Who is Gabriel Boric, the millennial who will rule Chile

It is a decidedly left curve taken by the Chile that voted Gabriel Boric, 35, as its new president. It is also a young look at the future of the Chileans who voted the millennial candidate of the coalition I approve of Dignity. With over 56% of the votes in the ballot he beat José Antonio Kast del Christian Social Front, far-right exponent, German descent, father member of the Nazi party, praise Pinochet’s policies. “From today the new president of Chile deserves all our respect,” said Kast, admitting defeat.

“I will be the president of Chile of all Chileans and I will not govern only within the four walls,” he said speaking to outgoing president Sebastián Piñera whose strongly liberal policy he will abandon. To his supporters on the streets of Santiago, he said: “A season of change and social justice has begun. With us, people enter La Moneda».

He knows he is facing difficult times in the post-pandemic and promises to do so in small steps. Certainly there will be greater attention to climate issues and to the exploitation of the planet which here is above all connected to copper mines, of which Chile is the largest producer in the world. There is also a certain attention to social issues and to the fight against economic inequalities. He closed with a sentence from Salvador Allende: “Go home with the healthy joy of the clear victory obtained.”

In South America he will be the youngest of the presidents and the one who has obtained the most votes in the history of Chile. The victory is really clear, more than expected and clear from the start. He will take office on March 22, 2022. As a deputy he always kept a full beard and unkempt hair, a look he already had when he led student protests in the country. It should also be more institutional in its presidential aspect, while still reaping the legacy of the 2019 street movement against President Piñera.

Boric, also supported by the Communist Party, certainly appeared to be a man of greater balance than Kast, whose extremist positions certainly drove the votes of the center away. He said he did not want to take the Venezuelan route and sought support from the middle class as well. It promises a new state welfare. Among the themes of his electoral campaign: women, pensions, working hours, health and school.

The new president was born in Punta Arenas on February 11, 1986. Politics entered his life while he was studying law. He was elected deputy in 2014 in the Convergencia Social party. He worked on the drafting of the new one Constitution.