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Gabriel Boric | |
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 Official Portrait, 2022 | |
| 37th President of Chile | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sebastián Piñera |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from Magallanes | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Miodrag Marinović |
| Succeeded by | Javiera Morales |
| Constituency | 60th district (2014–2018) 28th district (2018–2022) |
| President of the University of Chile Student Federation | |
| In office 19 December 2011 – 28 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Camila Vallejo |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Fielbaum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gabriel Borić Font 11 February 1986 Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Political party | Social Convergence |
| Other political affiliations | Autonomist Movement Autonomous Left |
| Domestic partner | Irina Karamanos (2019–2023) |
| Education | University of Chile (no degree)[1] |
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Gabriel Borić Font (born 11 February 1986)[2] is a Chilean politician and activist. Boric is the 37th and current President of Chile since 2022. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2014 until 2022.
During the 2019 civil unrest in Chile, Boric was one of the politicians who helped create a referendum to change the Constitution.[3]
In 2021, he was selected as the presidential candidate of the Apruebo Dignidad coalition. He defeated José Antonio Kast in the second round of the presidential election, winning 55.9% of the votes. He is the youngest president in Chile's history and the second youngest state leader in the world. He is also the first Chilean president born during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[4][5]
- ↑ "Boric: "Me faltó el Exámen de Grado y hacer la Memoria."". cnnchile.com on 13 July 2018.
- ↑ Esparza, Robinson (17 November 2011). "Gabriel Boric: El magallánico que quiere desbancar a Camila Vallejo". El Magallanews.cl, Noticias de Punta Arenas y Magallanes (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ↑ pauta. "Tres momentos de una negociación histórica: el acuerdo constitucional un año después". pauta (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Villegas, Alexander (2022-03-11). "Chile's Boric sworn in as president in sharp political shift". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "Gabriel Boric, 36, sworn in as president to herald new era for Chile". the Guardian. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.