Post: | President |
Body: | the Senate of Chile |
Native Name: | Presidenta del Senado de la República de Chile |
Insignia: | Emblema_Senado_de_la_Republica_Chile.png |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile |
Flag: | Flag of Chile.svg |
Flagsize: | 125px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Chile |
Incumbent: | José García Ruminot |
Incumbentsince: | 19 March 2024 |
Department: | Senate of Chile |
Style: | His Excellency The Honorable |
Type: | Presiding officer |
Seat: | National Congress of Chile, Valparaíso |
Appointer: | Senate of Chile |
Termlength: | Four years |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Chile |
First: | Juan Antonio Ovalle |
Deputy: | First Vice President of the Senate Second Vice President of the Senate |
Salary: | US$133,282[1] CLP$112,198,212 |
Website: | Official website |
The president of the Senate of Chile is the presiding officer of the Senate of Chile. The position comes after the Ministers of State in the line of succession of the President of Chile in case of temporary incapacitation or vacancy, according to Article 29 of the Constitution of Chile.
The President of the Senate receives no special treatment in the sessions of Senate. However, in the official communications the President holds the title of Spanish; Castilian: Excelencia ("Excellency"). The President is elected among current senators by the members themselves, and forms the Spanish; Castilian: Mesa de la Corporación (Committee of Chambers of the Congress) along with the Senate's Vice President.
The President's responsibilities include decreeing the summons to the Senate for its sessions, presiding over sessions and directing the debates on the Senate floor, acting as a representative of the Senate by defending its parliamentary jurisdiction and dignity, and presiding over the sessions of the Spanish; Castilian: Congreso Pleno (plenary meeting of both chambers).
President of the Senate | Term | |
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1812–1814 | ||
1814 | ||
Dissolution of the National Congress by the Chilean War of Independence | 1814–1818 | |
1818–1822 | ||
1823 | ||
1824 | ||
1828–1829 | ||
1829 | ||
Dissolution of the National Congress by the Chilean Civil War of 1829 | 1829–1831 | |
1831–1834 | ||
1834–1837 | ||
1837–1840 | ||
1840–1843 | ||
1843–1846 | ||
1846–1855 | ||
Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz – died in office | 1855–1861 | |
1861–1864 | ||
1864–1867 | ||
1867–1870 | ||
1870–1873 | ||
1873–1876 | ||
1876–1882 | ||
1882–1888 | ||
Domingo Santa María González – died in office | 1888–1889 | |
1889–1891 | ||
1891–1894 | ||
1894–1897 | ||
1897–1906 | ||
1906–1909 | ||
1909–1912 | ||
1912–1915 | ||
1915–1918 | ||
1918–1921 | ||
1921–1924 | ||
1924 | ||
Dissolution of the National Congress by the Government Junta of 1924 | 1924–1925 | |
1925–1930 | ||
1930–1932 | ||
Dissolution of the National Congress by the Socialist Republic of Chile | 1932 | |
1932–1933 | ||
1933–1934 | ||
1934–1935 | ||
1935–1936 | ||
1936–1937 | ||
1937–1941 | ||
1941–1944 | ||
1944 | ||
1944–1945 | ||
1945–1949 | ||
1949 | ||
1949–1950 | ||
1950–1958 | ||
1958 | ||
1958–1962 | ||
1962–1965 | ||
Hermes Ahumada Pacheco – provisional | 1965 | |
1965–1966 | ||
1966 | ||
1966 | ||
1966–1969 | ||
1969–1971 | ||
1971–1972 | ||
1972–1973 | ||
Américo Acuña Rosas – provisional | 1973 | |
1973 | ||
Dissolution and replacement by the Government Junta of 1973 | 1973–1990 | |
1990–1996 | ||
1996–1998 | ||
1998–2004 | ||
2004–2005 | ||
2005–2006 | ||
2006–2008 | ||
2008–2009 | ||
2009–2010 | ||
2010–2011 | ||
2011–2012 | ||
2012–2013 | ||
2013–2014 | ||
2014–2015 | ||
2015–2016 | ||
2016–2017 | ||
2017–2018 | ||
2018–2019 | ||
2019–2020 | ||
2020–2021 | ||
2021–2021 | ||
2021–2022 | ||
2022–2023 | ||
2023–2024 | ||
2024–present |