Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence (Chile)

The Chief of the Joint Staff of Defence (Spanish: Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa de Chile) is the professional head of the Chilean Armed Forces. The Chief is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Chilean military.

Chief of the Joint Staff of Defence
Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa de Chile
Incumbent Pablo Niemann Figari since 20 November 2023
Ministry of Defense
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	President of Chile
Formation	23 February 2010
First holder	Cristián Le Dantec [es]

The current Chief is Vice Admiral Pablo Niemann Figari. He was appointed by President Gabriel Boric on 20 November 2023.^[1]

List of Chiefs

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
1		Dantec, CristiánDivisional general Cristián Le Dantec [es] (born 1953)	23 February 2010	17 January 2011	328 days	Chilean Army	[2]
2		Mardones, HernánDivisional general Hernán Mardones	17 January 2011	25 November 2013	2 years, 312 days	Chilean Army	[3]
3		Romero, JoséVice admiral José Miguel Romero	25 November 2013	31 December 2015	2 years, 36 days	Chilean Navy	[4]
4		Nuñez, ArturoAviation general Arturo Merino Núñez (born 1960)	1 January 2016	5 November 2018	2 years, 308 days	Chilean Air Force	[5]
5		Aguirre, RodrigoVice admiral Rodrigo Álvarez Aguirre (born 1961)	5 November 2018	13 November 2020	2 years, 8 days	Chilean Navy	[6]
6		Campo, JavierDivisional general Javier Iturriaga del Campo (born 1965)	13 November 2020	8 March 2022	1 year, 115 days	Chilean Army	[1]
7		Paiva, GuillermoDivisional general Guillermo Paiva Hernandez	9 March 2022	22 September 2022	197 days	Chilean Army	[1]
8		Fernández , José LuisVice admiral José Luis Fernández Morales	23 September 2022	24 November 2022	62 days	Chilean Navy	[1]
9		Nogueira, LeónAviation general José Nogueira León	24 November 2022	5 December 2022	11 days	Chilean Air Force	[1]
10		Desgroux, JeanAviation general Jean Pierre Desgroux Ycaza	5 December 2022	20 November 2023	350 days	Chilean Air Force	[1]
11		Niemann, PabloVice admiral Pablo Niemann Figari	20 November 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 258 days	Chilean Navy	[1]