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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)

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Main article: Patria Vieja

### Government Juntas (1810–1814)

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No.  | Portrait  | Name
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—  |  | 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.
—  |  | 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
11 August 1811  | 4 September 1811  | President of the Provisional Executive Authority.
—  |  | Juan Enrique Rosales [es]
(1755–1825) | 4 September 1811  | 16 November 1811  | President of the Executive Court.
—  |  | José Miguel Carrera
(1785–1821) | 16 November 1811  | 13 December 1811  | President of the Provisional Government Junta.
13 December 1811  | 8 January 1812  | Provisional Supreme Authority.
8 January 1812  | 8 April 1812  | President of the Provisional Government Junta.
—  |  | José Santiago Portales y Larraín [es]
(1764–1835) | 8 April 1812  | 6 August 1812  | President of the Provisional Government Junta.
—  |  | Pedro José Prado Jaraquemada [es]
(1754–1827) | 6 August 1812  | 6 December 1812
—  |  | José Miguel Carrera
(1785–1821) | 6 December 1812  | 30 March 1813
—  |  | Juan José Carrera
(1782–1818) | 30 March 1813  | 13 April 1813
—  |  | 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
—  |  | Agustín Eyzaguirre
(1768–1837) | 11 January 1814  | 7 March 1814

### Supreme directors (1814)

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See also: Supreme Director of Chile

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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—  |  | Antonio José de Irisarri
(1786–1868) | 7 March 1814  | 14 March 1814  | Interim Supreme Director.
1  |  | Francisco de la Lastra
(1777–1852) | 14 March 1814  | 23 July 1814  | Supreme Director.
—  |  | 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)

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Main article: Reconquest (Chile)

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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—  |  | 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)

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Main article: Patria Nueva

### Supreme directors (1817–1826)

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

## Presidents (1826–present)

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### Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)

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No.  | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Party  | Election  | Notes  | Vice President[a]

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—  |  | Manuel Blanco Encalada
(1790–1876) | 9 July 1826  | 9 September 1826  |  | Independent | 1826 | Elected as Interim President. Resigned.  | Agustín Eyzaguirre
—  |  | Agustín Eyzaguirre
(1768–1837) | 9 September 1826  | 25 January 1827  |  | –  | Interim Vice-President under Manuel Blanco Encalada, assumed the presidency after his resignation.  | Vacant
—  |  | Ramón Freire
(1787–1851) | 25 January 1827  | 15 February 1827  |  | Pipiolos |  | Provisional President.
1  | 15 February 1827  | 8 May 1827  | 1827 | Resigned.  | Francisco Antonio Pinto
2  |  | Francisco Antonio Pinto
(1785–1858) | 8 May 1827  | 16 July 1829  |  | –  | Vice-President under Ramón Freire, assumed the presidency after his resignation.  | Vacant
—  |  | Francisco Ramón Vicuña
(1775–1849) | 16 July 1829  | 19 October 1829  |  | —  | For health reasons, Francisco Antonio Pinto made the President of the Senate, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Delegate President.
(2) |  | Francisco Antonio Pinto
(1785–1858) | 19 October 1829  | 2 November 1829  |  | 1829 | Resigned.  | Joaquín Vicuña
—  |  | Francisco Ramón Vicuña
(1775–1849) | 2 November 1829  | 7 November 1829  |  | —  | President of the Senate. Deposed during the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30.  | Vacant
—  |  | Ramón Freire
(1787–1851) | 7 November 1829  | 8 November 1829  |  | —  | President of the Government Junta. Deposed during the Civil War.
—  |  | Francisco Ramón Vicuña
(1775–1849) | 8 November 1829  | 7 December 1829  |  | —  | 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.
—  |  | José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
(1787–1831) | 24 December 1829  | 18 February 1830  |  | Pelucones | —  | President of the Government Junta.
—  |  | Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales
(1790–1860) | 18 February 1830  | 1 April 1830  |  | —  | Provisional President. Resigned.  | José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
—  |  | José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
(1787–1831) | 1 April 1830  | 8 March 1831  |  | —  | 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
—  |  | Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate
(1777–1841) | 8 March 1831  | 21 March 1831  |  | —  | 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)

