List of Presidents of Chile
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Seat of the Chilean President: La Moneda
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List of presidents of Chile since the country gained independence:
Chile has been a republic since its independence. In the years up to 1826 it was ruled temporarily by a collective government council ( Junta de Gobierno ), and at times it had a Director Supremo as head of state. Since 1826 the head of state has been the President of the Republic ( Presidente de la República ). From 1891 to 1925 there was a parliamentary system of government, before and since then a presidential system.
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
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| 1810-1811 | Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta (as President of the First Government Junta ) | |
| 1811 | Juan Martínez de Rozas (as President of the First Government Junta ) | |
| 1811-1814 | José Miguel Carrera ( Director Supremo, interim ) | |
| 1814 | Francisco de la Lastra ( Director Supremo ) | |
| 1814-1817 | Spanish occupation under Governor Casimiro Marcó del Pont | |
| 1817-1823 | Bernardo O'Higgins ( Director Supremo ) | |
| 1823 | Agustín Eyzaguirre ( Director Supremo ) | |
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| 1823 | Ramón Freire y Serrano ( Director Supremo ) | liberal federalist |
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Federalists (representatives of the provinces) |
| 1823-1826 | Ramón Freire y Serrano ( Director Supremo ) | liberal federalist |
| 1826 | Manuel Blanco Encalada | |
| 1826-1827 | Agustín Eyzaguirre ( incumbent ) | |
| 1827 | Ramón Freire y Serrano | liberal federalist |
| 1827-1829 | Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz | liberal federalist |
| 1829 | Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín ( temporary ) | liberal federalist |
| 1830 | Francisco Ruiz Tagle ( temporary ) | conservative centralist |
| 1830-1831 | José Tomás Ovalle ( interim ) | conservative centralist |
| 1831 | Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate ( temporary ) | conservative centralist |
| 1831-1841 | José Joaquín Prieto Vial | conservative centralist |
| 1841-1851 | Manuel Bulnes Prieto | conservative centralist |
| 1851-1861 | Manuel Montt Torres | |
| 1861-1871 | José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano | |
| 1871-1876 | Federico Errázuriz Zañartu | Liberal Alliance |
| 1876-1881 | Aníbal Pinto Garmendia | Liberal Alliance |
| 1881-1886 | Domingo Santa María González | Radical Party |
| 1886-1891 | José Manuel Balmaceda | Liberal Alliance |
| 1891-1896 | Jorge Montt Álvarez | Liberal Alliance |
| 1896-1901 | Federico Errázuriz Echaurren | Conservative Coalición |
| 1901 | Aníbal Zañartu ( temporary ) | Liberal Alliance |
| 1901-1906 | Germán Riesco Errázuriz | Liberal Alliance |
| 1906-1910 | Pedro Montt Montt | Conservative Coalición |
| 1910 | Elías Fernández Albano ( temporary ) | |
| 1910 | Emiliano Figueroa Larraín ( temporary ) | |
| 1910-1915 | Ramon Barros Luco | |
| 1915-1920 | Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui | Conservative Coalición |
| 1920-1924 | Arturo Alessandri Palma | Liberal Party |
| 1924-1925 | Luis Altamirano ( temporary ) | |
| 1925 | Arturo Alessandri Palma | Liberal Party |
| 1925 | Luis Barros Borgoño ( temporary ) | |
| 1925-1927 | Emiliano Figueroa Larraín | |
| 1927-1931 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | |
| 1931 | Pedro Opazo ( temporary ) | |
| 1931 | Manuel Trucco ( temporary ) | |
| 1931-1932 | Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez | Radical Party |
| 1932 | Carlos Dávila ( temporary ) | |
| 1932 | Bartolomeo Blanche Espejo ( temporary ) | |
| 1932 | Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia ( temporary ) | |
| 1932-1938 | Arturo Alessandri Palma | Liberal Party |
| 1938-1941 | Pedro Aguirre Cerda | Radical Party |
| 1941-1942 | Jerónimo Méndez ( interim ) | |
| 1942-1946 | Juan Antonio Rios Morales | Radical Party |
| 1946 | Alfredo Duhalde ( temporary ) | |
| 1946-1952 | Gabriel González Videla | Radical Party |
| 1952-1958 | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | |
| 1958-1964 | Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez | Conservative Party |
| 1964-1970 | Eduardo Frei Montalva | Christian Democratic Party (PDC) |
| 1970-1973 | Salvador Allende Gossens | Socialist Party (electoral alliance Unidad Popular ) |
| 1973-1990 | Augusto Pinochet Ugarte ( taken office by military coup ) | |
| 1990-1994 | Patricio Aylwin Azócar | Christian Democratic Party (democratic electoral alliance CPD ) |
| 1994-2000 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | Christian Democratic Party (democratic electoral alliance CPD) |
| 2000-2006 | Ricardo Lagos Escobar | Socialist Party (democratic electoral alliance CPD) |
| 2006-2010 | Michelle Bachelet | Socialist Party (democratic electoral alliance CPD) |
| 2010-2014 | Sebastián Piñera | National Renewal ( Renovación Nacional ) |
| 2014-2018 | Michelle Bachelet | Socialist Party (democratic electoral alliance CPD) |
| since 2018 | Sebastián Piñera | National Renewal (Renovación Nacional) |