Sebastián Piñera

President of Chile

1 December 1949 Santiago, Chile

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Incumbent

President of Chile In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Piñera and the second or maternal family name is Echenique. His Excellency Sebastián Piñera OMCh CYCPiñera in 201834th and 36th President of ChileIncumbentAssumed office 11 March 2018Preceded by Michelle BacheletIn office 11 March 2010 – 11 March 2014Preceded by Michelle BacheletSucceeded by Michelle BacheletPresident pro tempore of PROSURIn office 22 March 2019 – 12 December 2020Preceded by Position establishedSucceeded by Iván DuquePresident pro tempore of the Pacific AllianceIncumbentAssumed office 6 July 2019Preceded by Martín VizcarraIn office 5 March 2012 – 22 May 2013Preceded by Position establishedSucceeded by Enrique Peña NietoPresident pro tempore of CELACIn office 3 December 2011 – 28 January 2013Preceded by Position establishedSucceeded by Raúl CastroLeader of National RenewalIn office 26 May 2001 – 10 March 2004Preceded by Alberto CardemilSucceeded by Sergio DíezSenator for Eastern SantiagoIn office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1998Preceded by Position establishedSucceeded by Carlos Bombal Personal detailsBornMiguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (1949-12-01 ) 1 December 1949 (age 71) Santiago, ChilePolitical partyNational Renewal (1989–2010) Independent (2010–present)Other political affiliationsCoalition for Change (2009–2013) Chile Vamos (2015–present)Spouse(s)Cecilia Morel ​(m. 1973 )​Children4EducationPontifical Catholic University of Chile (BS) Harvard University (MA, PhD)Net worth US$2.9 Billion (As of 25 June 2021)SignatureWebsiteOfficial website Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique OMCh CYC (Spanish:  ( listen ) ; born 1 December 1949) is a Chilean billionaire businessman and politician who has been president of Chile since 2018. He previously served as president from 2010 to 2014. The son of a Christian Democratic politician and diplomat, he studied business engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and economics at Harvard University. He had an estimated net worth of 2.8 billion dollars in 2019 according to Forbes, making him one of the richest people in Chile. A member of the liberal conservative National Renewal party, he served as a senator for the East Santiago district from 1990 to 1998, running for the presidency in the 2005 election, which he lost to Michelle Bachelet, and again, successfully, in 2010. As a result, he became Chile's first conservative president to be democratically elected since 1958, and the first to hold the office since the departure of Augusto Pinochet in 1990. Following the social unrest that erupted in late 2019, Piñera's diminished capacity to govern according to the principle of presidentialism has led to claims that Chile is in a state of de facto parliamentarism or should become parliamentarian.