Politics of Chile Politics of Chile Chile's government is a representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binomialism. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Congress. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature of Chile. The Constitution of Chile was approved in a national plebiscite in September 1980, under the military government of dictator Augusto Pinochet. It entered into
Chile–Ireland relations democratically elected President of Chile since before the military dictatorship was President Patricio Aylwin of Irish descent. In the early 1990s, both Chile and Ireland established diplomatic relations and in 2002, Chile opened its first resident embassy in the Irish capital. Presidential visits from Chile to Ireland Presidential visits from Ireland to Chile In 2015, total trade between Chile and Ireland totaled €252 million Euros. 70% of Chilean exports to Ireland is in Chilean wine followed by coffee, tea and grapes. Ireland's main exports to Chile include: cranes, computers, medicine and industrial oil and alcohol. In 2002, Chile and the