Michelle Bachelet

**Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria** AC (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician. She served as the 35th President of Chile from 11 March 1995 to 11 March 1999. She was also President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of Chile.

In 2010, Bachelet became the president of UN Women. In 2013, she resigned from that position.

Bachelet is a socialist. Her father was general Alberto Bachelet (1923–1974) and her mother was archaeologist Ángela Jeria (1926–2020).

In 2018, Bachelet became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

She was named after the French actress Michèle Morgan.

On 23 September 2025, Bachelet was nominated by Chilean president Gabriel Boric to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations upon the end of António Guterres' tenure in 2026.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Michelle Bachelet
- **image**: Portrait Michelle Bachelet.jpg
- **office**: 7th Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- **1namedata**: António Guterres
- **deputy**: Kate Gilmore (UN official), Kate Gilmore
- **term start**: 1 September 2018
- **term end**: 31 August 2022
- **predecessor**: Zeid Raad Al Hussein
- **successor**: Volker Türk
- **office1**: 33rd and 35th President of Chile
- **term start1**: 11 March 2014
- **term end1**: 11 March 2018
- **predecessor1**: Sebastián Piñera
- **successor1**: Sebastián Piñera
- **term start2**: 11 March 2006
- **term end2**: 11 March 2010
- **predecessor2**: Ricardo Lagos
- **successor2**: Sebastián Piñera
- **office3**: President pro tempore of the Pacific Alliance
- **term start3**: 1 July 2016
- **term end3**: 30 June 2017
- **predecessor3**: Ollanta Humala
- **successor3**: Juan Manuel Santos
- **office4**: Executive Director of UN Women
- **1namedata4**: Ban Ki-moon
- **deputy4**: Lakshmi Puri
- **term start4**: 14 September 2010
- **term end4**: 15 March 2013
- **predecessor4**: Position established
- **successor4**: Lakshmi Puri <small>(acting)</small>
- **office5**: President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations, President pro tempore of UNASUR
- **term start5**: 23 May 2008
- **term end5**: 10 August 2009
- **predecessor5**: Position established
- **successor5**: Rafael Correa
- **office6**: Ministry of National Defense (Chile), Minister for National Defense
- **president6**: Ricardo Lagos
- **term start6**: 7 January 2002
- **term end6**: 1 October 2004
- **predecessor6**: Mario Fernández Baeza
- **successor6**: Jaime Ravinet
- **office7**: Ministry of Health (Chile), Minister for Health
- **president7**: Ricardo Lagos
- **term start7**: 11 March 2000
- **term end7**: 7 January 2002
- **predecessor7**: Álex Figueroa
- **successor7**: Osvaldo Artaza
- **birth name**: Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
- **birth place**: Santiago, Chile
- **party**: Socialist Party of Chile, Socialist
- **otherparty**: Concertación <small>(1988–2013)</small>
New Majority (Chile), New Majority <small>(2013–2018)</small>
- **relatives**: Alberto Bachelet (father)
- **spouse**: Jorge Dávalos Cartes
- **children**: 3
- **education**: University of Chile (Medical Doctorate, MD)
- **signature**: Firma de Michelle Bachelet.svg
- **honorific suffix**: Order of Australia, AC Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI Order of Christ (Portugal), GCC Order of Prince Henry, GColIH Order of Liberty, GColL Royal Order of the Seraphim, LSerafO
- **profession**: Paediatrician / Public Health Physician