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President of Chile - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Administrator, Archon, Chancellor, Dean, Doge, Executive, Headmaster, Headmistress, Magistrate, Management, Master, Officer, Official, Prefect

The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government.

Chile, unlike many of the other countries in the region, has had a long history of democratic governments, with only a few interruptions.

List of Presidents of Chile

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Manuel Blanco Encalada 1826 1826
Agustín Eyzaguirre Arechavala 1826 1827 interim
Ramón Freire Serrano 1827 1827 Lib.
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz 1827 1829 Lib.
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín 1829 1829 interim
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales 1830 1830 interim
José Tomás Ovalle Bezanilla 1830 1830 Con. interim
Francisco Errázuriz Martínez 1831 1831 interim
José Joaquín Prieto Vial 1831 1841 Con.
Manuel Bulnes Prieto 1841 1851 Con.
Manuel Montt Torres 1851 1861 Con./PC
José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano 1861 1871 PC
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu 1871 1876 PL
Aníbal Pinto Garmendia 1876 1881 PL
Domingo Santa María González 1881 1886 PL
José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández 1886 1891 PL
Jorge Montt Álvarez 1891 1896 military
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren 1896 1901 PL
Germán Riesco Errázuriz 1901 1906 AL
Pedro Montt Montt 1906 1910 PN
Elías Fernández Albano 1910 1910 PC? interim
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín 1910 1910 PL interim
Ramón Barros Luco 1910 1915 AL
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui 1915 1920 PLD
Arturo Alessandri Palma 1920 1924 PL
Luis Altamirano Talavera 1924 1925 military; interim
Emilio Bello Codesido 1925 1925 interim
Arturo Alessandri Palma 1925 1925 PL
Luis Barros Borgoño 1925 1925 PL interim
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín 1925 1927 PL
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 1927 1931 military dictatorship
Pedro Opazo Letelier 1931 1931 interim
Manuel Trucco 1931 1931 interim
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez 1931 1932 PR
Carlos Dávila Espinoza 1932 1932 PS interim
Bartolomé Blanche Espejo 1932 1932 interim
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia 1932 1932 non-party; interim
Arturo Alessandri Palma 1932 1938 PL
Pedro Aguirre Cerda 1938 1941 FP
Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia 1941 1942 PR
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales 1942 1946 FP
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez 1946 1946 FP interim
Gabriel González Videla 1946 1952 FP
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 1952 1958 APL
Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez 1958 1964 PC
Eduardo Frei Montalva 1964 1970 PDC
Salvador Allende Gossens 1970 1973 UP (PS)
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte 1974 1990 military dictatorship
Patricio Aylwin Azócar 1990 1994 CPD (PDC)
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 1994 2000 CPD (PDC)
Ricardo Lagos Escobar 2000 present CPD (PS/PPD)


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