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
Regions of Chile Regions of Chile Chile is divided into 16 regions (in Spanish, "regiones"; singular "región"), which are the country's first-level administrative division. Each region is headed by an intendant ("intendente)", appointed by the President of Chile, and a directly-elected regional board ("consejo regional"). The regions are divided into provinces (the second-level administrative division), each headed by a governor ("gobernador") appointed by the President. There are 56 provinces in total. Provinces are divided into communes (the third and lowest level administrative division), which are governed by municipal councils. Each region is given a Roman numeral, followed by a name (e.g. "IV Región