Chile Government

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Country Name	Chile
Full Country Name	Republic of Chile
Local - Long	Republica de Chile
Local - Short	Chile
Etymology- history of name	Derivation of the name is unclear, but it may come from the Mapuche word "chilli" meaning "limit of the earth" or from the Quechua "chiri" meaning "cold"
Government Type	Presidential republic
Capital Name	Santiago; note - Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature
Capital - geographic coordinate	33 27 S, 70 40 W
Capital Time Difference	UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Daylight Savings Time	+1hr, begins second Sunday in August; ends second Sunday in May; note - Punta Arenas observes DST throughout the year
Independence	18 September 1810 (from Spain)
National Holiday	Independence Day, 18 September (1810)
Constitution	Many previous; latest adopted 11 September 1980, effective 11 March 1981; amended many times, last in 2011; note - in late 2015, the Chilean Government initiated a process to reform its constitution

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Chile Government and Politics

Who is the president of Chile?

Executive Branch:	Chief of state: President Sebastian PINERA Echenique (since 11 March 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government Head of government: President Sebastian PINERA Echenique (since 11 March 2018) Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president Elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 4-year term; election last held on 19 November 2017 with a runoff held 17 December 2017 (next to be held in November 2021) Election results: Sebastian PINERA Echenique elected president in second round; percent of the vote in the first round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique (independent) 36.6%; Alejandro GUILLIER (independent) 22.7%; Beatriz SANCHEZ (independent) 20.3%; Jose Antonio KAST (independent) 7.9%; Carolina GOIC (PDC) 5.9%; Marco ENRIQUEZ-OMINAMI (PRO) 5.7%; other 0.9%; percent of the vote in the second round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique 54.6%, Alejandro GUILLIER 45.4%
Citizenship Criteria:	Citizenship by birth: yes Citizenship by descent: yes Dual citizenship recognized: yes Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Legal System:	Civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Tribunal
Suffrage:	18 years of age; universal
Legislative Branch:	Description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of: Senate or Senado (43 seats following the 2017 election; to increase to 50 in 2021); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 8-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 4 years) Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (155 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms) Elections: Senate - last held on 19 November 2017 (next to be held in 2021) Chamber of Deputies - last held on 19 November 2017 (next to be held in 2021) Election Results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - New Majority Coalition (formerly known as Concertacion) 19 (PDC 6, PS 6, PPD 6, MAS 1), Let's Go Chile Coalition (formerly known as the Coalition for Change and the Alianza coalition) 15 (RN 6, UDI 8, Amplitude Party 1), independent 4; composition - men 33, women 10, percent of women 23.3% Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - New Majority 68 (PDC 21, PS 16, PPD 14, PC 6, PRSD 6, Citizen Left 1, independent 4), Coalition for Change 47 (UDI 29, RN 14, independent 3, EP 1), Liberal Party 1, independent 4; composition -men 120, women 35, percent of women 22.6%; note - total National Congress percent of women 22.7%
Judicial Branch:	Highest court(s): Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of a court president and 20 members or ministros); Constitutional Court (consists of 10 members); Elections Qualifying Court (consists of 5 members) Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court president and judges (ministers) appointed by the president of the republic and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 70; Constitutional Court members appointed - 3 by the Supreme Court, 3 by the president of the republic, 2 by the Chamber of Deputies, and 2 by the Senate; members serve 9-year terms with partial membership replacement every 3 years (the court reviews constitutionality of legislation); Elections Qualifying Court members appointed by lottery - 1 by the former president or vice-president of the Senate and 1 by the former president or vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, 2 by the Supreme Court, and 1 by the Appellate Court of Valparaiso; members appointed for 4-year terms Subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; oral criminal tribunals; military tribunals; local police courts; specialized tribunals and courts in matters such as family, labor, customs, taxes, and electoral affairs
Regions or States:	16 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aysen, Antofagasta, Araucania, Arica y Parinacota, Atacama, Biobio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Los Rios, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Nuble, Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso Note: the United States does not recognize claims to Antarctica
Political Parties and Leaders:	Amplitude (Amplitud) [Lily PEREZ] Broad Social Movement or MAS [Cristian TAPIA Ramos] Democratic Revolution or RD [Rodrigo ECHECOPAR] Let’s Go Chile Coalition (Chile Vamos) (formerly the Alliance for Chile, includes Political Evolution or EVOPOLI [Jorge SAINT JEAN], Independent Regionalist Party or PRI [Alejandra BRAVO Hidalgo], National Renewal or RN [Cristian MONCKEBERG Bruner], and Independent Democratic Union or UDI [Jacqueline VAN RYSSELBERGHE Herrera]) Liberal Party (Partido Liberal de Chile) [Vlado MIROSEVIC] New Majority Coalition (Nueva Mayoria) (includes Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Carolina GOIC Boroevic], Communist Party of Chile or PC [Guillermo TEILLIER del Valle], Party for Democracy or PPD [Gonzalo NAVARRETE], Radical Social Democratic Party or PRSD [Ernesto VELASCO Rodriguez], and Socialist Party or PS [Alvaro ELIZALDE Soto]) Progressive Party or PRO [Patricia MORALES]
International Law Organization Participation:	Has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
International Organization Participation:	APEC, BIS, CAN (associate), CD, CELAC, FAO, G-15, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OECD (enhanced engagement), OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance, PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMOGIP, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic Representation in the US:	Chief of Mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d’Affaires Julio FIOL (since 11 March 2018) Chancery: 1732 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: [1] (202) 785-1746 FAX: [1] (202) 887-5579 Consulate(s) General: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco
Diplomatic Representation from US:	Chief of Mission: Ambassador Carol PEREZ (since 14 November 2016) Embassy: Avenida Andres Bello 2800, Las Condes, Santiago Mailing Address: APO AA 34033 Telephone: [56] (2) 2330-3000 FAX: [56] (2) 2330-3710, 2330-3160

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