2006 in Chile

Incumbents

• President of Chile: Ricardo Lagos, Michelle Bachelet

  Events

January

• 15 January – A runoff is held for the 2005–06 Chilean presidential election.
• 20 January – 2006 Copiapó mining accident

  May

• 30 May – 790,000 students protest across the country in the 2006 student protests in Chile.

  Deaths

• 13 June – Stella Díaz Varín
• 14 August – Rubén Marcos
• 10 November – Gabriel Donoso
• 25 November – Leocán Portus
• 10 December – Augusto Pinochet