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Main article: Conservative Republic

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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3  |  | 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
4  |  | Manuel Bulnes
(1799–1866) | 18 September 1841  | 18 September 1846  |  | 1841 |
18 September 1846  | 18 September 1851  | 1846 |
5  |  | Manuel Montt
(1809–1880) | 18 September 1851  | 18 September 1856  |  | 1851 | Government victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1851.
18 September 1856  | 18 September 1861  |  | National | 1856 |

### Liberal Republic (1861–1891)

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Main article: Liberal Republic

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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6  |  | José Joaquín Pérez
(1801–1889) | 18 September 1861  | 18 September 1866  |  | National | 1861 |
18 September 1866  | 18 September 1871  | 1866 |
7  |  | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
(1825–1877) | 18 September 1871  | 18 September 1876  |  | Liberal | 1871 |
8  |  | Aníbal Pinto
(1825–1884) | 18 September 1876  | 18 September 1881  |  | 1876 |
9  |  | Domingo Santa María
(1825–1889) | 18 September 1881  | 18 September 1886  |  | 1881 |
10  |  | José Manuel Balmaceda
(1840–1891) | 18 September 1886  | 29 August 1891  |  | 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.
—  |  | Claudio Vicuña Guerrero
(1833–1907) | Did not take office |  | July 1891 | Won the presidential election, although he never assumed because of the Congressist victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1891.
—  |  | Manuel Baquedano
(1823–1897) | 29 August 1891  | 31 August 1891  |  | Military | —  | Head of Provisional Government.

### Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)

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Main article: Parliamentary Republic (Chile)

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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—  |  | Jorge Montt
(1845–1922) | 31 August 1891  | 10 November 1891  |  | Military | —  | President of the Government Junta.
10 November 1891  | 26 December 1891  | —  | Head of the Executive Power.
11  | 26 December 1891  | 18 September 1896  |  | Independent | October 1891 |
12  |  | Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
(1850–1901) | 18 September 1896  | 12 July 1901 †  |  | Liberal | 1896 | Died in office.
—  |  | Aníbal Zañartu
(1847–1902) | 12 July 1901  | 18 September 1901  |  | —  | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
13  |  | Germán Riesco
(1854–1916) | 18 September 1901  | 18 September 1906  |  | 1901 |
14  |  | Pedro Montt
(1849–1910) | 18 September 1906  | 16 August 1910 †  |  | National | 1906 | Died in office.
—  |  | Elías Fernández Albano
(1845–1910) | 16 August 1910  | 6 September 1910 †  |  | —  | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Died in office.
—  |  | Emiliano Figueroa
(1866–1931) | 6 September 1910  | 23 December 1910  |  | Liberal Democratic | —  | Minister of Justice acting as vice president.
15  |  | Ramón Barros Luco
(1835–1919) | 23 December 1910  | 23 December 1915  |  | Liberal | 1910 |
16  |  | Juan Luis Sanfuentes
(1858–1930) | 23 December 1915  | 23 December 1920  |  | Liberal Democratic | 1915 |
17  |  | Arturo Alessandri
(1868–1950) | 23 December 1920  | 11 September 1924  |  | Liberal | 1920 | Deposed in a coup d'état.
—  |  | Luis Altamirano
(1876–1938) | 11 September 1924  | 23 January 1925  |  | Military | —  | President of the Government Junta of 1924. Deposed in a coup d'état.
—  |  | Pedro Dartnell
(1874–1944) | 23 January 1925  | 27 January 1925  |  | —  | 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)

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Main article: Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

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

### Socialist Republic of Chile (1932)

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Main article: Socialist Republic of Chile

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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—  |  | 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.
8 July 1932  | 13 September 1932  | Provisional President of the Socialist Republic. Resigned.

