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List of general directors of Carabineros de Chile

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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]

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

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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.