Incumbents President: Michelle Bachelet (Socialist) (left office on March 11), Sebastián Piñera (RN) (took office on March 11)

Events January 15–18: Pope Francisco's visit to Chile. February 3: Santiago EPrix is a race in the forest Park circuit in the 2017–18 season of the formula E. March 11: Change of Presidential command, Michelle Bachelet delivered the presidency of the country to Sebastián Piñera for the period between March 11, 2018 and March 11, 2022.

Music Concerts January 14: Placido Domingo (Chile in My Heart) February 21: Queens of the Stone Age May 25: Harry Styles July 4: Niall Horan

Deaths

January 1: Manuel Rojas del Rio, lawyer and politician January 12: Roberto Avendaño, actor January 23: Nicanor Parra, writer, mathematician and physicist Marcelo Romo, actor April 16: Alejandro Rojas Wainer, academic July 18: Carlos Aldunate Lyon, Jesuit priestA los 102 años fallece exorcista que fue director espiritual del Papa Francisco

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