The Vice President of Chile, officially known as the Vice President of the Republic (Spanish: Vicepresidente de la República), is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Chile.
Francisco Antonio Pinto was designated in the position in the election of following year.
The Constitution of 1828, the only Chilean constitution that established the vicepresidency as a permanent position, provided that in case of death or physical or moral impossibility of the president, he would replace him in his post.
The appointment of Joaquín Vicuña as vice president, after the election of 1829, the first under the rule of the Charter of 1828, was the object of a great controversy and is considered one of the triggers of the Revolution of 1829.
The permanent position of vice president was abolished with the 1833 Constitution, Diego Portales being the last to occupy it.