President of Chile

Presidential Standard of Chile

The President of Chile is the head of the Chilean Executive Branch, head of state, and the head of government.

Current president

The current President of Chile is Gabriel Boric Font who assumed at the age of 35.

Election

The president is elected every four years by the Chilean people, through a popular vote ratified by the Electoral Service of Chile (SERVEL). It cannot be reelected in consecutive terms, but can on separated terms.

President who served the longest time

President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte with the Presidential sash.

Main article: Military Government (Chile)

President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte served almost 17 years in a period in which Chile developed heavily. In time he is followed only by Presidents Joaquín Prieto, Manuel Bulnes, Manuel Montt and Joaquín Pérez, whose terms lasted a decade each.

List of presidents

Name	Start Serving	End of Office	Notes
President of the Government of the Junta Patria Vieja
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano	18 September 1810	26 February 1811	President First Junta Government in 1810
Juan Martínez de Rozas	27 February 1811	2 April 1811	Acting President of the Junta Government
Fernando Márquez de la Plata	2 April 1811	March 17 1811	President Junta Government 1811
Juan Martínez de Rozas	March 17 1811	4th of July 1811	President Supreme Junta Government
Juan Antonio Ovalle	4th of July 1811	11 August 1811	President First National Congress
Martín Calvo Encalada	11 August 1811	4 September 1811	Interim President of Executive Authority
Juan Martínez de Rozas	4 September 1811	15 November 1811	President Supreme Junta Government
José Miguel Carrera	15 November 1811	13 December 1811	President Provisional Junta Government 1811
José Santiago Portales	13 December 1811	January 8 1812
José Miguel Carrera	January 8 1812	3 November 1812
Pedro José Prado Jaraquemada	3 November 1812	6 December 1812	President Supreme Junta Government 1812
José Miguel Carrera	6 December 1812	13 April 1813
Francisco Antonio Perez	13 April 1813	23 August 1813	President Supreme Junta Government 1813
José Miguel Infante	23 August 1813	11 January 1814
Agustin Manuel Eyzaguirre Arechavala	January 11 1814	7 March 1814
Antonio José de Irisarri	7 March 1814	March 14 1814	Temporary Supreme Leader
Francisco de la Lastra	March 14 1814	23 July 1814
José Miguel Carrera	23 July 1814	2 October 1814
Between 1814 and 1817, the country was under Spanish rule (Reconquista)
Bernardo O'Higgins	16 February 1817	28 January 1823
Agustin Manuel Eyzaguirre Arechavala	28 January 1823	29 March 1823	President Government of the Junta 1823
Congreso de Plenipotenciarios (Congress Plenipotentiary)	29 March 1823	5 April 1823	Triumvirat while three provinces
Ramon Freire Serrano	5 April 1823	13 August 1823	Temporary Supreme Leader
Diego José Benavente	13 August 1823	2 September 1823	Acting Supreme Leader
Ramon Freire Serrano	2 September 1823	July 9 1826
President
Manuel Blanco Encalada	July 9 1826	9 September 1826	Interim President
Agustín Manuel Eyzaguirre Arechavala	9 September 1826	25 January 1827	Vicepresident
Ramón Freire Serrano	25 January 1827	15 February 1827	Interim President
Ramón Freire Serrano	15 February 1827	May 8 1827
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz	May 8 1827	July 14 1829	Vicepresident
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín	July 14 1829	19 October 1829	Main Envoy
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz	19 October 1829	2 November 1829
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín	2 November 1829	December 7 1829	Vicepresident
Chief executive	December 7 1829	24 December 1829
José Tomas Ovalle Bezanilla	24 December 1829	18 February 1830	President of the Junta Government
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales	18 February 1830	1 April 1830	Interim President
José Tomas Ovalle Bezanilla	1 April 1830	March 8 1831	Vicepresident
Fernando Errazuriz Aldunate	March 8 1831	18 September 1831	Interim President
José Joaquin Prieto Vial	18 September 1831	18 September 1841
Manuel Bulnes Prieto	18 September 1841	18 September 1851
Manuel Montt Torres	18 September 1851	18 September 1861
José Joaquin Perez Mascayano	18 September 1861	18 September 1871
