List of presidents of Chile

The La Moneda Palace, the president's official residence and centre of the administration.

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 Ref.
— 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Notes
— 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Head of State
Took office Left office
Time in office
RG Mariano Osorio
(1777–1819)		 3 October 1814 26 December 1815
Ferdinand VII
1 year, 84 days
RG Francisco Marcó del Pont
(1770–1819)		 26 December 1815 12 February 1817
(Deposed)
1 year, 48 days

Patria Nueva (1817–1826)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party
Took office Left office
Time in office
2nd SD Bernardo O'Higgins
(1778–1842)		 16 February 1817 28 January 1823
(Resigned)		 Independent
5 years, 346 days
Junta Agustín Eyzaguirre
(1768–1837)		 28 January 1823 4 April 1823 Independent
66 days
3rd SD Ramón Freire
(1787–1851)		 4 April 1823 9 July 1826 Pipiolos
3 years, 96 days

Presidents (1826–present)

Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected Vice President
Took office Left office
Time in office
1 Manuel Blanco Encalada
(1790–1876)		 9 July 1826 9 September 1826
(Resigned)		 Independent 1826 Agustín Eyzaguirre
62 days
Acting Agustín Eyzaguirre
(1768–1837)		 9 September 1826 25 January 1827
(Resigned)		 Independent Interim Vice-President under Manuel Blanco Encalada, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Vacant
138 days
Acting Ramón Freire
(1787–1851)		 25 January 1827 8 May 1827
(Resigned)		 Pipiolos Provisional President. Francisco Antonio Pinto
2 103 days 1827
Acting Francisco Antonio Pinto
(1785–1858)		 8 May 1827 2 November 1829
(Resigned)		 Pipiolos Vacant
3 2 years, 178 days 1829 Joaquín Vicuña
Acting Francisco Ramón Vicuña
(1775–1849)		 2 November 1829 7 November 1829
(Deposed)		 Pipiolos President of the Senate. Deposed during the Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830. Vacant
5 days
Junta Ramón Freire
(1787–1851)		 7 November 1829 8 November 1829
(Deposed)		 Pipiolos President of the Government Junta.
1 day
Acting Francisco Ramón Vicuña
(1775–1849)		 8 November 1829 7 December 1829
(Resigned)		 Pipiolos President of the Senate. Restoration of its original mandate.
29 days
Civil War. There was no president in this period.
7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829
Junta José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
(1787–1831)		 24 December 1829 18 February 1830 Pelucones President of the Government Junta.
56 days
Acting Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales
(1790–1860)		 18 February 1830 1 April 1830
(Resigned)		 Pelucones Provisional President. José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
42 days
Acting José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
(1787–1831)		 1 April 1830 8 March 1831
(Resigned)		 Pelucones Provisional Vice-President under Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Vacant
341 days
Acting Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate
(1777–1841)		 8 March 1831 18 September 1831 Pelucones Provisional President appointed by the Congress.
194 days

Conservative Republic (1830–1861)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected Vice President
Took office Left office
Time in office
4 Joaquín Prieto
(1786–1854)		 18 September 1831 18 September 1841 Pelucones 1831 Diego Portales
Post abolished
10 years Conservative 1836
5 Manuel Bulnes
(1799–1866)		 18 September 1841 18 September 1851 Conservative 1841
10 years 1846
6 Manuel Montt
(1809–1880)		 18 September 1851 18 September 1861 Conservative 1851
10 years National 1856

Liberal Republic (1861–1891)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected
Took office Left office
Time in office
7 José Joaquín Pérez
(1801–1889)		 18 September 1861 18 September 1871 National 1861
10 years 1866
8 Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
(1825–1877)		 18 September 1871 18 September 1876 Liberal 1871
5 years
9 Aníbal Pinto
(1825–1884)		 18 September 1876 18 September 1881 Liberal 1876
5 years
10 Domingo Santa María
(1825–1889)		 18 September 1881 18 September 1886 Liberal 1881
5 years
11 José Manuel Balmaceda
(1840–1891)		 18 September 1886 29 August 1891
(Resigned)		 Liberal 1886
4 years, 345 days
Acting Manuel Baquedano
(1823–1897)		 29 August 1891 31 August 1891 Military Head of Provisional Government.
2 days

Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected
Took office Left office
Time in office
Junta Jorge Montt
(1845–1922)		 31 August 1891 18 September 1896 Military President of the Government Junta.
Acting
12 5 years, 18 days October 1891
13 Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
(1850–1901)		 18 September 1896 12 July 1901
(Died in office)		 Liberal 1896
4 years, 297 days
Acting Aníbal Zañartu
(1847–1902)		 12 July 1901 18 September 1901 Liberal Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
68 days
14 Germán Riesco
(1854–1916)		 18 September 1901 18 September 1906 Liberal 1901
5 years
15 Pedro Montt
(1849–1910)		 18 September 1906 16 August 1910
(Died in office)		 National 1906
3 years, 332 days
Acting Elías Fernández Albano
(1845–1910)		 16 August 1910 6 September 1910
(Died in office)		 National Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
21 days
Acting Emiliano Figueroa
(1866–1931)		 6 September 1910 23 December 1910 Liberal Democratic Minister of Justice acting as vice president.
108 days
16 Ramón Barros Luco
(1835–1919)		 23 December 1910 23 December 1915 Liberal 1910
5 years
17 Juan Luis Sanfuentes
(1858–1930)		 23 December 1915 23 December 1920 Liberal Democratic 1915
5 years
18 Arturo Alessandri
(1868–1950)		 23 December 1920 11 September 1924
(Deposed)		 Liberal 1920
3 years, 263 days
Junta Luis Altamirano
(1876–1938)		 11 September 1924 23 January 1925
(Deposed)		 Military President of the Government Junta of 1924.
134 days
Junta Pedro Dartnell
(1874–1944)		 23 January 1925 27 January 1925
(Resigned)		 Military President of the Government Junta of 1925.
4 days
Junta Emilio Bello Codesido
(1868–1963)		 27 January 1925 12 March 1925 Liberal Democratic President of the Government Junta of 1925.
44 days

Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected
Took office Left office
Time in office
18 Arturo Alessandri
(1868–1950)		 12 March 1925 1 October 1925 Liberal 1920
203 days
Acting Luis Barros Borgoño
(1858–1943)		 1 October 1925 23 December 1925 Liberal Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
83 days
19 Emiliano Figueroa
(1866–1931)		 23 December 1925 10 May 1927
(Resigned)		 Liberal Democratic 1925
1 year, 138 days
Acting Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
(1877–1960)		 10 May 1927 26 July 1931
(Resigned)		 Independent Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
20 4 years, 77 days 1927
Acting Pedro Opaso
(1876–1957)		 26 July 1931 27 July 1931
(Resigned)		 Liberal Democratic President of the Senate acting as vice president.
1 day
Acting Juan Esteban Montero
(1879–1948)		 27 July 1931 20 August 1931
(Resigned)		 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
24 days
Acting Manuel Trucco
(1875–1954)		 20 August 1931 15 November 1931 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
87 days
Acting Juan Esteban Montero
(1879–1948)		 15 November 1931 4 June 1932
(Deposed)		 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
21 202 days 1931
Junta Arturo Puga
(1879–1970)		 4 June 1932 16 June 1932
(Resigned)		 Military President of the Government Junta.
12 days
Junta Carlos Dávila
(1887–1955)		 16 June 1932 8 July 1932
(Resigned)		 Socialist President of the Government Junta.
Acting 22 days Provisional President of the Socialist Republic of Chile since 8 July 1932.
Acting Bartolomé Blanche
(1879–1970)		 13 September 1932 2 October 1932
(Resigned)		 Military Provisional President.
19 days
Acting Abraham Oyanedel
(1874–1954)		 2 October 1932 24 December 1932 Independent President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president.
83 days
22 Arturo Alessandri
(1868–1950)		 24 December 1932 24 December 1938 Liberal 1932
6 years
23 Pedro Aguirre Cerda
(1879–1941)		 24 December 1938 25 November 1941
(Died in office)		 Radical 1938
2 years, 336 days
Acting Jerónimo Méndez
(1887–1959)		 25 November 1941 2 April 1942 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
97 days
24 Juan Antonio Ríos
(1888–1946)		 2 April 1942 27 June 1946
(Died in office)		 Radical 1942
4 years, 117 days
Acting Alfredo Duhalde
(1898–1985)		 27 June 1946 3 August 1946
(Resigned)		 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
37 days
Acting Vicente Merino
(1889–1977)		 3 August 1946 13 August 1946
(Resigned)		 Military Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
10 days
Acting Alfredo Duhalde
(1898–1985)		 13 August 1946 17 October 1946
(Resigned)		 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
65 days
Acting Juan Antonio Iribarren
(1885–1968)		 17 October 1946 3 November 1946 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
17 days
25 Gabriel González Videla
(1898–1980)		 3 November 1946 3 November 1952 Radical 1946
6 years
26 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
(1877–1960)		 3 November 1952 3 November 1958 Independent 1952
6 years
27 Jorge Alessandri
(1896–1986)		 3 November 1958 3 November 1964 Liberal independent 1958
6 years
28 Eduardo Frei Montalva
(1911–1982)		 3 November 1964 3 November 1970 Christian Democratic 1964
6 years
29 Salvador Allende
(1908–1973)		 3 November 1970 11 September 1973
(Died in office)		 Socialist 1970
2 years, 312 days

Military rule (1973–1990)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected
Took office Left office
Time in office
Junta Augusto Pinochet
(1915–2006)		 11 September 1973 11 March 1990 Military None
Acting None
16 years, 181 days 1980

