The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. Under the current constitution (1980), the President is elected by popular vote 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. This is not unique: France reduced its presidential terms in 2002, from seven to five years, for the same reason.

The official seat of the President of Chile is the Palacio de La Moneda in the capital Santiago.

List of Heads of State of Chile (1810-Present)

Government Juntas (1810-1814)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
18 September 1810	11 August 1811	First Junta composed of: Mateo de Toro Zambrano (president of the junta) José Antonio Martínez de Adunate Fernando Márquez de la Plata Juan Martínez de Rozas (1st time) Ignacio de la Carrera (1st time) Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes (1st time) Francisco Javier Renia
11 August 1811	4 September 1811	Second Junta (Provisional Executive Authority) composed of: Martín Calvo Encalada (1st time) Juan José Aldunate Larraín Juan Miguel Benavente Francisco Javier del Sola
4 September 1811	15 November 1811	Third Junta (Executive Tribunal) composed of: Juan Martínez de Rozas (2nd time) Martín Calvo Encalada (2nd time) Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes (2nd time) Juan Mackenna José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel (1st time)
15 November 1811	2 December 1811	Fourth Junta composed of: José Miguel Carrera y Verdugo (1st time) José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel (2nd time) Juan Martínez de Rozas (3rd time)
2 December 1811	14 March 1814	Fifth Junta composed of: José Miguel Carrera y Verdugo (2nd time, to November 1813) José Miguel Infante José Nicolas de la Cerda (from 16 December 1811) Francisco Antonio Pérez Salas (1813 to 1814) Ignacio de la Carrera (2nd time, to 3 October 1812) Manuel Manso de Velasco (from 8 January 1812) José Santiago Portalés (from 1812) Pedro José Prado Jaraquemada (from October 1812) Bernardo O'Higgins (from 29 November 1813)

Supreme Directors (1814)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
14 March 1814	23 July 1814	Francisco de la Lastra
23 July 1814	2 October 1814	Sixth Junta composed of: José Miguel Carrera (3rd time) Julián Urivi Manuel Muñoz Urzúa

Governors and Captains-general (in opposition to 10 October 1814 and from 12 January 1817)

In Chillán, then Concepción

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
12 December 1812	21 May 1813	Antonio Pareja
21 May 1813	1 January 1814	Juan Francisco Sánchez
1 January 1814	19 July 1814	Gabino Gaínza y Fernández de Medrano
19 July 1814	10 October 1814	Mariano Osorio

In Santiago

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
10 October 1814	26 December 1815	Mariano Osorio
26 December 1815	12 January 1817	Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Ponte Ángel Díaz y Méndez (1st time)

In Tacna

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
12 January 1817	4 January 1818	Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Ponte Ángel Díaz y Méndez
4 January 1818	5 April 1818	Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz
5 April 1818	19 May 1819	Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Ponte Ángel Díaz y Méndez (2nd time)

Supreme Directors (1818-1826)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
16 January 1817	28 January 1823	Bernardo O'Higgins (acting to 12 February 1818)
28 January 1823	29 March 1823	Agustín Eyzaguirre (President of Interim Governing Junta)
29 March 1823	5 April 1823	Congress of Plenipotentiaries composed of: Juan Egaña Risco Manuel Fernando Vásquez de Novoa Manuel Antonio González Valenzuela
5 April 1823	13 August 1823	Ramón Freire (1st time, Director and Provisional Supreme Chief of State)	Liberal Party
13 August 1823	2 September 1823	Deputy Supreme Junta composed of: Mariano Egaña Fabres Santiago Fernández y González Barriga Diego José Benavente y García de Bustamante
2 September 1823	9 July 1826	Ramón Freire (2nd time)	Liberal Party

