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.PortraitNameTerm of officeNotesRef. — Mateo de Toro y Zambrano 18 September 1810 26 February 1811 † President of the First Government Junta. Died in office. — Juan Martínez de Rozas 27 February 1811 2 April 1811 Interim President of the First Government Junta. — Fernando Márquez de la Plata 2 April 1811 4 July 1811 President of the First Government Junta. — Juan Antonio Ovalle 4 July 1811 20 July 1811 President of the First National Congress.—Martín Calvo Encalada 20 July 1811 11 August 1811 11 August 1811 4 September 1811 President of the Provisional Executive Authority. — 4 September 1811 16 November 1811 President of the Executive Court.—José Miguel Carrera 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. — 8 April 1812 6 August 1812 President of the Provisional Government Junta. — 6 August 1812 6 December 1812 — José Miguel Carrera 6 December 1812 30 March 1813 — Juan José Carrera 30 March 1813 13 April 1813— Francisco Antonio Pérez 13 April 1813 23 August 1813 President of the Superior Governmental Junta. — José Miguel Infante 23 August 1813 11 January 1814 — Agustín Eyzaguirre 11 January 1814 7 March 1814
Supreme directors (1814)
No.PortraitNameTerm of officeNotes — Antonio José de Irisarri 7 March 1814 14 March 1814 Interim Supreme Director. 1 Francisco de la Lastra 14 March 1814 23 July 1814 Supreme Director. — José Miguel Carrera 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)
Portrait Name Term of office Head of State Took office Left office Time in officeRGMariano Osorio 3 October 1814 26 December 1815Ferdinand VIIRGFrancisco Marcó del Pont 26 December 1815 12 February 1817
Patria Nueva (1817–1826)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Took office Left office Time in office2nd SDBernardo O'Higgins 16 February 1817 28 January 1823IndependentJuntaAgustín Eyzaguirre 28 January 1823 4 April 1823Independent3rd SDRamón Freire 4 April 1823 9 July 1826Pipiolos
Presidents (1826–present)
Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Vice President Took office Left office Time in office1Manuel Blanco Encalada 9 July 1826 9 September 1826Independent1826Agustín EyzaguirreAgustín Eyzaguirre 9 September 1826 25 January 1827Independent rowspan=2 Ramón Freire 25 January 1827 8 May 1827Pipiolos Francisco Antonio Pinto 2 1827Francisco Antonio Pinto8 May 18272 November 1829Pipiolos rowspan=2 31829 Joaquín VicuñaFrancisco Ramón Vicuña 2 November 1829 7 November 1829Pipiolos rowspan=9 JuntaRamón Freire 7 November 1829 8 November 1829PipiolosFrancisco Ramón Vicuña 8 November 1829 7 December 1829Pipiolos colspan=9 JuntaJosé Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla 24 December 1829 18 February 1830PeluconesFrancisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales 18 February 1830 1 April 1830PeluconesJosé Tomás Ovalle y BezanillaJosé Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla 1 April 1830 8 March 1831Pelucones rowspan=4 Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate 8 March 1831 18 September 1831Pelucones
Conservative Republic (1830–1861)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Vice President Took office Left office Time in office4Joaquín Prieto18 September 183118 September 1841Pelucones1831 Diego Portales Post abolished years Conservative 18365Manuel Bulnes 18 September 1841 18 September 1851Conservative 1841 years 18466Manuel Montt 18 September 1851 18 September 1861 Conservative 1851 years National 1856
Liberal Republic (1861–1891)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Took office Left office Time in office7José Joaquín Pérez 18 September 1861 18 September 1871National 1861 years 18668Federico Errázuriz Zañartu 18 September 1871 18 September 1876Liberal1871 years9Aníbal Pinto 18 September 1876 18 September 1881Liberal1876 years10Domingo Santa María 18 September 1881 18 September 1886Liberal1881 years11José Manuel Balmaceda 18 September 1886 29 August 1891Liberal1886 Manuel Baquedano 29 August 1891 31 August 1891Military
Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Took office Left office Time in office JuntaJorge Montt31 August 189118 September 1896Military 12 October 189113Federico Errázuriz Echaurren 18 September 1896 12 July 1901Liberal1896 Aníbal Zañartu 12 July 1901 18 September 1901LiberalMinister of the Interior acting as vice president.14Germán Riesco 18 September 1901 18 September 1906Liberal1901 years15Pedro Montt 18 September 1906 16 August 1910National1906 Elías Fernández Albano 16 August 1910 6 September 1910NationalEmiliano Figueroa 6 September 1910 23 December 1910Liberal Democratic16Ramón Barros Luco 23 December 1910 23 December 1915Liberal1910 years17Juan Luis Sanfuentes 23 December 1915 23 December 1920Liberal Democratic1915 years18Arturo Alessandri 23 December 1920 11 September 1924Liberal1920 JuntaLuis Altamirano 11 September 1924 23 January 1925MilitaryJuntaPedro Dartnell 23 January 1925 27 January 1925MilitaryJuntaEmilio Bello Codesido 27 January 1925 12 March 1925Liberal Democratic
Presidential Republic (1925–1973)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Took office Left office Time in office18Arturo Alessandri 12 March 1925 1 October 1925Liberal1920 Luis Barros Borgoño 1 October 1925 23 December 1925Liberal19Emiliano Figueroa 23 December 1925 10 May 1927Liberal Democratic1925 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 10 May 1927 26 July 1931Independent 20 1927 Pedro Opaso 26 July 1931 27 July 1931Liberal DemocraticJuan Esteban Montero 27 July 1931 20 August 1931RadicalManuel Trucco 20 August 1931 15 November 1931Radical Juan Esteban Montero 15 November 1931 4 June 1932Radical 21 1931 JuntaArturo Puga 4 June 1932 16 June 1932Military JuntaCarlos Dávila 16 June 1932 8 July 1932Socialist Bartolomé Blanche 13 September 1932 2 October 1932MilitaryAbraham Oyanedel 2 October 1932 24 December 1932Independent22Arturo Alessandri 24 December 1932 24 December 1938Liberal1932 years23Pedro Aguirre Cerda 24 December 1938 25 November 1941Radical1938 Jerónimo Méndez 25 November 1941 2 April 1942Radical24Juan Antonio Ríos 2 April 1942 27 June 1946Radical1942 Alfredo Duhalde 27 June 1946 3 August 1946RadicalVicente Merino 3 August 1946 13 August 1946MilitaryAlfredo Duhalde 13 August 1946 17 October 1946RadicalJuan Antonio Iribarren 17 October 1946 3 November 1946RadicalMinister of the Interior acting as vice president.25Gabriel González Videla 3 November 1946 3 November 1952Radical1946 years26Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 3 November 1952 3 November 1958Independent1952 years27Jorge Alessandri 3 November 1958 3 November 1964Liberal independent1958 years28Eduardo Frei Montalva 3 November 1964 3 November 1970Christian Democratic1964 years29Salvador Allende 3 November 1970 11 September 1973Socialist1970
Military rule (1973–1990)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Took office Left office Time in office JuntaAugusto Pinochet 11 September 197311 March 1990Military NonePresident of the Government Junta. NoneSupreme Chief of the Nation (appointed by decree on 17 June 1974) 1980
Presidential Republic (1990–present)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Elected Took office Left office Time in office30Patricio Aylwin 11 March 1990 11 March 1994Christian Democratic independent1989 years31Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 11 March 1994 11 March 2000Christian Democratic1993 years32Ricardo Lagos 11 March 2000 11 March 2006Socialist independent2000 years33Michelle Bachelet 11 March 2006 11 March 2010Socialist2006 years34Sebastián Piñera 11 March 2010 11 March 2014Conservative independent2010 years35Michelle Bachelet 11 March 2014 11 March 2018Socialist2013 years36Sebastián Piñera 11 March 2018 11 March 2022Conservative independent2017 years37Gabriel Boric 11 March 2022 11 March 2026Social ConvergenceBroad Front2021 years38José Antonio Kast 11 March 2026 IncumbentConservative independent2025
Timeline
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