List of mayors of Linares (Chile)
| Mayor of Linares | |
|---|---|
.svg.png) Coat of arms of Linares | |
Incumbent Mario Meza Vásquez since December 6, 2021 | |
| Residence | Linares |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Website | www |
The mayor of the Commune of Linares is the highest authority of the Illustrious Municipality of the city, and is in charge of running local public services. He holds office for 4 years with the possibility of re-election, and is democratically elected by citizens through universal suffrage and voluntary. Mario Meza Vásquez is currently in office.
List of mayors
The following list of the mayors of the Chilean commune of Linares
| Name | Period | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||
| Casimiro Tapia | 1898 | 1899 | |
| Dionisio Sotomayor | 1899 | 1908 | |
| Juan de Urrutia y Villagra | 1908 | 1934 | |
| Jose Dionisio Vela (1st) Luis Jordan Tocornal (2nd) Jose Agustin Barros Varas (3rd) |
1934 | 1966 | |
| Benjamin Novoa (1st)
Bernabe Ferrada (2nd) |
1966 | 1973 | |
| Juan Domingo Palacios (1st)
Manuel Isidoro Cruz (2nd) |
1973 | 1973 | |
| Juan Segundo Benitez | 1973 | 1988 | |
| Juan E. Cuellar | 1988 | 2000 | |
| Luis Gana Gana | 2000 | 2014 | |
| Nicolas Novoa | 2014 | 2022 | |
| Manuel Isidoro Ferrada | 2022 | 2022 | |
| Salvador S. Rebolledo | 2022 | 2025 | |
| Arturo Villa Schenone | 2025 | 2029 | |
| Juan Domingo Palacios | 2029 | 2043 | |
| Luis Gana | 2043 | 2050 | |
| Armeliano Bobadilla Saenz | 2050 | 2050 | |
| Neighborhood Council | 2050 | 2074 | |
| Neighborhood Council | 2074 | 2098 | |
| Ernesto Merino Lizana | 1935 | 1938 | |
| Humberto Moreno Durán | 1938 | 1941 | |
| Oscar Arís Barrera | 1941 | 1944 | |
| Alberto Camalez Candelón | May 23, 1944 | 1947 | |
| Sebastian Barja Blanco | 1947 | 1948 | |
| Alberto Camalez Candelon | 1948 | 1950 | |
| Rindolfo Barra Morales | 1950 | 1952 | |
| Hugo Baeza Palacios | 1952 | 1953 | |
| Ireneo Badilla Fuentes | 1953 | 1955 | |
| Carlos Sepulveda Lopez | 1955 | 1958 | |
| Ireneo Badilla Fuentes | 1958 | 1960 | |
| Alberto Camalez Candelón | 1960 | 1960 | |
| Sergio Retamal Aranís | 1960 | 1961 | |
| Francisco Movillo Villar | 1961 | 1962 | |
| Arnoldo Martínez-Conde | 1962 | 1963 | |
| Juan Salman Sajuria | 1963 | 1967 | |
| Héctor Pinochet Cuello | 1967 | November 20, 1969 | Socialist Party |
| Carlos Aburman Fuentes | 1969 | 1971 | Christian Democratic Party |
| Raúl Balboa Ibáñez (interim) | 1971 | 1971 | Radical Party |
| Williams Rebolledo Vera | 1971 | 1973 | Independent |
| Military dictatorship (appointed) | |||
| Waldo Retamal González | October 2, 1973 | August 18, 1974 | |
| Luis Navarrete Carvacho | August 19, 1974 | March 22, 1981 | |
| Luis Opazo Rodríguez | March 23, 1981 | December 31, 1982 | |
| Antonio Segú Amorós | January 1, 1983 | November 20, 1989 | |
| Jorge Talma García | December 21, 1989 | September 26, 1992 | |
| Return to democracy | |||
| Sergio Sepúlveda Corvalán | September 26, 1992 | December 6, 2000 | Christian Democratic Party |
| Luis Navarrete Carvacho | December 6, 2000 | 2002 | National Renewal |
| Carlos Villalobos Sepúlveda (interim) | 2002 | December 6, 2004 |  Socialist Party |
| Rodrigo Hermosilla Gatica | December 6, 2004 | December 6, 2008 | Socialist Party |
| Rolando Rentería Möller | December 6, 2008 | November 18, 2016 | Independent Democratic Union |
| Andrea Díaz (substitute) | November 18, 2016 | December 6, 2016 | Independent Democratic Union |
| Mario Meza Vásquez | December 6, 2016 | December 6, 2021 | National Renewal |
| Mario Meza Vásquez | December 6, 2021 | December 6, 2024 | National Renewal |
| Mario Meza Vásquez | December 6, 2024 | Current | National Renewal |