Presidents of the Republic of Chile (1826-1932)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
9 July 1826	9 September 1826	Manuel Blanco Encalada (provisional)
9 September 1826	1 February 1827	Agustín Eyzaguirre (vice-president acting)
1 February 1827	8 May 1827	Ramón Freire (1st time) (provisional (in rebellion from 25 January 1827) to 15 February 1827)	Liberal Party
8 May 1827	16 July 1829	Francisco Antonio Pinto (1st time, vice-president acting)	Liberal Party
16 July 1829	19 October 1829	Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1st time, vice-president acting)
19 October 1829	2 November 1829	Francisco Antonio Pinto (2nd time)	Liberal Party
2 November 1829	7 November 1829	Francisco Ramón Vicuña (2nd time, vice-president acting)
7 November 1829	13 November 1829	Ramón Freire (2nd time, President of the Government Junta)	Liberal Party
8 November 1829	7 December 1829	Francisco Ramón Vicuña (3rd time) (vice-president acting (in rebellion to 13 November 1829))
7 December 1829	24 December 1829	Ramón Freire (3rd time, in charge of the Executive)	Liberal Party
24 December 1829	18 February 1830	José Tomás Ovalle (1st time, President of the Government Junta)	Conservative Party
18 February 1830	1 April 1830	Francisco Ruiz-Tagle (provisional)
1 April 1830	21 March 1831	José Tomás Ovalle (2nd time, acting)	Conservative Party
21 March 1831	18 September 1831	Fernando Errázuriz ("accidental" to 22 March 1831, then acting)
18 September 1831	18 September 1841	José Joaquín Prieto	Conservative Party
18 September 1841	18 September 1851	Manuel Bulnes	Conservative Party
18 September 1851	18 September 1861	Manuel Montt	Conservative Party
18 September 1861	18 September 1871	José Joaquín Pérez	Conservative Party
18 September 1871	18 September 1876	Federico Errázuriz Zañartu	Liberal Party
18 September 1876	18 September 1881	Aníbal Pinto	Liberal Party
18 September 1881	18 September 1886	Domingo Santa María	Liberal Party
18 September 1886	29 August 1891	José Manuel Balmaceda	Liberal Party
29 August 1891	31 August 1891	Manuel Baquedano ("accidental" Chief of State)	Military
31 August 1891	18 September 1896	Jorge Montt (President of Junta (in rebellion from 12 April 1891) to 10 November 1891; Head of the Executive to 26 December 1891)	Military
18 September 1896	12 July 1901	Federico Errázuriz Echaurren	Liberal Party
12 July 1901	18 September 1901	Aníbal Zañartu (vice-president acting)	Liberal Party
18 September 1901	18 September 1906	Germán Riesco	Liberal Alliance
18 September 1906	16 August 1910	Pedro Montt	National Party
16 August 1910	6 September 1910	Elías Fernández (vice-president acting)	Conservative Party
6 September 1910	23 December 1910	Emiliano Figueroa (1st time, vice-president acting)	Liberal Party
23 December 1910	23 December 1915	Ramón Barros Luco	Liberal Alliance
23 December 1915	23 December 1920	Juan Luis Sanfuentes	Liberal Democratic Party
23 December 1920	12 September 1924	Arturo Alessandri (1st time)	Liberal Party
12 September 1924	23 January 1925	Luis Altamirano (junta chairman)	Military
23 January 1925	27 January 1925	Pedro Dartnell (junta chairman)	Military
27 January 1925	1 October 1925	Arturo Alessandri (2nd time)	Liberal Party
1 October 1925	23 December 1925	Luis Barros Borgoño (vice-president acting)	Liberal Party
23 December 1925	10 May 1927	Emiliano Figueroa (2nd time)	Liberal Party
10 May 1927	29 July 1931	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1st time, acting to 21 July 1927)	Military
29 July 1931	4 June 1932	Juan Esteban Montero (vice-president acting to 4 December 1931)	Radical Party

Presidents of the Socialist Republic of Chile (1932)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
4 June 1932	16 June 1932	Arturo Puga (chairman Junta of the Socialist Republic of Chile)	Socialist Party
16 June 1932	13 September 1932	Carlos Dávila (chairman Junta of the Socialist Republic of Chile to 8 July 1932, then Provisional President of the Socialist Republic of Chile)	Socialist Party

Presidents of the Republic of Chile (1932-Present)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
13 September 1932	2 October 1932	Bartolomé Blanche (provisional)
2 October 1932	24 December 1932	Abraham Oyanedel (acting)	Non-party
24 December 1932	24 December 1938	Arturo Alessandri (3rd time)	Liberal Party
24 December 1938	25 November 1941	Pedro Aguirre Cerda	Radical Party/Popular Front
25 November 1941	2 April 1942	Jerónimo Méndez (vice-president acting)	Radical Party
2 April 1942	27 June 1946	Juan Antonio Ríos	Radical Party/Democratic Alliance
27 June 1946	17 October 1946	Alfredo Duhalde (acting)	Democratic Alliance
3 August 1946	17 October 1946	Vicente Merino (vice-president acting for Duhalde)	Military/Democratic Alliance
17 October 1946	3 November 1946	Juan Antonio Iribarren (vice-president acting)	Radical Party
3 November 1946	3 November 1952	Gabriel González Videla	Radical Party/Democratic Alliance
3 November 1952	3 November 1958	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (2nd time)	Popular Liberation Alliance
3 November 1958	3 November 1964	Jorge Alessandri	Independent
3 November 1964	3 November 1970	Eduardo Frei Montalva	Christian Democratic Party
3 November 1970	11 September 1973	Salvador Allende	Socialist Party-Popular Unity
11 September 1973	27 June 1974	Government Junta composed of: Augusto Pinochet (chairman) José Toribio Merino Gustavo Leigh Guzmán César Mendoza	Military
27 June 1974	11 March 1990	Augusto Pinochet (Supreme Head of the Nation to 17 December 1974)	Military
11 March 1990	11 March 1994	Patricio Aylwin	Christian Democratic Party
11 March 1994	11 March 2000	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	Christian Democratic Party
11 March 2000	11 March 2006	Ricardo Lagos	Party for Democracy
11 March 2006	Present	Michelle Bachelet	Socialist Party

Last election

External links

• Presidencia de la República official site ( English version)