Gabriel Boric

His Excellency Gabriel Boric
Official Portrait, 2022
37th President of Chile
Incumbent
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 (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38) 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]

1. ↑ "Boric: "Me faltó el Exámen de Grado y hacer la Memoria."". cnnchile.com on 13 July 2018.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ pauta. "Tres momentos de una negociación histórica: el acuerdo constitucional un año después". pauta (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
4. ↑ Villegas, Alexander (2022-03-11). "Chile's Boric sworn in as president in sharp political shift". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
5. ↑ "Gabriel Boric, 36, sworn in as president to herald new era for Chile". the Guardian. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.