Comandantes en jefe del Ejército Rank Name Brigadier José Miguel Carrera Verdugo Coronel Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Brigadier José Miguel Carrera Verdugo Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Captain General Ramón Freire Serrano Division General José Joaquín Prieto Vial Division General Manuel Bulnes Prieto Division General Marcos Maturana del Campo Division General Juan Manuel Jarpa Caamaño Division General Basilio Urrutia Vásquez Division General Justo Arteaga Cuevas Division General Erasmo Escala Arriagada Division General Manuel Baquedano González Division General Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez Division General Emilio Sotomayor Baeza Division General José Francisco Gana Castro Division General Marco Aurelio Arriagada Division General Adolfo Holley Urzúa Division General Emilio Körner Henze Division General Jorge Boonen Rivera Division General Arístides Pinto Concha Division General Luis Altamirano Talavera Division General Pedro Pablo Dartnell Encina Division General Mariano Navarrete Ciris Division General Juan Emilio Ortiz Vega Division General Francisco Javier Diaz Valderrama Division General Pedro Charpin Rival Division General Bartolomé Blanche Espejo Division General Pedro Charpin Rival Division General Indalicio Téllez Cárcamo Division General Agustín Moreno Ladrón de Guevara Division General Luis Otero Mujica Division General Pedro Vignola Cortés Division General Marcial Urrutia Urrutia Division General Oscar Novoa Fuentes Division General Carlos Fuentes Rabe Division General Oscar Escudero Otárola Division General Arturo Espinoza Mujica Division General Alfredo Portales Mourgues Division General Oscar Fuentes Pantoja Division General Guillermo Barrios Tirado Division General Ramón Cañas Montalva Division General Guillermo Barrios Tirado Division General Rafael Fernández Reyes Division General Santiago Danús Peña Division General Carlos Mezzano Camino Division General Enrique Franco Hidalgo Division General Raúl Araya Stiglich Division General Luis Vidal Vargas Division General René Vidal Merino Division General Oscar Izurieta Molina Division General Bernardino Parada Moreno Division General Luis Miqueles Caridi Division General Sergio Castillo Aránguiz Division General René Schneider Chereau Division General Carlos Prats González Captain General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte Lieutenant General Ricardo Izurieta Caffarena Lieutenant General Juan Emilio Cheyre Espinosa Army General Oscar Izurieta Ferrer Entered Office March 31, 1813 November 27, 1813 August 28, 1814 April 17, 1819 February 21, 1823 April 2, 1830 September 18, 1841 October 18, 1866 August 8, 1871 August 8, 1871 April 8, 1879 July 18, 1879 April 3, 1880 May 3, 1881 January 4, 1884 August 22, 1888 September 14, 1891 August 28, 1894 October 13, 1900 April 19, 1910 April 26, 1921 February 13, 1922 November 28, 1924 January 31, 1925 November 11, 1925 February 18, 1927 March 21, 1930 November 7, 1930 August 5, 1931 August 25, 1931 June 15, 1932 August 3, 1932 December 26, 1932 December 23, 1933 March 27, 1934 December 26, 1938 August 23, 1940 August 12, 1943 November 8, 1943 November 12, 1945 November 29, 1946 August 2, 1947 October 8, 1949 January 9, 1950 November 3, 1952 March 11, 1953 June 11, 1954 March 17, 1955 May 8, 1956 November 3, 1958 November 14, 1958 November 4, 1964 July 5, 1967 May 3, 1968 October 27, 1969 October 26, 1970 August 23, 1973 March 11, 1998 March 11, 2002 March 11, 2006 Exited Office November 23, 1813 September 2, 1814 October 2, 1814 January 28, 1823 April 2, 1830 September 18, 1841 October 18, 1866 December 21, 1870 December 31, 1875 April 7, 1879 July 18, 1879 March 28, 1880 May 3, 1881 December 19, 1883 August 22, 1888 September 4, 1891 August 28, 1894 October 13, 1900 April 19, 1910 April 26, 1921 February 13, 1922 November 28, 1924 January 23, 1925 November 10, 1925 January 7, 1927 March 20, 1930 November 7, 1930 August 4, 1931 August 22, 1931 June 11, 1932 August 2, 1932 December 26, 1932 December 21, 1933 March 27, 1934 December 20, 1938 August 23, 1940 March 8, 1943 October 11, 1944 November 12, 1945 November 29, 1946 August 2, 1947 October 8, 1949 January 9, 1950 October 28, 1952 March 11, 1953 June 10, 1954 March 17, 1955 May 8, 1956 November 3, 1958 November 13, 1958 November 3, 1964 July 4, 1967 May 3, 1968 October 24, 1969 October 22, 1970 August 23, 1973 March 10, 1998 March 10, 2002 March 10, 2006 Present Position Army Commander-in-chief Army Commander-in-chief Army Commander-in-chief Army Commander-in-chief Army Commander-in-chief Army Commander-in-chief Army Commander-in-chief Senior General Officer Senior General Officer Senior General Officer Field Commander-in-chief Field Commander-in-chief Field Commander-in-chief Inspector General Inspector General Field Commander-in-chief Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Inspector General Army 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