President of Chile

The **President of Chile** is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the President is elected by popular vote, for a period of maximum four years. Immediate re-election is not permitted. The period allows the elections of Presidents to be adjusted in time.

The President has a seat in the Palacio de La Moneda (La Moneda Palace), in the capital of Chile, Santiago.

The current president of Chile is Gabriel Boric.

### Presidential Republic (1990–present)

|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Portrait|rowspan=3|Name|colspan=2|Term of office|colspan=2 rowspan=3|Party|rowspan=3|Elected|
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**Patricio Aylwin** <small>(1918–2016)</small>|11 March 1990|11 March 1994|rowspan="2" style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|Christian Democratic|rowspan=2|1989|
|colspan=2|years|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle** <small>(born 1942)</small>|11 March 1994|11 March 2000|rowspan="2" style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|Christian Democratic|rowspan="2"|1993|
|colspan=2|years|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Ricardo Lagos** <small>(born 1938)</small>|11 March 2000|11 March 2006|rowspan="2" style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|Party for Democracy|rowspan="2"|2000|
|colspan=2|years|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Michelle Bachelet** <small>(born 1951)</small>|11 March 2006|11 March 2010|rowspan="2"  style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|Socialist|rowspan="2"|2006|
|colspan=2|years|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Sebastián Piñera** <small>(1949–2024)</small>|11 March 2010|11 March 2014|rowspan="2"  style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|National Renewal|rowspan="2"|2010|
|colspan=2|years|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Michelle Bachelet** <small>(born 1951)</small>|11 March 2014|11 March 2018|rowspan="2" style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|Socialist|rowspan="2"|2013|
|colspan=2|years|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Sebastián Piñera** <small>(1949–2024)</small>|11 March 2018|11 March 2022|rowspan="2" style="background-color:"||rowspan="2"|Independent|rowspan="2"|2017|
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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Gabriel Boric** <small>(born 1986)</small>|11 March 2022|Incumbent|rowspan="2" style="background: linear-gradient( 58%,  58%);"||rowspan="2"|Social Convergence<hr />Frente Amplio|rowspan="2"|2021|
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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**José Antonio Kast** <small>(born 1966)</small>|_Taking office: 11 March 2026_||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#1C399B"||rowspan="2"|Republican|rowspan="2"|2025|
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## Living former presidents

There are three living former Chilean presidents:

The most recent death of a former President, was Sebastián Piñera on February 6, 2024, who served in the office from 2010 until 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022.

## Other websites

- Gobierno de Chile/Government of Chile

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Republic of Chile
- **native name**: _Presidente de la República de Chile_
- **flag**: Bandera del presidente de Chile.svgborder
- **flagsize**: 125px
- **flagcaption**: Flag of Chile, Presidential Standard
- **image**: Retrato Oficial Presidente Boric Font.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Gabriel Boric
- **incumbentsince**: 11 March 2026
- **seat**: La Moneda Palace
- **style**: Excellency, His Excellency
- **type**: Head of state
Head of government
- **termlength**: Four years, not eligible for re-election immediately
- **appointer**: 2017 Chilean general election, Popular vote
- **inaugural**: Manuel Blanco Encalada
- **deputy**: Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile), Minister of the Interior and Public Security

- **salary**: US$190,466 annually