President of Chile

Unlike many of the other countries in the region, Chile has a long history of democratic Presidents. The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government.

List of Presidents of Chile

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Manuel Blanco Encalada	1826	1826
Agustín Eyzaguirre	1826	1827	acting
Ramón Freire y Serrano	1827	1827
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz	1827	1829
Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín	1829	1829	temporary
Francisco Ruiz Tagle	1830	1830	temporary
Francisco Errázuriz	1831	1831	temporary
José Tomás Ovalle	1830	1830	interim
José Joaquín Prieto Vial	1830	1841
Manuel Bulnes Prieto	1841	1851
Manuel Montt Torres	1851	1861
José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano	1861	1871
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu	1871	1876
Aníbal Pinto Garmendia	1876	1881
Domingo Santa María González	1881	1886
José Manuel Balmaceda	1886	1891
Jorge Montt Álvarez	1891	1896
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren	1896	1901
Germán Riesco Errázuriz	1901	1906
Pedro Montt Montt	1906	1910
Elías Fernández Albano	1910	1910	temporary
Emiliano Figueroa	1910	1910	temporary
Ramón Barros Luco	1910	1915
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui	1915	1920
Arturo Alessandri Palma	1920	1925
Luis Altamirano	1924	1925	temporary
Luis Barros Borgoño	1925	1925	temporary
Emiliano Bello C.	1925	1925	temporary
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín	1925	1927
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	1927	1931
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez	1931	1932
Carlos Dávila	1932	1932
Guillermo Blanche	1932	1932
Abraham Oyanedel	1932	1932
Arturo Alessandri Palma	1932	1938
Pedro Aguirre Cerda	1938	1941
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales	1942	1946
Gabriel González Videla	1946	1952
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	1952	1958
Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez	1958	1964
Eduardo Frei Montalva	1964	1970	PDC
Salvador Allende Gossens	1970	1973	UP (PS)
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte	1973	1990	military regime
Patricio Aylwin Azócar	1990	1994	CPD (PDC)
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	1994	2000	CPD (PDC)
Ricardo Lagos Escobar	2000	2006	CPD (PS/PPD)