List of presidents of Chile

The La Moneda Palace, the president's official residence and centre of the administration.

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)

Main article: Patria Vieja

Government Juntas (1810–1814)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Notes
—		Mateo de Toro y Zambrano (1727–1811)	18 September 1810	26 February 1811 †	President of the First Government Junta. Died in office.
—		Juan Martínez de Rozas (1759–1813)	27 February 1811	2 April 1811	Interim President of the First Government Junta.
—		Fernando Márquez de la Plata (1740–1818)	2 April 1811	4 July 1811	President of the First Government Junta.
—		Juan Antonio Ovalle (1750–1819)	4 July 1811	20 July 1811	President of the First National Congress.
—		Martín Calvo Encalada (1756–1828)	20 July 1811	11 August 1811
			11 August 1811	4 September 1811	President of the Provisional Executive Authority.
—		Juan Enrique Rosales  [ es ] (1755–1825)	4 September 1811	16 November 1811	President of the Executive Court.
—		José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)	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.
—		José Santiago Portales y Larraín  [ es ] (1764–1835)	8 April 1812	6 August 1812	President of the Provisional Government Junta.
—		Pedro José Prado Jaraquemada  [ es ] (1754–1827)	6 August 1812	6 December 1812
—		José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)	6 December 1812	30 March 1813
—		Juan José Carrera (1782–1818)	30 March 1813	13 April 1813
—		Francisco Antonio Pérez (1764–1828)	13 April 1813	23 August 1813	President of the Superior Governmental Junta.
—		José Miguel Infante (1778–1844)	23 August 1813	11 January 1814
—		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	11 January 1814	7 March 1814

Supreme directors (1814)

See also: Supreme Director of Chile

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Notes
—		Antonio José de Irisarri (1786–1868)	7 March 1814	14 March 1814	Interim Supreme Director.
1		Francisco de la Lastra (1777–1852)	14 March 1814	23 July 1814	Supreme Director.
—		José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)	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)

Main article: Reconquest (Chile)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Head of State
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
RG		Mariano Osorio (1777–1819)	3 October 1814	26 December 1815	Ferdinand VII
			1 year, 84 days
RG		Francisco Marcó del Pont (1770–1819)	26 December 1815	12 February 1817 (Deposed)
			1 year, 48 days

Patria Nueva (1817–1826)

Main article: Patria Nueva

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
2nd SD		Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842)	16 February 1817	28 January 1823 (Resigned)		Independent
			5 years, 346 days
Junta		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	28 January 1823	4 April 1823		Independent
			66 days
3rd SD		Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	4 April 1823	9 July 1826		Pipiolos
			3 years, 96 days

Presidents (1826–present)

Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)

Main article: Organization of the Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected	Vice President [a]
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
1		Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876)	9 July 1826	9 September 1826 (Resigned)		Independent	1826	Agustín Eyzaguirre
			62 days
Acting		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	9 September 1826	25 January 1827 (Resigned)		Independent	Interim Vice-President under Manuel Blanco Encalada, assumed the presidency after his resignation.	Vacant
			138 days
Acting		Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	25 January 1827	8 May 1827 (Resigned)		Pipiolos	Provisional President.	Francisco Antonio Pinto
2			103 days				1827
Acting		Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858)	8 May 1827	2 November 1829 (Resigned)		Pipiolos	[b]	Vacant
							[c]
3 [d]			2 years, 178 days				1829	Joaquín Vicuña
Acting		Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	2 November 1829	7 November 1829 (Deposed)		Pipiolos	President of the Senate. Deposed during the Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830.	Vacant
			5 days
Junta		Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	7 November 1829	8 November 1829 (Deposed)		Pipiolos	President of the Government Junta.
			1 day
Acting		Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	8 November 1829	7 December 1829 (Resigned)		Pipiolos	President of the Senate. Restoration of its original mandate.
			29 days
Civil War. There was no president in this period. 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829
Junta		José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831)	24 December 1829	18 February 1830		Pelucones	President of the Government Junta.
			56 days
Acting		Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales (1790–1860)	18 February 1830	1 April 1830 (Resigned)		Pelucones	Provisional President.	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
			42 days
Acting		José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831)	1 April 1830	8 March 1831 (Resigned)		Pelucones	Provisional Vice-President under Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, assumed the presidency after his resignation.	Vacant
			341 days
Acting		Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841)	8 March 1831	18 September 1831		Pelucones	Provisional President appointed by the Congress.
			194 days				[e]

Conservative Republic (1830–1861)

Main article: Conservative Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected	Vice President [a]
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
4		Joaquín Prieto (1786–1854)	18 September 1831	18 September 1841		Pelucones	1831	Diego Portales [f]
								Post abolished
			10 years			Conservative	1836
5		Manuel Bulnes (1799–1866)	18 September 1841	18 September 1851		Conservative	1841
			10 years				1846
6		Manuel Montt (1809–1880)	18 September 1851	18 September 1861		Conservative	1851
			10 years			National	1856

