List of general directors of Carabineros de Chile
| General Director of Carabineros de Chile | |
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| Director General de Carabineros de Chile | |
 Emblem of the General Director | |
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| Carabineros de Chile | |
| Reports to | Minister of the Interior and Public Security |
| Appointer | President of Chile |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | 27 February 1924 |
| First holder | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Salary | $ 4,584,068[1] |
This article lists the general directors of Carabineros de Chile. Carabineros de Chile (transl. Carabiniers of Chile) are the Chilean national police force, who have jurisdiction over the entire national territory of Chile, and dates back to 1927.
The current General Director is General Ricardo Yáñez. He was appointed by President Sebastián Piñera on 19 November 2020.[2]
List
Cuerpo de Carabineros General Commander (1924–1927)
| Portrait | Rank | Name | Took office | Left office |
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Lieutenant Colonel | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | 27 February 1924 | 21 July 1927 |
Cuerpo de Carabineros General Director (1927–1931)
| Portrait | Rank | Name | Took office | Left office |
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Brigadier General | Aníbal Parada Pacheco | 1927 | 1928 |
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Army Colonel | Julio Olivares Mengolar | 1928 | 1929 |
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Brigadier General | Agustín Moreno Ladrón de Guevara | 1929 | 1929 |
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Brigadier General | Fernando Sepúlveda Onfray | 1929 | 1930 |
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Brigadier General | Ambrosio Viaux Aguilar | 1930 | 1931 |
Carabineros de Chile General Director (1931–present)
| Portrait | Rank | Name | Took office | Left office |
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General | Manuel Concha Pedregal | 1931 | 1932 |
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General | Humberto Arriagada Valdivieso | 1932 | 1938 |
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General | Oscar Reeves Leiva | 1938 | 1942 |
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General | Pedro Silva Calderón | 1942 | 1944 |
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General | Eduardo Maldonado Mercado | 1944 | 1947 |
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General | Reinaldo Espinoza Castro | 1947 | 1950 |
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General | Humberto Meneses Madrid | 1950 | 1952 |
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General | Jorge Ardiles Galdames | 1952 | 1958 |
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General | Arturo Queirolo Fernández | 1958 | 1964 |
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General | Vicente Huerta Celis | 1964 | 1970 |
| General | José M. Sepúlveda Galindo | 1970 | 11 September 1973 (deposed) | |
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General | César Mendoza Durán | 11 September 1973 | 2 August 1985 (resigned) |
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General | Rodolfo Stange Oelckers | 2 October 1985 | 16 October 1995 |
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General | Fernando Cordero Rusque | 16 October 1995 | 27 November 1997 |
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General | Manuel Ugarte Soto | 27 November 1997 | 27 November 2001 |
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General | Alberto Cienfuegos Becerra | 27 November 2001 | 27 November 2005 |
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General | José Alejandro Bernales Ramírez | 27 November 2005 | 29 May 2008 |
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General | Eduardo Gordon Valcárcel | 29 May 2008 | 2 September 2011 |
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General | Gustavo González Jure | 8 September 2011 | 8 September 2015 |
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General | Bruno Villalobos Krumm | 8 September 2015 | 12 March 2018 |
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General | Hermes Soto Isla | 29 March 2018 | 22 December 2018 |
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General | Mario Rozas Córdoba | 22 December 2018 | 19 November 2020 |
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General | Ricardo Yáñez | 19 November 2020 | Incumbent |
See also
- Carabineros de Chile
- Ministry of National Defense (Chile)
- Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile)
References
- ^ "Escala de Remuneraciones Personal de Nombramiento Supremo". www.carabineros.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Quién es Ricardo Yáñez, el nuevo general director de Carabineros". 24 Horas (in Spanish). 2020-11-19.