President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

The **President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile** () is the highest authority of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. The office was established in 1811 by the First National Congress of Chile.

It is third on the presidential line of succession after the Minister of the Interior and Public Security and the President of the Senate of Chile.

### Presidential Republic (1990–present)

|No.|Portrait|Name <small>(Birth–Death)</small>|colspan="2"|Term of office|colspan=2|Party||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**María Maluenda** <small>(1920–2011)</small>|11 March 1990|11 March 1990|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**José Antonio Viera-Gallo** <small>(born 1943)</small>|11 March 1990|21 July 1993|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Jorge Molina Valdivieso** <small>(born 1932)</small>|21 July 1993|11 March 1994|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Jorge Schaulsohn** <small>(born 1952)</small>|11 March 1994|3 November 1994|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Vicente Sota** <small>(1924–2017)</small>|3 November 1994|14 March 1995|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Jaime Estévez** <small>(born 1946)</small>|14 March 1995|19 November 1996|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Gutenberg Martínez** <small>(born 1950)</small>|19 November 1996|11 March 1999|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Carlos Montes** <small>(born 1946)</small>|11 March 1999|22 March 2000|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Víctor Barrueto** <small>(born 1953)</small>|22 March 2000|3 March 2001|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Luis Pareto** <small>(born 1928)</small>|3 March 2001|11 March 2002|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Adriana Muñoz D'Albora|Adriana Muñoz** <small>(born 1948)</small>|11 March 2002|13 March 2003|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy|
||**Isabel Allende Bussi** <small>(born 1945)</small>|13 March 2003|16 March 2004|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Pablo Lorenzini** <small>(born 1949)</small>|16 March 2004|6 January 2005|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Gabriel Ascencio** <small>(born 1953)</small>|6 January 2005|11 March 2006|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Antonio Leal Labrín** <small>(1950–2021)</small>|11 March 2006|20 March 2007|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Patricio Walker** <small>(born 1969)</small>|20 March 2007|13 March 2008|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Juan Bustos** <small>(1935-2008)</small>|13 March 2008|7 August 2008|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Guillermo Ceroni** <small>(born 1946)</small>|7 August 2008|14 August 2008|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Francisco Encina** <small>(born 1943)</small>|14 August 2008|18 March 2009|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Rodrigo Álvarez** <small>(born 1966)</small>|18 March 2009|11 March 2010|style="background-color:"||Independent Democratic Union||
||**Alejandra Sepúlveda** <small>(born 1965)</small>|11 March 2010|15 March 2011|style="background-color:"||Independent Regionalist Party||
||**Patricio Melero** <small>(born 1956)</small>|15 March 2011|20 March 2012|style="background-color:"||Independent Democratic Union||
||**Nicolás Monckeberg** <small>(born 1973)</small>|20 March 2012|3 April 2013|style="background-color:"||National Renewal||
||**Edmundo Eluchans** <small>(born 1950)</small>|3 April 2013|11 March 2014|style="background-color:"||Independent Democratic Union||
||**Aldo Cornejo** <small>(born 1955)</small>|11 March 2014|17 March 2015|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Marco Antonio Núñez** <small>(born 1966)</small>|17 March 2015|22 March 2016|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||
||**Osvaldo Andrade** <small>(born 1953)</small>|22 March 2016|22 March 2017|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Fidel Espinoza** <small>(born 1970)</small>|22 March 2017|11 March 2018|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Maya Fernández** <small>(born 1971)</small>|11 March 2018|19 March 2019|style="background-color:"||Socialist Party||
||**Iván Flores** <small>(born 1955)</small>|19 March 2019|7 April 2020|style="background-color:"||Christian Democratic Party||
||**Diego Paulsen** <small>(born 1987)</small>|7 April 2020|11 March 2022|style="background-color:"||National Renewal||
||**Raúl Soto** <small>(born 1987)</small>|11 March 2022|Incumbent|style="background-color:"||Party for Democracy||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the
Chamber of Deputies of Chile
- **native name**: <small>Presidente de la Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados de la República de Chile</small>
- **insignia**: Emblema de la Cámara de Diputados de Chile.png
- **insigniasize**: 120px
- **insigniacaption**: <small>Emblem of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile</small>
- **flag**: Flag of Chile.svg
- **flagsize**: 120px
- **image**: Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Castro_Bascu%C3%B1%C3%A1n.jpg
- **incumbent**: Jose Miguel Castro
- **incumbentsince**: 7 April 2025
- **department**: Chamber of Deputies of Chile
- **style**: Excellency, His Excellency
The Honourable, The Honorable
- **status**: Speaker (politics), Presiding officer
- **seat**: National Congress of Chile, Valparaíso
- **nominator**: List of political parties in Chile, Political parties
- **appointer**: Chamber of Deputies of Chile
- **termlength**: One legislative year
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Chile
- **first**: Juan Antonio Ovalle
- **deputy**: First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
Second Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
- **salary**: United States dollar, US$133,282
Chilean peso, CLP$112,198,212
- **website**: [http://www.camara.cl/ Official website]