Liberal Republic (1861–1891)

Main article: Liberal Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
7		José Joaquín Pérez (1801–1889)	18 September 1861	18 September 1871		National	1861
			10 years [g]				1866
8		Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825–1877)	18 September 1871	18 September 1876		Liberal	1871
			5 years
9		Aníbal Pinto (1825–1884)	18 September 1876	18 September 1881		Liberal	1876
			5 years
10		Domingo Santa María (1825–1889)	18 September 1881	18 September 1886		Liberal	1881
			5 years
11		José Manuel Balmaceda (1840–1891)	18 September 1886	29 August 1891 (Resigned)		Liberal	1886
			4 years, 345 days
Acting Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897) 29 August 1891 31 August 1891 Military Head of Provisional Government. 2 days

Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)

Main article: Parliamentary Republic (Chile)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
Junta		Jorge Montt (1845–1922)	31 August 1891	18 September 1896		Military	President of the Government Junta.
Acting							[h]
12			5 years, 18 days				October 1891
13		Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850–1901)	18 September 1896	12 July 1901 (Died in office)		Liberal	1896
			4 years, 297 days
Acting Aníbal Zañartu (1847–1902) 12 July 1901 18 September 1901 Liberal Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 68 days
14		Germán Riesco (1854–1916)	18 September 1901	18 September 1906		Liberal	1901
			5 years
15		Pedro Montt (1849–1910)	18 September 1906	16 August 1910 (Died in office)		National	1906
			3 years, 332 days
Acting Elías Fernández Albano (1845–1910) 16 August 1910 6 September 1910 (Died in office) National Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 21 days Acting Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931) 6 September 1910 23 December 1910 Liberal Democratic Minister of Justice acting as vice president. 108 days
16		Ramón Barros Luco (1835–1919)	23 December 1910	23 December 1915		Liberal	1910
			5 years
17		Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1858–1930)	23 December 1915	23 December 1920		Liberal Democratic	1915
			5 years
18		Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950)	23 December 1920	11 September 1924 (Deposed)		Liberal	1920
			3 years, 263 days
Junta Luis Altamirano (1876–1938) 11 September 1924 23 January 1925 (Deposed) Military President of the Government Junta of 1924. 134 days Junta Pedro Dartnell (1874–1944) 23 January 1925 27 January 1925 (Resigned) Military President of the Government Junta of 1925. 4 days Junta Emilio Bello Codesido (1868–1963) 27 January 1925 12 March 1925 Liberal Democratic President of the Government Junta of 1925. 44 days

Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

Main article: Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
18 [i]		Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950)	12 March 1925	1 October 1925		Liberal	1920
			203 days
Acting Luis Barros Borgoño (1858–1943) 1 October 1925 23 December 1925 Liberal Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 83 days
19 [j]		Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931)	23 December 1925	10 May 1927 (Resigned)		Liberal Democratic	1925
			1 year, 138 days
Acting		Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960)	10 May 1927	26 July 1931 (Resigned)		Independent	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
20			4 years, 77 days				1927
Acting Pedro Opaso (1876–1957) 26 July 1931 27 July 1931 (Resigned) Liberal Democratic President of the Senate acting as vice president. 1 day Acting Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948) 27 July 1931 20 August 1931 (Resigned) Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 24 days Acting Manuel Trucco (1875–1954) 20 August 1931 15 November 1931 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 87 days
Acting		Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948)	15 November 1931	4 June 1932 (Deposed)		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
21			202 days				1931
Junta Arturo Puga (1879–1970) 4 June 1932 16 June 1932 (Resigned) Military President of the Government Junta. 12 days Junta Carlos Dávila (1887–1955) 16 June 1932 8 July 1932 (Resigned) Socialist President of the Government Junta. Acting 22 days Provisional President of the Socialist Republic of Chile since 8 July 1932. Acting Bartolomé Blanche (1879–1970) 13 September 1932 2 October 1932 (Resigned) Military Provisional President. 19 days Acting Abraham Oyanedel (1874–1954) 2 October 1932 24 December 1932 Independent President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president. 83 days
22		Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950)	24 December 1932	24 December 1938		Liberal	1932
			6 years
23		Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941)	24 December 1938	25 November 1941 (Died in office)		Radical	1938 [k]
			2 years, 336 days
Acting Jerónimo Méndez (1887–1959) 25 November 1941 2 April 1942 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 97 days
24		Juan Antonio Ríos (1888–1946)	2 April 1942	27 June 1946 (Died in office)		Radical	1942
			4 years, 117 days
Acting Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985) 27 June 1946 3 August 1946 (Resigned) Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 37 days Acting Vicente Merino (1889–1977) 3 August 1946 13 August 1946 (Resigned) Military Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 10 days Acting Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985) 13 August 1946 17 October 1946 (Resigned) Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 65 days Acting Juan Antonio Iribarren (1885–1968) 17 October 1946 3 November 1946 Radical Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. 17 days
25		Gabriel González Videla (1898–1980)	3 November 1946	3 November 1952		Radical	1946 [l]
			6 years
26		Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960)	3 November 1952	3 November 1958		Independent	1952
			6 years
27		Jorge Alessandri (1896–1986)	3 November 1958	3 November 1964		Liberal independent	1958 [m]
			6 years
28		Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911–1982)	3 November 1964	3 November 1970		Christian Democratic	1964
			6 years
29		Salvador Allende (1908–1973)	3 November 1970	11 September 1973 (Died in office) [n]		Socialist	1970 [o]
			2 years, 312 days

