President of Chile
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| President of the Republic of Chile |
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 Standard of the President of Chile |
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| Residence | None; seat of government at La Moneda Palace |
| Term length | Four years, not eligible for re-election immediately |
| Inaugural holder | Manuel Blanco Encalada |
| Formation | 9 July 1826 |
| Website | www.gobiernodechile.cl/ |
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| This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Chile |
The President of the Republic of Chile is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration.[1] Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, it is one of the most prominent political figures. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and it is essential to the country's political stability.[2]
Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the President is elected to serve for a period of four years, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. The official seat of the President of Chile is the La Moneda Palace in the capital Santiago.
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List of heads of state of Chile (1810–present) [edit]
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First Junta | 18 September 1810 | 11 August 1811 | President: Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta Vice President: José Martínez de Aldunate Members: Fernando Márquez de la Plata y Orozco Juan Martínez de Rozas Correa Ignacio de la Carrera y Cuevas Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes Francisco Javier de Reina Secretary: José Gregorio Argomedo Montero del Águila José Gaspar Marín |
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Second Junta (Provisional Executive Authority | 11 August 1811 | 4 September 1811 | Members: Martín Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren Juan José Aldunate Larrain Francisco Javier del Solar Juan Miguel Benavente José Antonio Astorga Torres Manuel Joaquín de Valdivieso |
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Third Junta (Executive Tribunal) | 4 September 1811 | 15 November 1811 | Members: Juan Martínez de Rozas Martín Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren Juan Enrique Rosales Fuentes John Mackenna O'Reilly José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel |
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Fourth Junta | 15 November 1811 | 2 December 1811 | Members: Juan Martínez de Rozas José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo José Gaspar Marín y Esquivel Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Alternate Member) |
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Fifth Junta | 2 December 1811 | 7 March 1814 | Members: José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo Juan José Aldunate Larrain José Antonio De la Cerda De Santiago Concha Manuel Rodríguez Erdoyza |
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Antonio José De Irisarri Alonso | 7 March 1814 | 14 March 1814 | Interim Supreme Director | |
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Francisco de la Lastra y de la Sotta | 14 March 1814 | 23 July 1814 | Supreme Director |
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Sixth Junta | 23 July 1814 | 2 October 1814 | Members: José Miguel de la Carrera y Verdugo Julián Urivi Ribas Manuel Muñoz y Urzúa |
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Mariano Osorio | 2 October 1814 | 26 December 1815 | Royal Governor of Chile | |
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Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Pont Díaz Ángel y Méndez | 26 December 1815 | 12 February 1817 | Royal Governor of Chile | |
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Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme | 16 February 1817 | 28 January 1823 | Supreme Director |
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Government Junta | 28 January 1823 | 4 April 1823 | Members: Agustín De Eyzaguirre Arechavala (President) José Miguel Infante y Rojas Fernando De Errázuriz y Martínez de Aldunate |
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Ramón Freire Serrano | 4 April 1823 | 9 July 1826 | Supreme Director |
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Manuel Blanco Encalada | 9 July 1826 | 9 September 1826 | Provisional President |
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Agustín De Eyzaguirre Arechavala | 9 September 1826 | 25 January 1827 | Provisional President | |
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Ramón Freire Serrano | 25 January 1827 | 8 May 1827 | President |
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Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz | 8 May 1827 | 16 July 1829 | Accidental President | |
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Francisco Ramón Vicuña y Larraín | 16 July 1829 | 19 October 1829 | President Delegate | |
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Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz | 19 October 1829 | 2 November 1829 | President |
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Francisco Ramón Vicuña y Larraín | 2 November 1829 | 7 December 1829 | Acting President | |
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Government Junta | 24 December 1829 | 18 February 1830 | Members: José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (President) Isidoro de Errázuriz Aldunate José María Guzmán Ibáñez |
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Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales | 18 February 1830 | 31 March 1830 | Provisional President | |
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José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla | 1 April 1830 | 8 March 1831 | Provisional President | |
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Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate | 8 March 1831 | 18 September 1831 | Provisional President | |
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José Joaquín Prieto Vial | 18 September 1831 | 18 September 1841 | President |
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Manuel Bulnes Prieto | 18 September 1841 | 18 September 1851 | President |
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Manuel Montt Torres | 18 September 1851 | 18 September 1861 | President |
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José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano | 18 September 1861 | 18 September 1871 | President |
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Federico Errázuriz Zañartu | 18 September 1871 | 18 September 1876 | President |
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Aníbal Pinto Garmendia | 18 September 1876 | 18 September 1881 | President |
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Domingo Santa María González | 18 September 1881 | 18 September 1886 | President |
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José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández | 18 September 1886 | 29 August 1891 | President |
