List of presidents of Chile

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.	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	President of the First National Congress.
—	Martín Calvo Encalada (1756–1828)	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)

No.	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)

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

Patria Nueva (1817–1826)

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
Junta		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	66 days			Independent

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)

No.

Portrait

Name
(Birth–Death)

Term of office

Party

Elected

Vice President

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
Acting		Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837)	138 days			Independent		Vacant

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

Vacant

3

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
Acting	Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	5 days		Pipiolos
Junta	Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	7 November 1829	8 November 1829 (Deposed)	Pipiolos	President of the Government Junta.
Junta	Ramón Freire (1787–1851)	1 day		Pipiolos	President of the Government Junta.
Acting	Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	8 November 1829	7 December 1829 (Resigned)	Pipiolos	President of the Senate. Restoration of its original mandate.
Acting	Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849)	29 days		Pipiolos

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.
Junta	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831)	56 days		Pelucones	President of the Government Junta.
Acting	Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales (1790–1860)	18 February 1830	1 April 1830 (Resigned)	Pelucones	Provisional President.	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
Acting	Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales (1790–1860)	42 days		Pelucones	Provisional President.	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
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
Acting	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831)	341 days		Pelucones
Acting	Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841)	8 March 1831	18 September 1831	Pelucones	Provisional President appointed by the Congress.
Acting	Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841)	194 days		Pelucones

Conservative Republic (1830–1861)

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

Liberal Republic (1861–1891)

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

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.
Acting		Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897)	2 days			Military	Head of Provisional Government.

Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)

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

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.
Acting		Aníbal Zañartu (1847–1902)	68 days			Liberal	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.

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.
Acting	Elías Fernández Albano (1845–1910)	21 days		National	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931)	6 September 1910	23 December 1910	Liberal Democratic	Minister of Justice acting as vice president.
Acting	Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931)	108 days		Liberal Democratic	Minister of Justice acting as vice president.

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.
Junta	Luis Altamirano (1876–1938)	134 days		Military	President of the Government Junta of 1924.
Junta	Pedro Dartnell (1874–1944)	23 January 1925	27 January 1925 (Resigned)	Military	President of the Government Junta of 1925.
Junta	Pedro Dartnell (1874–1944)	4 days		Military	President of the Government Junta of 1925.
Junta	Emilio Bello Codesido (1868–1963)	27 January 1925	12 March 1925	Liberal Democratic	President of the Government Junta of 1925.
Junta	Emilio Bello Codesido (1868–1963)	44 days		Liberal Democratic	President of the Government Junta of 1925.

Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

No.

Portrait

Name
(Birth–Death)

Term of office

Party

Elected

Took office

Left office

Time in office

18

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.
Acting		Luis Barros Borgoño (1858–1943)	83 days			Liberal	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.

19

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.
Acting	Pedro Opaso (1876–1957)	1 day		Liberal Democratic	President of the Senate acting as vice president.
Acting	Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948)	27 July 1931	20 August 1931 (Resigned)	Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948)	24 days		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Manuel Trucco (1875–1954)	20 August 1931	15 November 1931	Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Manuel Trucco (1875–1954)	87 days		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.

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.
Junta	Arturo Puga (1879–1970)	12 days		Military	President of the Government Junta.
Junta	Carlos Dávila (1887–1955)	16 June 1932	8 July 1932 (Resigned)	Socialist	President of the Government Junta.
Acting	Carlos Dávila (1887–1955)	22 days		Socialist	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.
Acting	Bartolomé Blanche (1879–1970)	19 days		Military	Provisional President.
Acting	Abraham Oyanedel (1874–1954)	2 October 1932	24 December 1932	Independent	President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president.
Acting	Abraham Oyanedel (1874–1954)	83 days		Independent	President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president.

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

2 years, 336 days


Acting		Jerónimo Méndez (1887–1959)	25 November 1941	2 April 1942		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting		Jerónimo Méndez (1887–1959)	97 days			Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.

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.
Acting	Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985)	37 days		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Vicente Merino (1889–1977)	3 August 1946	13 August 1946 (Resigned)	Military	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Vicente Merino (1889–1977)	10 days		Military	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985)	13 August 1946	17 October 1946 (Resigned)	Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985)	65 days		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Juan Antonio Iribarren (1885–1966)	17 October 1946	3 November 1946	Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.
Acting	Juan Antonio Iribarren (1885–1966)	17 days		Radical	Minister of the Interior acting as vice president.

25

Gabriel González Videla
(1898–1980)

3 November 1946

3 November 1952

Radical

1946

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

Independent

1958

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)

Socialist

1970

2 years, 312 days

Military rule (1973–1990)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			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		11 September 1973	11 March 1990		Supreme Chief of the Nation (appointed by decree on 17 June 1974)
Acting		16 years, 181 days			President of the Republic (appointed by decree on 17 December 1974)

Presidential Republic (1990–present)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Elected
		Took office	Left office
		Time in office
30	Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016)	11 March 1990	11 March 1994	Christian Democratic	1989
30	Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016)	4 years		Christian Democratic	1989
31	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942)	11 March 1994	11 March 2000	Christian Democratic	1993
31	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942)	6 years		Christian Democratic	1993
32	Ricardo Lagos (born 1938)	11 March 2000	11 March 2006	Party for Democracy	2000
32	Ricardo Lagos (born 1938)	6 years		Party for Democracy	2000
33	Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	11 March 2006	11 March 2010	Socialist	2006
33	Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	4 years		Socialist	2006
34	Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024)	11 March 2010	11 March 2014	National Renewal	2010
34	Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024)	4 years		National Renewal	2010
35	Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	11 March 2014	11 March 2018	Socialist	2013
35	Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	4 years		Socialist	2013
36	Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024)	11 March 2018	11 March 2022	Independent	2017
36	Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024)	4 years		Independent	2017
37	Gabriel Boric (born 1986)	11 March 2022	Incumbent	Social Convergence Frente Amplio	2021
37	Gabriel Boric (born 1986)	3 years, 288 days		Social Convergence Frente Amplio	2021
38	José Antonio Kast (born 1966)	President-elect Assuming office: 11 March 2026		Republican	2025
38	José Antonio Kast (born 1966)	−77 days		Republican	2025

List of presidents of Chile

Patria Vieja (1810–1814)

Government Juntas (1810–1814)

Supreme directors (1814)

Reconquest (1814–1817)

Patria Nueva (1817–1826)

Presidents (1826–present)

Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)

Conservative Republic (1830–1861)

Liberal Republic (1861–1891)

Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)

Presidential Republic (1925–1973)

Military rule (1973–1990)

Presidential Republic (1990–present)

Timeline

See also