# 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. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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 | President of the Provisional Government Junta. |
| — | | José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) | 6 December 1812 | 30 March 1813 | President of the Provisional Government Junta. |
| — | | Juan José Carrera (1782–1818) | 30 March 1813 | 13 April 1813 | President of the Provisional Government Junta. |
| — | | 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 | President of the Superior Governmental Junta. |
| — | | Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837) | 11 January 1814 | 7 March 1814 | President of the Superior Governmental Junta. |

### Supreme directors (1814)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | 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. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Notes |
| — | | Mariano Osorio (1777–1819) | 3 October 1814 | 26 December 1815 | Royal Governor of Chile |
| — | | Casimiro Marcó del Pont (1770–1819) | 26 December 1815 | 12 February 1817 | Royal Governor of Chile. Chilean victory in the Battle of Chacabuco, Spanish control ends. |

## Patria Nueva (1817–1826)
### Supreme directors (1817–1826)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Notes |
| 2 | Bernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842) | 16 February 1817 | 28 January 1823 | Supreme Director. |
| — | Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837) | 28 January 1823 | 4 April 1823 | President of the Government Junta. |
| 3 | Ramón Freire (1787–1851) | 4 April 1823 | 9 July 1826 | Interim Supreme Director. |

## Presidents (1826–present)
### Organization of the Republic (1826–1830)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Election | Notes | Vice President |
| — | | Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876) | 9 July 1826 | 9 September 1826 | | Independent | 1826 | Elected as Interim President. Resigned. | Agustín Eyzaguirre |
| — | | Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837) | 9 September 1826 | 25 January 1827 | | Independent | – | Interim Vice-President under Manuel Blanco Encalada, assumed the presidency after his resignation. | Vacant |
| — | | Ramón Freire (1787–1851) | 25 January 1827 | 15 February 1827 | | Pipiolos | | Provisional President. | Vacant |
| 1 | | Ramón Freire (1787–1851) | 15 February 1827 | 8 May 1827 | | Pipiolos | 1827 | Resigned. | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
| 2 | | Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858) | 8 May 1827 | 16 July 1829 | | Pipiolos | – | Vice-President under Ramón Freire, assumed the presidency after his resignation. | Vacant |
| — | | Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849) | 16 July 1829 | 19 October 1829 | | Pipiolos | — | For health reasons, Francisco Antonio Pinto made the President of the Senate, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Delegate President. | Vacant |
| (2) | | Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858) | 19 October 1829 | 2 November 1829 | | Pipiolos | 1829 | Resigned. | Joaquín Vicuña |
| — | | Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849) | 2 November 1829 | 7 November 1829 | | Pipiolos | — | President of the Senate. Deposed during the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30. | Vacant |
| — | | Ramón Freire (1787–1851) | 7 November 1829 | 8 November 1829 | | Pipiolos | — | President of the Government Junta. Deposed during the Civil War. | Vacant |
| — | | Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849) | 8 November 1829 | 7 December 1829 | | Pipiolos | — | President of the Senate. Restoration of its original mandate. Resigned during the Civil War. | Vacant |
| Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Vacant 7 December 1829 – 24 December 1829 | Civil War. There was no president in this period. | Vacant |
| — | | José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831) | 24 December 1829 | 18 February 1830 | | Pelucones | — | President of the Government Junta. | Vacant |
| — | | Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Portales (1790–1860) | 18 February 1830 | 1 April 1830 | | Pelucones | — | Provisional President. Resigned. | José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla |
| — | | José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (1787–1831) | 1 April 1830 | 8 March 1831 | | Pelucones | — | Provisional Vice-President under Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, assumed the presidency after his resignation. End of the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 with the Battle of Lircay. Resigned for health reasons, died 2 weeks later. | Vacant |
| — | | Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841) | 8 March 1831 | 21 March 1831 | | Pelucones | — | Provisional President appointed by the Congress. | Vacant |
| — | | Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841) | 21 March 1831 | 18 September 1831 | | Pelucones | — | 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. | Vacant |

### Conservative Republic (1830–1861)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Election | Notes | Vice President |
| 3 | Joaquín Prieto (1786–1854) | 18 September 1831 | 18 September 1836 | Pelucones | 1831 | | Diego Portales |
| 3 | Joaquín Prieto (1786–1854) | 18 September 1836 | 18 September 1841 | Conservative | 1836 | | Post abolished |
| 4 | Manuel Bulnes (1799–1866) | 18 September 1841 | 18 September 1846 | Conservative | 1841 | | Post abolished |
| 4 | Manuel Bulnes (1799–1866) | 18 September 1846 | 18 September 1851 | Conservative | 1846 | | Post abolished |
| 5 | Manuel Montt (1809–1880) | 18 September 1851 | 18 September 1856 | Conservative | 1851 | Government victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1851. | Post abolished |
| 5 | Manuel Montt (1809–1880) | 18 September 1856 | 18 September 1861 | National | 1856 | | Post abolished |

