The following is a list of commanders-in-chief of the Chilean Army. The Chilean Army (Spanish language: Ejército de Chile ) is the land force of Chile. The Chilean Army dates back to 1810.
Picture | Rank | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Position |
Brigadier | José Miguel Carrera Verdugo | March 31, 1813 | November 23, 1813 | First Army Commander-in-chief | |
Colonel | Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme | November 27, 1813 | September 2, 1814 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Brigadier | José Miguel Carrera Verdugo | August 28, 1814 | October 2, 1814 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Captain General | Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme | April 17, 1819 | January 28, 1823 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Captain General | Ramón Freire Serrano | February 21, 1823 | April 2, 1830 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | José Joaquín Prieto Vial | April 2, 1830 | September 18, 1841 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Manuel Bulnes Prieto | September 18, 1841 | October 18, 1866 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Marcos Maturana del Campo | October 18, 1866 | December 21, 1870 | Senior General Officer | |
Divisional General | Juan Manuel Jarpa Caamaño | August 8, 1871 | December 31, 1875 | Senior General Officer | |
Divisional General | Basilio Urrutia Vásquez | August 8, 1871 | April 7, 1879 | Senior General Officer | |
Divisional General | Justo Arteaga Cuevas | April 8, 1879 | July 18, 1879 | Field Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Erasmo Escala Arriagada | July 18, 1879 | March 28, 1880 | Field Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Manuel Baquedano González | April 3, 1880 | May 3, 1881 | Field Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez | May 3, 1881 | December 19, 1883 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Emilio Soto | January 4, 1884 | August 22, 1888 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | José Francisco Gana Castro | August 22, 1888 | September 4, 1891 | Field Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Marco Aurelio Arriagada | September 14, 1891 | August 28, 1894 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Adolfo Holley Urzúa | August 28, 1894 | October 13, 1900 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Emilio Korner | October 13, 1900 | April 19, 1910 | Inspector General | |
Division General | Jorge Boonen Rivera | April 19, 1910 | April 26, 1921 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Arístides Pinto Concha | April 26, 1921 | February 13, 1922 | Inspector General | |
File:Altamirano.jpg | Divisional General | Luis Altamirano Talavera | February 13, 1922 | November 28, 1924 | Inspector General |
Divisional General | Pedro Pablo Dartnell Encina | November 28, 1924 | January 23, 1925 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Mariano Navarrete Ciris | January 31, 1925 | November 10, 1925 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Juan Emilio Ortiz Vega | November 11, 1925 | January 7, 1927 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Francisco Javier Diaz Valderrama | February 18, 1927 | March 20, 1930 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Pedro Charpin Rival | March 21, 1930 | November 7, 1930 | Inspector General | |
Divisional General | Bartolomé Blanche Espejo | November 7, 1930 | August 4, 1931 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Pedro Charpin Rival | August 5, 1931 | August 22, 1931 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Indalicio Téllez Cárcamo | August 25, 1931 | June 11, 1932 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Agustín Moreno Ladrón de Guevara | June 15, 1932 | August 2, 1932 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Luis Otero Mujica | August 3, 1932 | December 26, 1932 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Pedro Vignola Cortés | December 26, 1932 | December 21, 1933 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Marcial Urrutia Urrutia | December 23, 1933 | March 27, 1934 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Oscar Novoa Fuentes | March 27, 1934 | December 20, 1938 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Carlos Fuentes Rabe | December 26, 1938 | August 23, 1940 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Oscar Escudero Otárola | August 23, 1940 | March 8, 1943 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Arturo Espinoza Mujica | August 12, 1943 | October 11, 1944 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Alfredo Portales Mourgues | November 8, 1943 | November 12, 1945 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Oscar Fuentes Pantoja | November 12, 1945 | November 29, 1946 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Guillermo Barrios Tirado | November 29, 1946 | August 2, 1947 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Ramón Cañas Montalva | August 2, 1947 | October 8, 1949 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Guillermo Barrios Tirado | October 8, 1949 | January 9, 1950 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Rafael Fernández Reyes | January 9, 1950 | October 28, 1952 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Santiago Danús Peña | November 3, 1952 | March 11, 1953 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Carlos Mezzano Camino | March 11, 1953 | June 10, 1954 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Division General | Enrique Franco Hidalgo | June 11, 1954 | March 17, 1955 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Raúl Araya Stiglich | March 17, 1955 | May 8, 1956 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Luis Vidal Vargas | May 8, 1956 | November 3, 1958 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | René Vidal Merino | November 3, 1958 | November 13, 1958 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Oscar Izurieta Molina | November 14, 1958 | November 3, 1964 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Bernardino Parada Moreno | November 4, 1964 | July 4, 1967 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Luis Miqueles Caridi | July 5, 1967 | May 3, 1968 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Divisional General | Sergio Castillo Aránguiz | May 3, 1968 | October 24, 1969 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
File:Rene Schneider4.jpg | Divisional General | René Schneider Chereau | October 27, 1969 | October 22, 1970 | Army Commander-in-chief |
Division General | Carlos Prats González | October 26, 1970 | August 23, 1973 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Captain General | Augusto Pinochet Ugarte | August 23, 1973 | March 10, 1998 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Lieutenant General | Ricardo Izurieta Caffarena | March 11, 1998 | March 10, 2002 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Lieutenant General | Juan Emilio Cheyre Espinosa | March 11, 2002 | March 10, 2006 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Army General | Oscar Izurieta Ferrer | March 11, 2006 | March 9, 2010 | Army Commander-in-chief | |
Army General | Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba Poblete | March 10, 2010 | Present | Army Commander-in-chief |
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