List of general directors of Carabineros de Chile

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.

General Director of Carabineros de Chile
Director General de Carabineros de Chile
Emblem of the General Director
Incumbent
General Ricardo Yáñez
since 19 November 2020
Carabineros de Chile
Reports toMinister of the Interior and Public Security
AppointerPresident of Chile
Term length4 years
Formation27 February 1924
First holderCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
Salary$ 4,584,068[1]

The current General Director is General Ricardo Yáñez. He was appointed by President Sebastián Piñera on 19 November 2020.[2]

List

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Cuerpo de Carabineros General Commander (1924–1927)

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Portrait Rank Name Took office Left office
  Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 27 February 1924 21 July 1927

Cuerpo de Carabineros General Director (1927–1931)

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Portrait Rank Name Took office Left office
  Brigadier General Aníbal Parada Pacheco 1927 1928
  Army Colonel Julio Olivares Mengolar 1928 1929
  Brigadier General Agustín Moreno Ladrón de Guevara 1929 1929
  Brigadier General Fernando Sepúlveda Onfray 1929 1930
  Brigadier General Ambrosio Viaux Aguilar 1930 1931

Carabineros de Chile General Director (1931–present)

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Portrait Rank Name Took office Left office
  General Manuel Concha Pedregal 1931 1932
  General Humberto Arriagada Valdivieso 1932 1938
  General Oscar Reeves Leiva 1938 1942
  General Pedro Silva Calderón 1942 1944
  General Eduardo Maldonado Mercado 1944 1947
  General Reinaldo Espinoza Castro 1947 1950
  General Humberto Meneses Madrid 1950 1952
  General Jorge Ardiles Galdames 1952 1958
  General Arturo Queirolo Fernández 1958 1964
  General Vicente Huerta Celis 1964 1970
General José M. Sepúlveda Galindo 1970 11 September 1973
(deposed)
  General César Mendoza Durán 11 September 1973 2 August 1985
(resigned)
  General Rodolfo Stange Oelckers 2 October 1985 16 October 1995
  General Fernando Cordero Rusque 16 October 1995 27 November 1997
  General Manuel Ugarte Soto 27 November 1997 27 November 2001
  General Alberto Cienfuegos Becerra 27 November 2001 27 November 2005
  General José Alejandro Bernales Ramírez 27 November 2005 29 May 2008
  General Eduardo Gordon Valcárcel 29 May 2008 2 September 2011
  General Gustavo González Jure 8 September 2011 8 September 2015
  General Bruno Villalobos Krumm 8 September 2015 12 March 2018
  General Hermes Soto Isla 29 March 2018 22 December 2018
  General Mario Rozas Córdoba 22 December 2018 19 November 2020
  General Ricardo Yáñez 19 November 2020 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Escala de Remuneraciones Personal de Nombramiento Supremo". www.carabineros.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Quién es Ricardo Yáñez, el nuevo general director de Carabineros". 24 Horas (in Spanish). 2020-11-19.