List of Presidents 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 chief of government.

Here is the full list of them:

• Manuel Blanco Encalda 1826
• Agustn Eyzaguirre 1826 - 1827
• Ramn Freire y Serrano 1827
• Francisco Antonio Pinto Daz 1827 - 1829
• Jos Toms Ovalle 1830 - 1831
• Jos Joaqun Prieto Vial 1831 - 1841
• Manuel Bulnes Prieto 1841 - 1851
• Manuel Montt Torres 1851 - 1861
• Jos Joaqun Prez Mascayano 1861 - 1871
• Federico Errzuriz Zaartu 1871 - 1876
• Anibal Pinto Garmendia 1876 - 1881
• Domingo Santa Mara 1881 - 1886
• Jos Manuel Balmaceda 1886 - 1891
• Jorge Montt Alvarez 1891 - 1896
• Federico Errzuriz Echaurren 1896 - 1901
• Germn Riesco Errzuriz 1901 - 1906
• Pedro Montt Montt 1906 - 1910
• Ramn Barros Luco 1910 - 1915
• Juan Luis Sanfuentes 1915 - 1920
• Arturo Alessandri Palma 1920 - 1925
• Luis Barros Borgoo 1925
• Emiliano Figueroa Larran 1925 - 1927
• Carlos Ibez del Campo 1927 - 1931
• Juan Esteban Montero 1931 - 1932
• Arturo Alessandri Palma 1932-1938
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda 1938 - 1941
• Jernimo Mndez 1941 - 1942 (interin)
• Juan Antonio Ros 1942 - 1946
• Gabriel Gonzlez Videla 1946 - 1952
• Carlos Ibaez del Campo 1952 - 1958
• Jorge Alessandri Rodrguez 1958 - 1964
• Eduardo Frei Montalva 1964 - 1970
• Salvador Allende Gossens 1970 - 1973
• Augusto Pinochet Ugarte 1973 - 1990 (came to power in a coup d'etat)
• Patricio Aylwin Azcar 1990 - 1994
• Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 1994 - 2000
• Ricardo Lagos Escobar 2000 - 2006 (end of the period)

Before the presidential institution (at the beginning of the Republican and independent state), there was the figure of Director Supremo (Supreme Director). There were XX of them:

• Bernardo OHiggins Riquelme 1820-1823
• Agustn Manuel de Eyzaguirre y Arechavala 1823-1823
• Plenipotentiary Congress: Juan Egaa Risco, Manuel Fernando Vsquez de Novoa y Lpez de Artigas, Manuel Antonio Gonzlez Valenzuela 1823
• Ramn Freire Serrano 1823
• Supreme Junta of diputados: Mariano Egaa Fabres, Santiago Fernndez y Gonzlez Barriga, Diego Jos Benavente y Garca de Bustamante 1823
• Ramn Freire Serrano 1826

People who temporary fulfilled the role of President

• Francisco R. Vicua (1829)
• Francisco Ruiz Tagle (1830)
• F. Errzuriz (1831)
• E. Fernndez Albano (1910)
• E. Figueroa (1910)
• Luis Altamirano (1924-1925)
• Emiliano Bello C (1925)
• Pedro Opazo (1931)
• Manuel Trucco (1931)
• Carlos Dvila (1932)
• Guillermo Blanche (1932)
• Abraham Oyanedel (1932)
• Alfredo Duhalde (1946)