silva Algüe Ramón Barros Luco
12		Jorge Montt Álvarez	26 December 1891	18 September 1896	President
13		Federico Errázuriz Echaurren	18 September 1896	12 July 1901	President
		Aníbal Zañartu	12 July 1901	18 September 1901	Acting President
14		Germán Riesco	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	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
		Pedro Dartnell Encina	23 January 1925	27 January 1925	Chairman of the Government Junta
		Arturo Alessandri Palma	27 January 1925	1 October 1925	President
		Luis Barros Borgoño	1 October 1925	23 December 1925	Acting President
19		Emiliano Figueroa Larraín	23 December 1925	10 May 1927	President
20		Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	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
		Carlos Dávila Espinoza	16 June 1932	13 September 1932	Chairman of the Government Junta (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	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	3 November 1946	3 November 1952	President
26		Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	3 November 1952	3 November 1958	President
27		Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez	3 November 1958	3 November 1964	President
28		Eduardo Frei Montalva	3 November 1964	3 November 1970	President
29		Salvador Allende Gossens	3 November 1970	11 September 1973	President
		Government Junta	11 September 1973	27 June 1974	Members: Augusto Pinochet José Toribio Merino Gustavo Leigh César Mendoza
30		Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	27 June 1974	11 March 1990	Supreme Head of the Nation (27 June 1974 – 17 December 1974) Dictator (17 December 1974 – 11 March 1990)
31		Patricio Aylwin Azócar	11 March 1990	11 March 1994	President
32		Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	11 March 1994	11 March 2000	President
33		Ricardo Lagos Escobar	11 March 2000	11 March 2006	President
34		Michelle Bachelet Jeria	11 March 2006	11 March 2010	President
35		Sebastian Piñera Echenique	11 March 2010	Incumbent	President

References

1. ^ See Sentencia Rol 78-1989 of the Constitutional Court of Chile, relapsed on the Central Bank of Chile's Constitutional Act project (declarations Nº 7 to 13).
2. ^ Bravo Lira, Bernardino (1996). "Introducción. Raíz y razón del Estado de derecho en Chile". El Estado de Derecho en la Historia de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. 

External links

• (Spanish) Presidencia