# President of the Senate of Chile

The president of the Senate of Chile is the presiding officer of the Senate of Chile. The position comes after the Ministers of State in the line of succession of the President of Chile in case of temporary incapacitation or vacancy, according to Article 29 of the Constitution of Chile.

## Functions

The President of the Senate receives no special treatment in the sessions of Senate. However, in the official communications the President holds the title of Excelencia ("Excellency"). The President is elected among current senators by the members themselves, and forms the Mesa de la Corporación (Committee of Chambers of the Congress) along with the Senate's Vice President.
The President's responsibilities include decreeing the summons to the Senate for its sessions, presiding over sessions and directing the debates on the Senate floor, acting as a representative of the Senate by defending its parliamentary jurisdiction and dignity, and presiding over the sessions of the Congreso Pleno (plenary meeting of both chambers).

## Presidents of the Senate of Chile

| President of the Senate | Term |
| Pedro de Vivar y Ruiz de Azúa | 1812–1814 |
| José Antonio de Errázuriz y Madariaga | 1814 |
| Dissolution of the National Congress by the Chilean War of Independence | 1814–1818 |
| José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga | 1818–1822 |
| Agustín Manuel de Eyzaguirre y Arechavala | 1823 |
| Juan Egaña Risco | 1824 |
| Juan de Dios Vial del Río | 1828–1829 |
| José María Vásquez de Novoa López de Artigas | 1829 |
| Dissolution of the National Congress by the Chilean Civil War of 1829 | 1829–1831 |
| José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga | 1831–1834 |
| Diego Elizondo Prado | 1834–1837 |
| Diego Antonio Barros Fernández | 1837–1840 |
| Gabriel José Tocornal Jiménez | 1840–1843 |
| José Miguel Yrarrázaval Alcalde | 1843–1846 |
| Diego José Benavente Bustamante | 1846–1855 |
| Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz – died in office | 1855–1861 |
| Manuel José Cerda Campos | 1861–1864 |
| José Rafael Larraín | 1864–1867 |
| Juan de Dios Correa de Saa y Martínez | 1867–1870 |
| Álvaro José Miguel Covarrubias Ortúzar | 1870–1873 |
| José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano | 1873–1876 |
| Álvaro José Miguel Covarrubias Ortúzar | 1876–1882 |
| Antonio Varas de la Barra | 1882–1888 |
| Domingo Santa María González – died in office | 1888–1889 |
| Adolfo Eastman Quiroga | 1889–1891 |
| Waldo Silva Algüe | 1891–1894 |
| Agustín Edwards Ross | 1894–1897 |
| Fernando Lazcano Echaurren | 1897–1906 |
| Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui | 1906–1909 |
| José Elías Balmaceda Fernández | 1909–1912 |
| Ricardo Matte Pérez | 1912–1915 |
| Eduardo Charme Fernández | 1915–1918 |
| Ismael Tocornal Tocornal | 1918–1921 |
| Luis Claro Solar | 1921–1924 |
| Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León | 1924 |
| Dissolution of the National Congress by the Government Junta of 1924 | 1924–1925 |
| Enrique Oyarzún Mondaca | 1925–1930 |
| Pedro Opazo Letelier | 1930–1932 |
| Dissolution of the National Congress by the Socialist Republic of Chile | 1932 |
| Alberto Cabero Díaz | 1932–1933 |
| Ignacio Urrutia Manzano | 1933–1934 |
| Nicolás Marambio Montt | 1934–1935 |
| Ignacio Urrutia Manzano | 1935–1936 |
| José Maza Fernández | 1936–1937 |
| Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal | 1937–1941 |
| Florencio Durán Bernales | 1941–1944 |
| Pedro Opazo Letelier | 1944 |
| José Francisco Urrejola Menchaca | 1944–1945 |
| Arturo Alessandri Palma | 1945–1949 |
| Humberto Álvarez Suárez | 1949 |
| Arturo Alessandri Palma | 1949–1950 |
| Fernando Alessandri Rodríguez | 1950–1958 |
| Guillermo Pérez de Arce | 1958 |
| Hernán Videla Lira | 1958–1962 |
| Hugo Zepeda Barrios | 1962–1965 |
| Hermes Ahumada Pacheco – provisional | 1965 |
| Tomás Reyes Vicuña | 1965–1966 |
| Juan Luis Maurás | 1966 |
| Tomás Reyes Vicuña | 1966 |
| Salvador Allende Gossens | 1966–1969 |
| Tomás Pablo Elorza | 1969–1971 |
| Patricio Aylwin Azócar | 1971–1972 |
| José Ignacio Palma Vicuña | 1972–1973 |
| Américo Acuña Rosas – provisional | 1973 |
| Eduardo Frei Montalva | 1973 |
| Dissolution and replacement by the Government Junta of 1973 | 1973–1990 |
| Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux | 1990–1996 |
| Sergio Diez Urzúa | 1996–1998 |
| Andrés Zaldívar Larraín | 1998–2004 |
| Hernán Larraín Fernández | 2004–2005 |
| Sergio Romero Pizarro | 2005–2006 |
| Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | 2006–2008 |
| Adolfo Zaldívar Larraín | 2008–2009 |
| Jovino Novoa Vásquez | 2009–2010 |
| Jorge Pizarro Soto | 2010–2011 |
| Guido Girardi Lavín | 2011–2012 |
| Camilo Escalona Medina | 2012–2013 |
| Jorge Pizarro Soto | 2013–2014 |
| Isabel Allende Bussi | 2014–2015 |
| Patricio Walker Prieto | 2015–2016 |
| Ricardo Lagos Weber | 2016–2017 |
| Andrés Zaldívar Larraín | 2017–2018 |
| Carlos Montes Cisternas | 2018–2019 |
| Jaime Quintana | 2019–2020 |
| Adriana Muñoz D'Albora | 2020–2021 |
| Yasna Provoste Campillay | 2021–2021 |
| Ximena Rincón González | 2021–2022 |
| Álvaro Antonio Elizalde Soto | 2022–2023 |
| Juan Antonio Coloma Correa | 2023–2024 |
| José García Ruminot | 2024–present |