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Gabriel Boric
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Gabriel Boric Font (ɡaˈβɾjel ˈβoɾitʃ ˈfont; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean politician who has been serving as the President of Chile since 11 March 2022. Boric gained prominence as a student leader during his time studying law at the University of Chile. He was president of its influential student federation during the massive student protests that began in 2011.
Prior to his presidency, Boric served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2014 to 2022, representing the Magallanes and Antarctic district. He first ran as an independent candidate in 2013 and later as part of the Broad Front coalition in 2017. In 2018, Boric founded the Social Convergence party, one of the parties that constitute the Broad Front.
During the 2019 civil unrest in Chile, Boric played a pivotal role in negotiating the agreement that led to the October 2020 constitutional referendum. In December 2021, he secured the country's presidency by defeating José Antonio Kast in the second round of the presidential election, receiving 55.9% of the votes.
Following his election, Boric became the youngest president in Chilean history and currently holds the title of the third youngest state leader in the world, following Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso and Jakov Milatović of Montenegro.
On his father's side, Boric hails from a Croatian-Chilean family with roots in Ugljan, an island located off the Adriatic coast of Croatia. Despite his ancestors' migration from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Chile in 1897, Boric maintains connections with his relatives residing on Ugljan. His great-grandfather, Juan Boric (Ive Borić Barešić), along with his brother Simón (Šime), arrived in Punta Arenas around 1885, being among the initial ten Croats to settle in Magallanes. They ventured into the Tierra del Fuego gold rush in the Magallanes region, spending time on the islands south of the Beagle Channel. Subsequently, Juan Boric briefly returned to Ugljan to marry and brought his wife, Natalia Crnosija, back to Magallanes, where ten out of their eleven children were born.
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