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President of Chile

The President of Chile is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the President is elected by popular vote, for a period of maximum four years. Immediate re-election is not permitted. The period allows the elections of Presidents to be adjusted in time.

President of the Republic of Chile
Presidente de la República de Chile
Bandera del presidente de Chile.svg
Presidential Standard
Retrato Oficial Presidente Boric Font.jpg
Incumbent
Gabriel Boric
since 11 March 2022
StyleHis Excellency
TypeHead of state
Head of government
SeatLa Moneda Palace
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthFour years, not eligible for re-election immediately
Inaugural holderManuel Blanco Encalada
Formation9 June 1826; 199 years ago (1826-06-09)
DeputyMinister of the Interior and Public Security
(as ex officio "Vice-President")
SalaryUS$190,466 annually[1]
Websitewww.gob.cl

The President has a seat in the Palacio de La Moneda (La Moneda Palace), in the capital of Chile, Santiago.

The current president of Chile is Gabriel Boric.

List of presidents

Main page: List of presidents of Chile

Presidential Republic (1990–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Elected
Took office Left office
Time in office
30 Patricio Aylwin (1990) - 2.jpg Patricio Aylwin
(1918–2016) 		11 March 1990 11 March 1994 Christian Democratic 1989[a]
4 years[b]
31 Retrato Oficial Presidente Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 1994 (cropped).jpg Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
(born 1942) 		11 March 1994 11 March 2000 Christian Democratic 1993[c]
6 years[d]
32 Retrato Oficial Presidente Ricardo Lagos 2000 (cropped).jpg Ricardo Lagos
(born 1938) 		11 March 2000 11 March 2006 Party for Democracy 2000[e]
6 years[f]
33[g] MichelleBachelet2006Official.png Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951) 		11 March 2006 11 March 2010 Socialist 2006[h]
4 years
34[i] Fotografía oficial del Presidente Sebastián Piñera - 2.jpg Sebastián Piñera
(1949–2024) 		11 March 2010 11 March 2014 National Renewal 2010[j]
4 years
35[k] Michelle Bachelet (2013) 4x3 cropped.jpg Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951) 		11 March 2014 11 March 2018 Socialist 2013[l]
4 years
36[m] Retrato Oficial Presidente Piñera 2018 (cropped2).jpg Sebastián Piñera
(1949–2024) 		11 March 2018 11 March 2022 Independent 2017[n]
4 years
37[o] Retrato Oficial Presidente Boric Font (cropped).jpg Gabriel Boric
(born 1986) 		11 March 2022 Incumbent Social Convergence
Frente Amplio 		2021[p]
3 years, 280 days
Elect José Antonio Kast en 2025 (cropped2).jpg José Antonio Kast
(born 1966) 		Taking office: 11 March 2026 Republican 2025
−85 days

Living former presidents

There are three living former Chilean presidents:

The most recent death of a former President, was Sebastián Piñera on February 6, 2024, who served in the office from 2010 until 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022.

President Of Chile Media

  • Juan Antonio Ríos voting in the 1942 election, where he was elected as President.

  • Both Michelle Bachelet (center) and Sebastián Piñera (right) were elected for two non-consecutive terms.

  • President Patricio Aylwin (in office 1990–1994) wearing the presidential sash in his official portrait.

  • Valparaíso (Chile), 11 de marzo del 2022.- El presidente Guillermo Lasso, asistió a la asunción presidencial de Gabriel Boric. *Foto: Bolívar Parra / Presidencia de la República

  • Juan Luis Sanfuentes arriving at the Dia de las Glorias del Ejercito in 1916

  • Ford Galaxie 500, the presidential car used in ceremonies

  • Sebastián Piñera in the Balmaceda carriage on Fiestas Patrias in 2010

  • Sebastián Piñera in the Ford Galaxie on Navy Day 2011

Notes

  1. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación
  2. ↑ Elected for a four-year term according to Temporary Provisions of the Constitution of 1980.
  3. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación
  6. ↑ The Constitutional reform of 2005 reduced the presidential term from six to four years.
  7. ↑ First female president of Chile.
  8. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación
  9. ↑ First democratically elected conservative president since 1958.
  10. ↑ Supported by the center-right coalition Coalition for Change
  11. ↑ Second term.
  12. ↑ Supported by the center-left coalition New Majority
  13. ↑ Second term.
  14. ↑ Supported by the center-right coalition Chile Vamos
  15. ↑ Youngest president.
  16. ↑ Supported by the left coalition Apruebo Dignidad

References

  1. ↑ "IG.com Pay Check". IG. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

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