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Manuel Baquedano González | 29 August 1891 | 31 August 1891 | Chief of Government | |
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Government Junta | 31 August 1891 | 26 December 1891 | Members: Jorge Montt (President) Waldo Silva Algüe Ramón Barros Luco |
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Jorge Montt Álvarez | 26 December 1891 | 18 September 1896 | President |
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Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | 18 September 1896 | 12 July 1901 | President |
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Aníbal Zañartu | 12 July 1901 | 18 September 1901 | Acting President | |
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Germán Riesco | 18 September 1901 | 18 September 1906 | President |
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Pedro Montt Montt | 18 September 1906 | 16 August 1910 | President |
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Elías Fernández Albano | 16 August 1910 | 6 September 1910 | Acting President | |
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Emiliano Figueroa Larraín | 6 September 1910 | 23 December 1910 | Acting President | |
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Ramón Barros Luco | 23 December 1910 | 23 December 1915 | President |
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Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui | 23 December 1915 | 23 December 1920 | President |
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Arturo Alessandri Palma | 23 December 1920 | 11 September 1924 | President |
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Luis Altamirano Talavera | 11 September 1924 | 23 January 1925 | Chairman of the Government Junta | |
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Pedro Dartnell Encina | 23 January 1925 | 27 January 1925 | Chairman of the Government Junta | |
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Arturo Alessandri Palma | 27 January 1925 | 1 October 1925 | President | |
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Luis Barros Borgoño | 1 October 1925 | 23 December 1925 | Acting President | |
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Emiliano Figueroa Larraín | 23 December 1925 | 10 May 1927 | President |
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Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | 10 May 1927 | 26 July 1931 | President |
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Pedro Opazo Letelier | 26 July 1931 | 27 July 1931 | Provisional President | |
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Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez | 27 July 1931 | 20 August 1931 | Vice-President | |
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Manuel Trucco | 20 August 1931 | 11 November 1931 | Vice-President | |
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Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez | 11 November 1931 | 4 June 1932 | President |
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Arturo Puga Osorio | 4 June 1932 | 16 June 1932 | Chairman of the Government Junta | |
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Carlos Dávila Espinoza | 16 June 1932 | 13 September 1932 | Chairman of the Government Junta (16 June 1932 – 8 July 1932) Provisional President (8 July 1932 – 13 September 1932) |
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Bartolomé Blanche Espejo | 13 September 1932 | 2 October 1932 | Provisional President | |
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Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia | 2 October 1932 | 24 December 1932 | Acting President | |
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Arturo Alessandri Palma | 24 December 1932 | 24 December 1938 | President |
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Pedro Aguirre Cerda | 24 December 1938 | 25 November 1941 | President |
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Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia | 25 November 1941 | 2 April 1942 | Provisional President | |
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Juan Antonio Ríos Morales | 2 April 1942 | 27 June 1946 | President |
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Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez | 27 June 1946 | 3 August 1946 | Acting President | |
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Vicente Merino Bielich | 3 August 1946 | 13 August 1946 | Acting President | |
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Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez | 13 August 1946 | 17 October 1946 | Acting President | |
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Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas | 17 October 1946 | 3 November 1946 | Acting President | |
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Gabriel González Videla | 3 November 1946 | 3 November 1952 | President |
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Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | 3 November 1952 | 3 November 1958 | President |
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Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez | 3 November 1958 | 3 November 1964 | President |
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Eduardo Frei Montalva | 3 November 1964 | 3 November 1970 | President |
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Salvador Allende Gossens | 3 November 1970 | 11 September 1973 | President |
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Government Junta | 11 September 1973 | 27 June 1974 | Members: Augusto Pinochet José Toribio Merino Gustavo Leigh César Mendoza |
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Augusto Pinochet Ugarte | 27 June 1974 | 11 March 1990 | Supreme Head of the Nation (27 June 1974 – 17 December 1974) President (17 December 1974 – 11 March 1990) |
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Patricio Aylwin Azócar | 11 March 1990 | 11 March 1994 | President |
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Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | 11 March 1994 | 11 March 2000 | President |
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Ricardo Lagos Escobar | 11 March 2000 | 11 March 2006 | President |
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Michelle Bachelet Jeria | 11 March 2006 | 11 March 2010 | President |
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Sebastián Piñera Echenique | 11 March 2010 | Incumbent | President |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ See Sentencia Rol 78-1989 of the Constitutional Court of Chile, relapsed on the Central Bank of Chile's Constitutional Act project (declarations Nº 7 to 13).
- ^ Bravo Lira, Bernardino (1996). "Introducción. Raíz y razón del Estado de derecho en Chile". El Estado de Derecho en la Historia de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile.
External links [edit]
- (Spanish) Presidencia
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