National
President of the Republic of Chile
- Spanish: Presidente de la República de Chile
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Head of State and head of government. Elected by direct popular vote for a four-year term, with a second-round run-off if no candidate wins an absolute majority; cannot be re-elected for the next term (Constitution, arts. 24-26).
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- José Antonio Kast since March 2026 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
Next vote
Sources
- bcn.cl · checked Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (BCN), Constitución Política de la República de Chile, read 2026-10-12: office, size and how it is filled. For: President of the Republic of Chile
- bcn.cl · checked Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (BCN), Constitución Política de la República de Chile, read 2026-10-12: Spanish official name. For: President of the Republic of Chile in Spanish
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, José Antonio Kast, read 2026-10-12: President since 2026-03-11. Fallback: Wikidata Q5937916, English Wikipedia; official presidencia.gob.cl and gob.cl returned HTTP 403 For: José Antonio Kast, current term
- bcn.cl · checked BCN, Constitución Política de la República, art. 26 (and art. 47, 49), read 2026-10-12 via the leychile JSON service: presidential election held with the parliamentary one on the third Sunday of November of the year before the incumbent's term ends (= 2029-11-18); run-off on the fourth Sunday after. Chile has no early dissolution; date_confirmed stays false until SERVEL publishes the calendar. For: General election, November 18, 2029
- bcn.cl · checked Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (BCN), Constitución Política, art. 26 and Ley 18.700 (election calendar), read 2026-10-12: general elections fall on the third Sunday of November of the year before the term ends; 2029-11-18 computed from that rule, no official decree yet. Rule not re-read this session (BCN rate-limited); verify against SERVEL. For: General election, November 18, 2029