President of the Senate of Chile

The President of the Senate of Chile is the highest authority of the Senate of Chile. The position comes after the Ministers of State in the line of succession of the President of Chile. 


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"). He or she is elected, from the body of current Senators.

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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 Antonio 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 Rafael Larraín Moxo  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 Alvarez 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 Leal  2019–2020 Adriana Muñoz D'Albora  2020–2022 Álvaro Elizalde  2022–

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