Presidential Republic (1990–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Elected Ref.
Took office Left office
Time in office
30 Patricio Aylwin
(1918–2016)		 11 March 1990 11 March 1994 Christian Democratic independent 1989
4 years
31 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
(born 1942)		 11 March 1994 11 March 2000 Christian Democratic 1993
6 years
32 Ricardo Lagos
(born 1938)		 11 March 2000 11 March 2006 Socialist independent 2000
6 years
33 Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951)		 11 March 2006 11 March 2010 Socialist 2006
4 years
34 Sebastián Piñera
(1949–2024)		 11 March 2010 11 March 2014 Conservative independent 2010
4 years
35 Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951)		 11 March 2014 11 March 2018 Socialist 2013
4 years
36 Sebastián Piñera
(1949–2024)		 11 March 2018 11 March 2022 Conservative independent 2017
4 years
37 Gabriel Boric
(born 1986)		 11 March 2022 11 March 2026 Social Convergence
Broad Front		 2021
4 years
38 José Antonio Kast
(born 1966)		 11 March 2026 Incumbent
(Term ends on 11 March 2030)		 Conservative independent 2025
243 days

Timeline

José Antonio KastGabriel BoricSebastián PiñeraMichelle BacheletRicardo LagosEduardo Frei Ruiz-TaglePatricio AylwinAugusto PinochetSalvador AllendeEduardo Frei MontalvaJorge AlessandriGabriel González VidelaJuan Antonio RíosPedro Aguirre CerdaJuan Esteban MonteroCarlos Ibáñez del CampoEmiliano FigueroaArturo AlessandriJuan Luis SanfuentesRamón Barros LucoPedro MonttGermán Riesco ErrázurizFederico Errázuriz EchaurrenJorge MonttJosé Manuel BalmacedaDomingo Santa MaríaAníbal Pinto GarmendiaFederico Errázuriz ZañartuJosé Joaquín PérezManuel MonttManuel Bulnes PrietoJosé Joaquín Prieto VialFrancisco Antonio Pinto DíazRamón FreireManuel Blanco Encalada

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Interim Vice-President under Ramon Freire, assumed the presidency after his resignation
  3. ↑ For health reasons, Francisco Antonio Pinto made the President of the Senate, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Delegate President. Between 16 July 1829 and 19 October 1829
  4. ↑ First President elected by the electoral college
  5. ↑ On 21 March 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.
  6. ↑ Did not take office and instead resigned immediately, but this was not accepted by the Congress. Continued to be de jure Vice-President until the abolition of the post with a new Constitution on 26 May 1833.
  7. ↑ In 1871, a constitutional reform prohibited re-election for the following term
  8. ↑ Head of the Executive Power since 10 November 1891 until 26 December 1891
  9. ↑ Restoration of his original mandate.
  10. ↑ First President elected under universal suffrage
  11. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition Popular Front
  12. ↑ Supported by the center-left Democratic Alliance
  13. ↑ Supported by the Liberal and Conservative center-right
  14. ↑ Died in a military coup; he killed himself while the presidential palace was under attack.
  15. ↑ Supported by the left coalition Popular Unity
  16. ↑ President of the Government Junta.
  17. ↑ Supreme Chief of the Nation (appointed by decree on 17 June 1974).
  18. ↑ He resigned from his PDC membership as a campaign promise.
  19. 1 2 3 4 Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación
  20. ↑ Elected for a four-year term according to Temporary Provisions of the Constitution of 1980.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ Member of the PPD until 11 March 2000. He resigned from his party membership as a campaign promise.
  23. ↑ The Constitutional reform of 2005 reduced the presidential term from six to four years.
  24. ↑ First female president of Chile.
  25. ↑ First democratically elected conservative president since 1958.
  26. ↑ Member of National Renewal until March 11, 2010. Resigned due to the party's statutes.
  27. ↑ Supported by the center-right coalition Coalition for Change
  28. 1 2 Second term.
  29. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition New Majority
  30. ↑ Supported by the center-right coalition Chile Vamos
  31. ↑ Youngest president.
  32. ↑ Supported by the left-wing coalition Apruebo Dignidad
  33. ↑ A member of the Republican Party until March 11, 2026, he resigned his membership as a campaign promise.
  34. ↑ Supported by the far-right coalition Change for Chile

References

  1. ↑ Profesional, WDesign cl-DiseñWeb. "¿Quién fue Mateo de Toro-Zambrano? El noble que presidió la Primera Junta de Gobierno". El Heraldo Austral (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Rozas, Juan Martinez de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 795.
  3. ↑ "FT.com / Life & Arts - First among unequals: Chile's president". www.ft.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "In Memoriam: Sebastián Piñera (1949-2024), former President and Key Figure in the Establishment of CGC Santiago | Columbia Global Centers". globalcenters.columbia.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2026.