1997 in Chile

The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Chile.

Incumbents

 * President of Chile: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

Events

 * Avant Airlines was founded.

October

 * 15 October – 1997 Punitaqui earthquake

December

 * 11 December – Chilean parliamentary election, 1997

Deaths

 * 6 April – Rosita Serrano (b. 1912)
 * 13 April – Rodolfo Oroz (b. 1895)
 * 10 August – Malú Gatica (b. 1922)
 * 25 August – Clodomiro Almeyda (b. 1923)