--- title: "Who has recently been elected as the new President of Chile?" description: "Who has recently been elected as the new President of Chile?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2022-02-01 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95378/who-has-recently-been-elected-as-the-new-president-of-chile category: "current affair" tags: ["president", "chile", "current affair", "elected"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who has recently been elected as the new President of Chile? Who has recently been elected [as the new President](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62149/who-has-been-elected-as-the-new-president-of-kazakhstan) of Chile? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **Miguel Juan Sebastián Piera Echenique is a Chilean wealthy businessman and politician serving as Chile's presidency from 2010 to 2014 and again since 2018.** \ The [**president of Chile**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Chile) is the Republic of Chile's leader of the government. The president has the power of both the Chilean government and state management. Even though its function and prominence have shifted throughout Chile's history, as it has status and relationships with other players in the national political group, it remains among the most visible [**political**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92957/which-political-party-cares-about-the-environment-in-india) personalities. It is also regarded as being one of the entities that comprise Chile's 'Historic Constitution,' and it is critical to the nation's political security. \ ![Who has recently been elected as the new President of Chile?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cc7e43eb-49f3-4630-8e0c-4e7aa79f1b14/images/1e378722-811f-4713-bd92-aca7c83b30ec.jpeg)\ \ [**He**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Pi%C3%B1era) worked in finance technology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and finance at Harvard University, the son of a Christian Democratic politician and ambassador. According to Forbes, he had a combined wealth of 2.8 billion dollars in 2019, making him one of Chile's wealthiest people. He was a part of the liberal-conservative National Renewal party and was a senator for the East Santiago constituency from 1990 to 1998. He ran for president in 2005 but failed to Michelle Bachelet, and again, effectively, in 2010. As a consequence, he became Chile's first democratic [**government**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94641/who-can-file-an-rti-to-the-government-what-s-the-procedure) republican judge since 1958, and the first to occupy office since Augusto Pinochet's resignation in 1990. Following the social upheaval that occurred in late 2019, Piera's weakened ability to manage according to the presidency concept has led to allegations that Chile is a de facto parliament or must become one. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95378/who-has-recently-been-elected-as-the-new-president-of-chile Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.