### Liberal Republic (1861–1891)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Election | Notes |
| 6 | José Joaquín Pérez (1801–1889) | 18 September 1861 | 18 September 1866 | National | 1861 | |
| 6 | José Joaquín Pérez (1801–1889) | 18 September 1866 | 18 September 1871 | National | 1866 | |
| 7 | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825–1877) | 18 September 1871 | 18 September 1876 | Liberal | 1871 | |
| 8 | Aníbal Pinto (1825–1884) | 18 September 1876 | 18 September 1881 | Liberal | 1876 | |
| 9 | Domingo Santa María (1825–1889) | 18 September 1881 | 18 September 1886 | Liberal | 1881 | |
| 10 | José Manuel Balmaceda (1840–1891) | 18 September 1886 | 29 August 1891 | Liberal | 1886 | Resigned in the Chilean Civil War of 1891 and handed over power to Manuel Baquedano. Killed himself on 19 September 1891, a day after his term would have ended. |
| — | Claudio Vicuña Guerrero (1833–1907) | Did not take office | Did not take office | Liberal | July 1891 | Won the presidential election, although he never assumed because of the Congressist victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1891. |
| — | Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897) | 29 August 1891 | 31 August 1891 | Military | — | Head of Provisional Government. |

### Parliamentary Republic (1891–1925)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Election | Notes |
| — | Jorge Montt (1845–1922) | 31 August 1891 | 10 November 1891 | Military | — | President of the Government Junta. |
| — | Jorge Montt (1845–1922) | 10 November 1891 | 26 December 1891 | Military | — | Head of the Executive Power. |
| 11 | Jorge Montt (1845–1922) | 26 December 1891 | 18 September 1896 | Independent | October 1891 | |
| 12 | Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850–1901) | 18 September 1896 | 12 July 1901 † | Liberal | 1896 | Died in office. |
| — | Aníbal Zañartu (1847–1902) | 12 July 1901 | 18 September 1901 | Liberal | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. |
| 13 | Germán Riesco (1854–1916) | 18 September 1901 | 18 September 1906 | Liberal | 1901 | |
| 14 | Pedro Montt (1849–1910) | 18 September 1906 | 16 August 1910 † | National | 1906 | Died in office. |
| — | Elías Fernández Albano (1845–1910) | 16 August 1910 | 6 September 1910 † | National | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Died in office. |
| — | Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931) | 6 September 1910 | 23 December 1910 | Liberal Democratic | — | Minister of Justice acting as vice president. |
| 15 | Ramón Barros Luco (1835–1919) | 23 December 1910 | 23 December 1915 | Liberal | 1910 | |
| 16 | Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1858–1930) | 23 December 1915 | 23 December 1920 | Liberal Democratic | 1915 | |
| 17 | Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950) | 23 December 1920 | 11 September 1924 | Liberal | 1920 | Deposed in a coup d'état. |
| — | Luis Altamirano (1876–1938) | 11 September 1924 | 23 January 1925 | Military | — | President of the Government Junta of 1924. Deposed in a coup d'état. |
| — | Pedro Dartnell (1874–1944) | 23 January 1925 | 27 January 1925 | Military | — | President of the Government Junta of 1925. Resigned. |
| — | Emilio Bello Codesido (1868–1963) | 27 January 1925 | 12 March 1925 | Liberal Democratic | — | President of the Government Junta of 1925. |

### Presidential Republic (1925–1932)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Election | Notes |
| (17) | | Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950) | 12 March 1925 | 1 October 1925 | Liberal | — | Restoration of his original mandate. Resigned. |
| — | | Luis Barros Borgoño (1858–1943) | 1 October 1925 | 23 December 1925 | Liberal | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. |
| 18 | | Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931) | 23 December 1925 | 10 May 1927 | Liberal Democratic | 1925 | Resigned. |
| — | | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960) | 10 May 1927 | 21 July 1927 | Independent | — | Vice President. |
| 19 | | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960) | 21 July 1927 | 26 July 1931 | Independent | 1927 | Resigned. |
| — | | Pedro Opaso (1876–1957) | 26 July 1931 | 27 July 1931 | Liberal Democratic | — | President of the Senate acting as vice president. Resigned. |
| — | | Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948) | 27 July 1931 | 20 August 1931 | Radical | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Resigned to run for presidency. |
| — | | Manuel Trucco (1875–1954) | 20 August 1931 | 15 November 1931 | Radical | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. |
| — | | Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948) | 15 November 1931 | 4 December 1931 | Radical | — | Vice President. |
| 20 | 4 December 1931 | 4 June 1932 | 1931 | Deposed in a coup d'état. |

