Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President since its return to democracy in 1990, after he won a presidential runoff election on Sunday.
With 99.95% of ballots counted, Boric won with 55.87% of the vote, securing victory over his right-wing opponent, Jose Antonio Kast, who trailed with 44.13%, according to the Electoral Service of Chile. Boric will be sworn in as President on March 11.\
Gabriel Boric Font is a Chilean politician and former student leader who has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 11 March 2014, representing the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region. He was elected in the 2013 general election as an independent candidate
He incorporated promises of radical reforms on inequality into his platform, including raising taxes on the rich, expanding the country’s social safety net, creating a greener economy, and drafting a new Constitution,
