Timeline of Chilean History - 21st Century

21st Century

Year Date Event
2002 A general census is performed all over the country.
2004 The Chilean Supreme Court declares that Pinochet is mentally competent to stand trial.
2005 The Pinochet trial continues. The presidential election of December 11 puts Michelle Bachelet and Sebastián Piñera into a second round.
2006 In the second round of the presidential election the socialist leader Michelle Bachelet emerges the winner. 790,000 students adhere to the 2006 student protests in Chile. Death of Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (10 December 2006)
2007 Los Ríos Region and Arica-Parinacota Region are created.
2010 Sebastián Piñera is elected President of Chile.

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