### Socialist Republic of Chile (1932)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Election | Notes |
| — | | Arturo Puga (1879–1970) | 4 June 1932 | 16 June 1932 | Military | — | President of the Government Junta. Resigned. |
| — | | Carlos Dávila (1887–1955) | 16 June 1932 | 8 July 1932 | Socialist | — | President of the Government Junta. |
| — | 8 July 1932 | 13 September 1932 | Provisional President of the Socialist Republic. Resigned. | | Socialist | — |

### Presidential Republic (1932–1973)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Election | Notes |
| — | Bartolomé Blanche (1879–1970) | 13 September 1932 | 2 October 1932 | Military | — | Provisional President. Resigned. |
| — | Abraham Oyanedel (1874–1954) | 2 October 1932 | 24 December 1932 | Independent | — | President of the Supreme Court acting as vice president. |
| 21 | Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950) | 24 December 1932 | 24 December 1938 | Liberal | 1932 | |
| 22 | Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941) | 24 December 1938 | 25 November 1941 † | Radical | 1938 | Died in office. |
| — | Jerónimo Méndez (1887–1959) | 25 November 1941 | 2 April 1942 | Radical | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. |
| 23 | Juan Antonio Ríos (1888–1946) | 2 April 1942 | 27 June 1946 † | Radical | 1942 | Died in office. |
| — | Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985) | 27 June 1946 | 3 August 1946 | Radical | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. Resigned to run for presidency. |
| — | Vicente Merino (1889–1977) | 3 August 1946 | 13 August 1946 | Independent | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. |
| — | Alfredo Duhalde (1898–1985) | 13 August 1946 | 17 October 1946 | Radical | — | Vice President. Resigned. |
| — | Juan Antonio Iribarren (1885–1966) | 17 October 1946 | 3 November 1946 | Radical | — | Minister of the Interior acting as vice president. |
| 24 | Gabriel González Videla (1898–1980) | 3 November 1946 | 3 November 1952 | Radical | 1946 | |
| 25 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877–1960) | 3 November 1952 | 3 November 1958 | Independent | 1952 | |
| 26 | Jorge Alessandri (1896–1986) | 3 November 1958 | 3 November 1964 | Independent | 1958 | |
| 27 | Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911–1982) | 3 November 1964 | 3 November 1970 | Christian Democratic | 1964 | |
| 28 | Salvador Allende (1908–1973) | 3 November 1970 | 11 September 1973 † (Died in office) | Socialist | 1970 | Dies in a military coup; he killed himself while the presidential palace was under attack. |

### Military rule (1973–1990)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Notes |
| 29 | Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) | 11 September 1973 | 17 June 1974 | Military | President of the Government Junta. |
| 29 | Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) | 17 June 1974 | 17 December 1974 | Military | Supreme Chief of the Nation. |
| 29 | Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) | 17 December 1974 | 11 March 1990 | Military | Military regime. |

### Presidential Republic (1990–present)

| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Elected | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party | Elected | Notes |
| 30 | | Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016) | 11 March 1990 | 11 March 1994 | 4 years | | Christian Democratic | 1989 | Elected for a four-year term according to Temporary Provisions of the Constitution of 1980. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación. |
| 31 | | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942) | 11 March 1994 | 11 March 2000 | 6 years | | Christian Democratic | 1993 | 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. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación. |
| 32 | | Ricardo Lagos (born 1938) | 11 March 2000 | 11 March 2006 | 6 years | | Party for Democracy | 2000 | The Constitutional reform of 2005 reduced the presidential term from six to four years. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación. |
| 33 | | Michelle Bachelet (born 1951) | 11 March 2006 | 11 March 2010 | 4 years | | Socialist | 2006 | First female president of Chile. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación. |
| 34 | | Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024) | 11 March 2010 | 11 March 2014 | 4 years | | National Renewal | 2010 | First democratically elected conservative president since 1958. Supported by the Coalition for Change. |
| (33) | | Michelle Bachelet (born 1951) | 11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | 4 years | | Socialist | 2013 | Second term. Supported by the center-left coalition New Majority. |
| (34) | | Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024) | 11 March 2018 | 11 March 2022 | 4 years | | Chile Vamos | 2017 | Second term. Ran as an independent candidate supported by the center-right coalition Chile Vamos. Previously suspended his party membership during his first term (2010–2014). Died in a helicopter crash less than two years after leaving office. |
| 35 | | Gabriel Boric (born 1986) | 11 March 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 3 days | | Social Convergence | 2021 | Youngest president. Supported by the coalition Apruebo Dignidad. |