State or region
Regional Governor
- Spanish: Gobernador Regional
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Directly elected for a four-year term (6 Jan 2025 to 6 Jan 2029); a run-off is held if no candidate reaches 40% of valid votes; re-election allowed once (Constitution, art. 111).
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- José Miguel Carvajal Gallardo since January 2025 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
Next vote
Sources
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Elecciones regionales de Chile de 2024, read 2026-10-12: election method and term. Fallback: es.wikipedia For: Regional Governor
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Gobernador regional de Chile (es), read 2026-10-12: Spanish title. For: Regional Governor in Spanish
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Gobernador regional de Chile (es), read 2026-10-12: governor of each region, in office from 2025-01-06. Fallback: es.wikipedia and Wikidata, because servel.cl/gobiernoregional sites were not checked; governors elected 26-27 Oct 2024 (run-off 24 Nov 2024), term 2025-01-06 to 2029-01-06 per es.wikipedia Elecciones regionales de Chile de 2024. For: José Miguel Carvajal Gallardo, current term
- bcn.cl · checked BCN, DFL 1-19.175 (LOC sobre Gobierno y Administración Regional) art. 83 and Ley 18.695 (LOC de Municipalidades, idNorma 251693) art. 106, read 2026-10-12 via the leychile JSON service: governors and regional councillors are elected every four years together with the municipal elections, which fall on the last Sunday of October (= 2028-10-29). Cross-checked: Emol and BioBioChile election calendars (Nov-Dec 2025) give 29 Oct 2028. For: General election, October 29, 2028