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu	18 September 1871	18 September 1876
Anibal Pinto Garmendia	18 September 1876	18 September 1881
Domingo Santa Maria González	18 September 1881	18 September 1886
José Manuel Balmaceda Fernandez	18 September 1886	29 August 1891
Manuel Baquedano González	29 August 1891	31 August 1891	Head of Government
Jorge Montt lvarez	31 August 1891	18 September 1896
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren	18 September 1896	July 12 1901
Anibal Zañartu Zañartu	July 12 1901	18 September 1901	Vicepresident
German Riesco Errázuriz	18 September 1901	18 September 1906
Pedro Montt Montt	18 September 1906	16 August 1910
Elias Fernandez Albano	16 August 1910	6 September 1910	Vicepresident
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín	6 September 1910	23 December 1910	Vicepresident
Ramon Barros Luco	23 December 1910	23 December 1915
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui	23 December 1915	23 December 1920
Arturo Alessandri Palma	23 December 1920	12 September 1924
Luis Altamirano Talavera	12 September 1924	23 January 1925	President Junta Government
Pedro Pablo Dartnell	23 January 1925	27 January 1925	President Junta Government
Emilio Bello Codecido	27 January 1925	March 12 1925
Arturo Alessandri Palma	March 12 1925	October 1 1925
Luis Barros Borgoño	October 1 1925	23 December 1925	Vicepresident
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín	23 December 1925	May 10 1927
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	May 10 1927	July 21 1927	Vicepresident
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	May 10 1927	26 July 1931
Pedro Opazo Letelier	26 July 1931	27 July 1931	Vicepresident
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez	27 July 1931	3 September 1931	Vicepresident
Manuel Trucco Franzani	3 September 1931	15 November 1931	Vicepresident
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez	15 November 1931	4 December 1931	Vicepresident
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez	4 December 1931	4 June 1932
Arturo Puga	4 June 1932	June 13 1932	President of the Junta Government Socialist Republic of Chile
Arturo Puga	June 13 1932	June 16 1932
Carlos Dávila Espinoza	June 16 1932	July 8 1932
Carlos Dávila Espinoza	July 8 1932	13 September 1932	Interim President of the Socialist Republic of Chile
Bartolome Blanche Espejo	13 September 1932	2 October 1932
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia	2 October 1932	24 December 1932	Vicepresident
Arturo Alessandri Palma	24 December 1932	24 December 1938
Pedro Aguirre Cerda	24 December 1938	25 November 1941
Jeronimo Mendez Arancibia	25 November 1941	2 April 1942	Vicepresident
Juan Antonio Rios Morales	2 April 1942	27 June 1946
Alfredo Duhalde Vasquez	27 June 1946	August 3 1946	Vicepresident
Vicente Merino Bielich	August 3 1946	13 August 1946	Vicepresident
Alfredo Duhalde Vasquez	13 August 1946	17 October 1946	Vicepresident
Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas	17 October 1946	3 November 1946	Vicepresident
Gabriel González Videla	3 November 1946	3 November 1952
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	3 November 1952	3 November 1958
Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez	3 November 1958	3 November 1964
Eduardo Frei Montalva	3 November 1964	3 November 1970
Salvador Allende Gossens	3 November 1970	11 September 1973
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	11 September 1973	27 June 1974	President of the Junta
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	27 June 1974	17 December 1974	Supreme Leader of the Nation
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	17 December 1974	March 11 1990
Patricio Aylwin Azócar	March 11 1990	March 11 1994
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	March 11 1994	March 11 2000
Ricardo Lagos Escobar	March 11 2000	March 11 2006
Michelle Bachelet Jeria	March 11 2006	March 11 2010
Sebastián Piñera Echenique	March 11 2010	March 11 2014
Michelle Bachelet Jeria	11 March 2014	March 11 2018
Sebastián Piñera Echenique	March 11 2018	March 11 2022
Gabriel Boric Font	March 11 2022	still in office

Note: The letters bold, indicate holding the office of President or Supreme Leader. Italics, holding the position temporarily because the position is vacant. ' indicates the date of death of the incumbent.