### Presidential Republic (1932–1973)

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Main article: Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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—  |  | Bartolomé Blanche
(1879–1970) | 13 September 1932  | 2 October 1932  |  | Military | —  | Provisional President. Resigned.
—  |  | Abraham Oyanedel
(1874–1954) | 2 October 1932  | 24 December 1932  |  | Independent | —  | President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president.
21  |  | Arturo Alessandri
(1868–1950) | 24 December 1932  | 24 December 1938  |  | Liberal | 1932 |
22  |  | Pedro Aguirre Cerda
(1879–1941) | 24 December 1938  | 25 November 1941 †  |  | Radical | 1938 | Died in office.
—  |  | Jerónimo Méndez
(1887–1959) | 25 November 1941  | 2 April 1942  |  | —  | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
23  |  | Juan Antonio Ríos
(1888–1946) | 2 April 1942  | 27 June 1946 †  |  | 1942 | Died in office.
—  |  | Alfredo Duhalde
(1898–1985) | 27 June 1946  | 3 August 1946  |  | —  | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Resigned to run for presidency.
—  |  | Vicente Merino
(1889–1977) | 3 August 1946  | 13 August 1946  |  | Independent | —  | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
—  |  | Alfredo Duhalde
(1898–1985) | 13 August 1946  | 17 October 1946  |  | Radical | —  | Vice President. Resigned.
—  |  | Juan Antonio Iribarren
(1885–1966) | 17 October 1946  | 3 November 1946  |  | —  | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
24  |  | Gabriel González Videla
(1898–1980) | 3 November 1946  | 3 November 1952  |  | 1946 |
25  |  | 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  |  | 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 | Died in a military coup; he killed himself while the presidential palace was under attack.

### Military rule (1973–1990)

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Main article: Military dictatorship of Chile

No.  | Portrait  | Name
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29  |  | 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 1990  | Military regime.

### Presidential Republic (1990–present)

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See also: Chilean transition to democracy

No. | Portrait  | Name
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30  |  | Patricio Aylwin
(1918–2016) | 11 March 1990  | 11 March 1994  | 4 years  |  | Christian Democratic | 1989 | Elected for a four-year term according to Temporary Provisions of the Constitution of 1980.
Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación.
31  |  | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
(born 1942) | 11 March 1994  | 11 March 2000  | 6 years  | 1993 | Elected for an eight-year term according to the Constitution of 1980. Days before his inauguration, the Constitutional reform of 1994 reduced the presidential term from eight to six years.
Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación.
32  |  | Ricardo Lagos
(born 1938) | 11 March 2000  | 11 March 2006  | 6 years  |  | Party for Democracy | 2000 | The Constitutional reform of 2005 reduced the presidential term from six to four years.
Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación.
33  |  | Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951) | 11 March 2006  | 11 March 2010  | 4 years  |  | Socialist | 2006 | First female president of Chile.
Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación.
34  |  | Sebastián Piñera
(1949–2024) | 11 March 2010  | 11 March 2014  | 4 years  |  | National Renewal | 2010 | First democratically elected conservative president since 1958. Supported by the Coalition for Change.
(33) |  | Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951) | 11 March 2014  | 11 March 2018  | 4 years  |  | Socialist | 2013 | Second term. Supported by the center-left coalition New Majority.
(34) |  | Sebastián Piñera
(1949–2024) | 11 March 2018  | 11 March 2022  | 4 years  |  | 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). Died in a helicopter crash less than two years after leaving office.
35  |  | Gabriel Boric
(born 1986) | 11 March 2022  | Incumbent  | 3 years, 158 days  |  | Social Convergence

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Frente Amplio | 2021 | Youngest president.
Supported by the coalition Apruebo Dignidad.

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## Notes

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1. ^ a b The position of "Vice President" was created along with the position of "President" in 1826. The Vice President served to replace the President in case of the latter's death or absence. The post was abolished with the Constitution of 1833 and since then the title of "Vice President" has been given to an ex officio member replacing the elected President.
2. ^ Did not take office and instead resigned immediately, but this was not accepted by Congress. Continued to be de jure Vice-President until the abolition of the post with a new Constitution on 26 May 1833.

## See also

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