{"slug": "president-of-chile", "label": "President of Chile", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Chile", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466956", "qid": "Q466956", "description": "head of state and government of Chile", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [1908, 2025], "span_label": ["1908 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 9}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Presidents of Chile"], "related": [{"slug": "chile", "label": "Chile", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "augusto-pinochet", "label": "Augusto Pinochet", "shared": 3}], "items": [{"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile (died 1973)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#June", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Births › June"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 1", "text": "1 February – Chilean presidential election, 1942 is held giving Juan Antonio Rios elected as President of the Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243705318#February", "title": "1942 in Chile", "revid": 1243705318, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#September", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Births › September"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Jorge Alessandri is sworn in as President of Chile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#November", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Chilean Socialist Senator Salvador Allende wins 36.2% of the vote in his run for presidency defeating former right-wing President Jorge Alessandri with 34.9% of the votes and Christian Democrat Radomiro Tomic with 27.8% of the votes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#September", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile by a run-off vote in the National Congress", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#October", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Salvador Allende, 30th President of Chile (b. 1908)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#September", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Deaths › September"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – The head of the Chilean Military Junta, Army General Augusto Pinochet, assumes the office of \"Supreme Chief of the Nation\". On December 17, via a Supreme Decree amendment, he will be formally designated President of Chile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#May–June", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet is sworn in as President of Chile for another 8-year term.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#March", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – The second round of the 2021 Chilean presidential election is held; leftist candidate Gabriel Boric is elected President.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#December", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Gabriel Boric is sworn in as President of Chile. He becomes the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#March", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#February", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – 2025 Chilean general election: José Antonio Kast is elected President of Chile. Right-wing coalitions gain control of the Chamber of Deputies and tie in the Senate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#December", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › December"}}]}