2024 in Chile

The following is a list of events in the year 2024 in Chile.

Incumbents

 * President: Gabriel Boric (CS)
 * Minister of the Interior and Public Security: Carolina Tohá

Events

 * 1-5 February: 2024 Chile wildfire season – Chile declares a state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 131 people across the country. Multiple fires are reported in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar.
 * 6 February: Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera - Former two-time president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash near the town of Lago Ranco.
 * 21 February: Venezuelan military refugee Ronald Ojeda is kidnapped and later found dead in Maipú.
 * 15–17 March – Lollapalooza Chile 2024 at Parque Cerrillos, Santiago.
 * 27 April: Three Carabineros are killed in an ambush in Biobío Region.
 * 25 May: 2024 Chile wildfires – A firefighter and a CONAF official are arrested on suspicion of arson in a fire that killed 137 people in Viña del Mar.
 * 13 June: One person is killed during heavy rains and storms across central and southern Chile.
 * 20 June: A freight train collides with another train conducting a test run in San Bernardo, killing two people and injuring nine others.
 * 18 July: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes 45 km east-south-east of San Pedro de Atacama, killing one person in Calama.

Scheduled

 * 27 October:
 * 2024 Chilean municipal elections
 * 2024 Chilean regional elections

Art and entertainment

 * List of Chilean submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays
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 * 1 January – New Year's Day
 * 29 March – Good Friday
 * 30 March – Easter Saturday
 * 1 May	– Labour Day
 * 21 May – Navy Day
 * 21 June – National Day of Aboriginal Peoples
 * 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
 * 16 July – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
 * 15 August – Assumption Day
 * 18 September – Independence Day
 * 19 September – Army Day
 * 14 October – Day of the Race
 * 31 October – Reformation Day
 * 1 November – All Saints' Day
 * 8 December – Immaculate Conception
 * 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

 * 6 January – Ricardo Gálvez, 90, lawyer, judge and academic, justice of the Supreme Court (1998–2008).
 * 6 February - Sebastian Piñera, 74, politician, president and ex-president of Chile. (2010 - 2014, 2018 - 2022)