Who is the President of Chile in 2017?

Answer 1

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is the President of Chile in 2017. She was the first female President of Chile from 2006 March 11 to 2010 March 11, and was re-elected for the 2014-2018 term. Chile's presidents are not re-electable immediately.

Answer 2

Michelle Bachelet was the President of Chile in 2009, serving from 2006 March 11 to 2010 March 11. She was succeeded by Sebastián Piñera, and then re-elected for the 2014 March 11 to 2018 March 11 term. Chile's presidents are not re-electable immediately.

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is a center-left politician and the first woman to hold the presidency of Chile. She won the 2006 presidential election in a runoff, beating center-right billionaire businessman, former senator and next president Sebastián Piñera, with 53.5% of the vote. A moderate Socialist, she campaigned on a platform of continuing Chile's free market policies, while increasing social benefits to help reduce the country's gap between rich and poor, one of the largest in the world. She was inaugurated on March 11, 2006.

Bachelet-a surgeon, pediatrician and epidemiologist with studies in military strategy-served as Health Minister and Defense Minister under President Ricardo Lagos. She is a separated mother of three and a self-described agnostic, which sets her apart in a predominantly conservative and Catholic country. A polyglot, she speaks Spanish, English, German, Portuguese and French. In 2007, Forbes magazine ranked her as 27th in the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world (10 spots down from the 2006 list).

Answer 3

Sebastián Piñera was the President of Chile in 2011. He took the position on 2010 March 11 serving until 2014 March 11. He has an estimated fortune of a 1 billion (USD), and is the first billionaire to become the President of Chile.