Government
Chile
Government
Chile is governed under the constitution of 1981 as amended. It is a multiparty democracy with a directly elected president who serves a fouryear term( sixyear prior to the constitutional amendments of 2005). The president may not be elected to consecutive terms. The bicameral legislature consists of a 38-seat Senate, whose members are elected to serve eight-year terms, and a 120-seat Chamber of Deputies, whose members are
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elected for four years. Administratively, Chile is divided into 13 regions.