Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (died 1842)

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.

The supreme director of Chile was the head of state and government of Chile in the periods of 1814 and 1817-1826.