List of mayors of Linares (Chile)

The mayor of the Commune of Linares is the highest authority of the Illustrious Municipality of the city, and is in charge of running local public services. He holds office for 4 years with the possibility of re-election, and is democratically elected by citizens through universal suffrage and voluntary. Mario Meza Vásquez is currently in office.

 List of mayors 
The following list of the mayors of the Chilean commune of Linares
NamePeriodPartyTook officeLeft officeCasimiro Tapia18981899Dionisio Sotomayor18991908Juan de Urrutia y Villagra19081934Jose Dionisio Vela (1st)Luis Jordan Tocornal (2nd)Jose Agustin Barros Varas (3rd)19341966Benjamin Novoa (1st)
Bernabe Ferrada (2nd)19661973Juan Domingo Palacios (1st)
Manuel Isidoro Cruz (2nd)19731973Juan Segundo Benitez19731988Juan E. Cuellar19882000Luis Gana Gana20002014Nicolas Novoa20142022Manuel Isidoro Ferrada20222022Salvador S. Rebolledo20222025Arturo Villa Schenone20252029Juan Domingo Palacios2029 2043 Luis Gana20432050Armeliano Bobadilla Saenz20502050Neighborhood Council20502074 Neighborhood Council2074 2098Ernesto Merino Lizana19351938Humberto Moreno Durán19381941Oscar Arís Barrera19411944Alberto Camalez CandelónMay 23, 19441947Sebastian Barja Blanco19471948Alberto Camalez Candelon19481950Rindolfo Barra Morales19501952Hugo Baeza Palacios19521953Ireneo Badilla Fuentes19531955Carlos Sepulveda Lopez19551958Ireneo Badilla Fuentes19581960Alberto Camalez Candelón19601960Sergio Retamal Aranís19601961Francisco Movillo Villar19611962Arnoldo Martínez-Conde19621963Juan Salman Sajuria19631967Héctor Pinochet Cuello1967November 20, 1969Socialist PartyCarlos Aburman Fuentes19691971Christian Democratic PartyRaúl Balboa Ibáñez (interim)19711971Radical PartyWilliams Rebolledo Vera19711973IndependentMilitary dictatorship (appointed)Waldo Retamal GonzálezOctober 2, 1973August 18, 1974Luis Navarrete CarvachoAugust 19, 1974March 22, 1981Luis Opazo RodríguezMarch 23, 1981December 31, 1982Antonio Segú AmorósJanuary 1, 1983November 20, 1989Jorge Talma GarcíaDecember 21, 1989September 26, 1992Return to democracySergio Sepúlveda CorvalánSeptember 26, 1992December 6, 2000Christian Democratic PartyLuis Navarrete CarvachoDecember 6, 20002002National RenewalCarlos Villalobos Sepúlveda (interim)2002December 6, 200422x22px Socialist PartyRodrigo Hermosilla GaticaDecember 6, 2004December 6, 2008Socialist PartyRolando Rentería MöllerDecember 6, 2008November 18, 2016Independent Democratic UnionAndrea Díaz (substitute)November 18, 2016December 6, 2016Independent Democratic UnionMario Meza VásquezDecember 6, 2016December 6, 2021National RenewalMario Meza VásquezDecember 6, 2021December 6, 2024 National RenewalMario Meza VásquezDecember 6, 2024Current National Renewal

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Category:Chilean mayors