Military rule (1973–1990)

Main article: Military dictatorship of Chile

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
Junta		Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006)	11 September 1973	11 March 1990		Military	President of the Government Junta.
Acting							Supreme Chief of the Nation (appointed by decree on 17 June 1974)
			16 years, 181 days				President of the Republic (appointed by decree on 17 December 1974)

Presidential Republic (1990–present)

See also: Chilean transition to democracy

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Elected
			Took office	Left office
			Time in office
30		Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016)	11 March 1990	11 March 1994		Christian Democratic independent [p]	1989 [q]
			4 years [r]
31		Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942)	11 March 1994	11 March 2000		Christian Democratic	1993 [q]
			6 years [s]
32		Ricardo Lagos (born 1938)	11 March 2000	11 March 2006		Socialist independent [t]	2000 [q]
			6 years [u]
33 [v]		Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	11 March 2006	11 March 2010		Socialist	2006 [q]
			4 years
34 [w]		Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024)	11 March 2010	11 March 2014		Conservative independent [x]	2010 [y]
			4 years
35 [z]		Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	11 March 2014	11 March 2018		Socialist	2013 [aa]
			4 years
36 [z]		Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024)	11 March 2018	11 March 2022		Conservative independent	2017 [ab]
			4 years
37 [ac]		Gabriel Boric (born 1986)	11 March 2022	11 March 2026		Social Convergence Broad Front	2021 [ad]
			4 years
38		José Antonio Kast (born 1966)	11 March 2026	Incumbent		Conservative independent [ae]	2025 [af]
			25 days

Timeline

See also

• President of Chile
• Presidents of Chile timeline
• Vice President of Chile
• Politics of Chile
• History of Chile
• List of government juntas of Chile
• List of female Chilean presidential candidates

Notes

1. The position of "Vice President" was created along with the position of "President" in 1826. The Vice President served to replace the President in case of the latter's death or absence. The post was abolished with the Constitution of 1833 and since then the title of "Vice President" has been given to an ex officio member replacing the elected President.
2. Interim Vice-President under Ramon Freire, assumed the presidency after his resignation
3. For health reasons, Francisco Antonio Pinto made the President of the Senate, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Delegate President. Between 16 July 1829 and 19 October 1829
4. First President elected by the electoral college
5. On 21 March 1831 the Congress appointed José Joaquín Prieto as president and Fernando Errázuriz as vice president, but Prieto did not take office and instead resigned immediately, making Fernando Errázuriz president automatically.
6. Did not take office and instead resigned immediately, but this was not accepted by the Congress. Continued to be de jure Vice-President until the abolition of the post with a new Constitution on 26 May 1833.
7. In 1871, a constitutional reform prohibited re-election for the following term
8. Head of the Executive Power since 10 November 1891 until 26 December 1891
9. Restoration of his original mandate.
10. First President elected under universal suffrage
11. Supported by the center-left coalition Popular Front
12. Supported by the center-left Democratic Alliance
13. Supported by the Liberal and Conservative center-right
14. Died in a military coup; he killed himself while the presidential palace was under attack.
15. Supported by the left coalition Popular Unity
16. He resigned from his PDC membership as a campaign promise.
17. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación
18. Elected for a four-year term according to Temporary Provisions of the Constitution of 1980.
19. 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.
20. Member of the PPD until 11 March 2000. He resigned from his party membership as a campaign promise.
21. The Constitutional reform of 2005 reduced the presidential term from six to four years.
22. First female president of Chile.
23. First democratically elected conservative president since 1958.
24. Member of National Renewal until March 11, 2010. Resigned due to the party's statutes.
25. Supported by the center-right coalition Coalition for Change
26. Second term.
27. Supported by the center-left coalition New Majority
28. Supported by the center-right coalition Chile Vamos
29. Youngest president.
30. Supported by the left-wing coalition Apruebo Dignidad
31. A member of the Republican Party until March 11, 2026, he resigned his membership as a campaign promise.
32. Supported by the far-right coalition Change for Chile