Parliament
Parliament is bicameral and is located in Santiago.
The Chamber of Deputies has 120 members, who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote. The Senate has 38 members, who are elected by popular vote. In addition, 4 are appointed by the armed forces, 3 by the Supreme Court, and 2 by the president. Presidents who have served more than six years may enter for life. Those who are not appointed for life serve eight-year terms.
Presidents
1826-1826 Manuel Blanco Enclada
1826-1827 Agustín Eyzaguirre Arechavala (Interim)
1827-1827 Ramón Freire Serrano
1827-1829 Francisco António Pinto Díaz
1829-1830 Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín
1830-1830 Francisco Ruíz Tagle Portes
1830-1831 José Tomás Orvalle Bezanilla
1831-1831 Fernand Errázuriz Aldunate
1831-1841 Joaquín Prieto Vial
1841-1851 Manuel Bulnes Prieto
1851-1861 Manuel Montt Torres
1861-1861 José Joaquín Pérez
1881-1886 Domingo Santa María
1886-1891 José Manuel Balmaceda
1896-1901 Federico Arrázuriz
1901-1901 Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu
1901-1903 Germán Riesco
1903-1903 Ramón Barros Luco
1903-1906 Germán Riesco
1906-1910 Pedro Montt
1910-1910 Ismail Tocornal
1910-1910 Elías Fernández Albano
1910-1910 Emiliano Figueroa Larraín
1910-1915 Ramón Barros Luco
1915-1920 Juan Luís Sanfuentes
1920-1924 Arturo Alessandri Palma
1924-1925 Luis Altamirano Talavera
1925-1925 Pedro Pablo Dartnell Encina
1925-1925 Arturo Alessandri Palma
1925-1925 Luis Barros Borgoño
1925-1927 Emiliano Figueroa Larraín
1927-1931 Col. Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
1931-1932 Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez
1932-1932 Arturo Puga Osorio
1932-1932 Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinosa
1932-1932 Bartolomé Blanche Espejo
1932-1932 Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia
1932-1938 Arturo Alessandri Palma
1938-1941 Pedro Aguirre Cerda
1941-1942 Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia
1942-1946 Juan Antonio Ríos Morales
1946-1946 Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez
1946-1946 Vicente Merino Bielich
1946-1946 Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas
1946-1952 Gabriel González Videla
1952-1958 Gen. Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
1958-1964 Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez
1964-1970 Eduardo Frei Montalva
1970-1973 Salvador Allende
1973-1990 Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
1990-1994 Patricio Aylwin Azócar
1994-2000 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
2000-2006 Ricardo Lagos Escobar
2006-2010 Michelle Bachelet
2010 now Sebastián Piñera
