67 Facts About Gabriel Boric

Gabriel Boric Font is a Chilean politician and the current president of Chile, having taken office on 11 March 2022.

Gabriel Boric studied law at the University of Chile, but did not complete his education.

Gabriel Boric was twice elected to the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Magallanes and Antarctic district.

Gabriel Boric first ran as an independent candidate in 2013, and then as part of the Broad Front coalition in 2017.

Gabriel Boric is a founding member of Social Convergence, which is one of the parties that make up the Broad Front.

On his father's side, Gabriel Boric is from a Croatian Chilean family from Ugljan, an island off Croatia's Adriatic coast.

Gabriel Boric's grandfather Luis Gabriel Boric Crnosij, born in 1908, was one of these children.

Gabriel Boric's father, Luis Boric Scarpa, is a chemical engineer who has been a government employee of the for more than 40 years.

Gabriel Boric's mother is Maria Soledad Font Aguilera, of Spanish descent.

Gabriel Boric then moved to Santiago to study at University of Chile's law school in 2004.

Gabriel Boric finished his courses in 2009, the same year he became President of the Law School students' union.

Gabriel Boric then prepared for his degree's final exam and completed his mandatory internship.

Gabriel Boric never received a law degree and has mentioned in interviews he never expected to work as a lawyer, saying he preferred to be a writer instead.

In 1999 and 2000, Gabriel Boric participated in the re-establishment of the Federation of Secondary School Students of Punta Arenas.

Gabriel Boric was an advisor to the Students' Union of the Law Department in 2008 and became its president in 2009, when he led a protest for 44 days against the dean Roberto Nahum.

Gabriel Boric represented students as a university senator from 2010 to 2012.

Gabriel Boric ran in the 2013 parliamentary elections as an independent candidate to represent District 60, which encompasses the Region of Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctic.

Gabriel Boric was elected with 15,418 votes, the highest number received by any candidate in the region.

The media highlighted the fact that Gabriel Boric was elected outside of an electoral coalition, thereby successfully breaking through the Chilean bi-nominal election system.

Gabriel Boric was sworn in as a member of the Chamber of Deputies on 11 March 2014.

Gabriel Boric was part of the so-called "student bench" along with other young elected deputies that were part of the 2011 protests: Camila Vallejo, Giorgio Jackson and Karol Cariola.

Gabriel Boric was mentioned as one of the most popular politicians in Chile according to different opinion polls.

Autonomous Left was disbanded in 2016 after disagreements about the future of the collective, with Gabriel Boric proposing a more institutional approach and dialog with the center-left government of Bachelet.

Gabriel Boric was then one of the leaders behind Beatriz Sanchez's campaign in the 2017 presidential election.

Gabriel Boric obtained 18,626 votes, increasing his votes compared to 2013 and becoming the second most voted deputy in the country at the time.

Gabriel Boric sat on the Commissions for Extreme Zones and the Chilean Antarctic; and Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulation.

Gabriel Boric was a strong critic of the government's response and opposed the use of the Chilean Armed Forces to repress the protests, even confronting a group of soldiers deployed in Plaza Italia.

Gabriel Boric was one of the accusers in the impeachment trial against Interior Minister Andres Chadwick, who was found guilty of human rights violations against protesters and was barred from holding public office for five years.

Gabriel Boric supported the impeachment of President Pinera, although it was eventually rejected.

Gabriel Boric signed the agreement as an individual, which led to accusations against him by some of his party's fellow members; some of them even resigned from the party, including his personal friend Jorge Sharp.

Gabriel Boric supported a coordination between all the parties and the registration of fewer electoral lists to avoid a dispersion of voters.

In record time, a campaign was created so Gabriel Boric could run, meeting the required number of signatures a day before the deadline.

Gabriel Boric was the most voted candidate in the general primary, surpassing all candidates of the primary which was held simultaneously.

Gabriel Boric announced the ministers of his cabinet in January 2022.

Gabriel Boric included 3 fellow former student leaders in his cabinet: Camila Vallejo, who became the government spokesperson, Giorgio Jackson, who became the secretary-general of the presidency and Nicolas Grau who became Minister of Economy, Development, and Tourism.

In May 2022, Gabriel Boric decided to deploy troops to the southern part of the country, amidst rising violence in the Mapuche conflict.

Gabriel Boric had previously distanced himself from similar measures taken by his predecessor, Pinera.

Gabriel Boric made his first presidential trip in April 2022, to Argentina, where he met with president Fernandez.

Gabriel Boric has declined to apologize for the incident, but said that "I want to express to the Jewish community that they should know that like every Chilean and every person who lives in our country, no one will ever be persecuted or intimidated for their ideas or worldviews, unless they break the law".

Gabriel Boric entered into office with a 50 percent approval rating.

Gabriel Boric is a left-wing politician, who has been described along a wide range of positions, including socialism, social democracy, and libertarian socialism.

The Economist has called Gabriel Boric "woke" and part of the millennial left "with a program focused on social justice, human rights, the environment and feminism".

Cristian Warnken and Carlos Pena agree on Gabriel Boric being a "postmodern leader".

Gabriel Boric criticized the social and economic model established in Chile during the dictatorship and considers it continued after the transition to democracy.

Gabriel Boric has supported the recognition of LGBT rights in Chile and included the legal recognition of non-binary identities and the expansion of the gender identity law as part of his presidential campaign program.

Gabriel Boric criticized what he saw as penal populism on behalf of other deputies who opposed the probation.

Gabriel Boric has been critical of pine and eucalyptus plantations which would according to him have caused drought among indigenous Mapuche communities of "Wallmapu".

Gabriel Boric vowed in 2021 that the big forestry companies would have a "slow down" in his Government.

Gabriel Boric has criticized the, a student loan program created by Ricardo Lagos's government.

Gabriel Boric has proposed to diminish private participation in critical sectors.

Gabriel Boric has promoted a law to establish a 40-hour working week and increase the minimum wage.

Gabriel Boric has mentioned that one of the main pillars of his presidency will be to face the impact of climate change and promote a green economy.

When Gabriel Boric assumed the presidency, Chile's inflation rate was at its highest level for almost 30 years.

The inflation rate has decreased under Gabriel Boric, but remains high at 11.5 percent as of May 2022, the highest level in 28 years.

Gabriel Boric has said that "the democratic left should not have a double standard on human rights or use the principle of self-determination to justify human rights violations".

Gabriel Boric has been critical of President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro and his stance regarding the crimes of the military dictatorship of Brazil.

Gabriel Boric has supported Argentina's position regarding the Falkland Islands.

Gabriel Boric has expressed sympathy towards the government of Alberto Fernandez, and has pledged to support Argentina during its debt restructuring and its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

Gabriel Boric has mentioned that if Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro win the presidential elections in their respective countries, an interesting axis could be formed.

Gabriel Boric condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as an "unacceptable war of aggression".

Gabriel Boric described the Israeli occupation of territories outside the 1967 borders as a violation of international law.

Gabriel Boric took leave from congress for a few weeks after being hospitalized for it in 2018.

Gabriel Boric was raised in a religious Catholic family, with his mother involved in the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement.

Gabriel Boric has been in a relationship with anthropologist and sociologist Irina Karamanos since 2019.

Gabriel Boric's look and style has been scrutinized since his election as a deputy.

In 2014, there was some controversy after Gabriel Boric did not wear a tie or a formal jacket when he joined the Chamber and a right-wing deputy complained publicly about it.

Gabriel Boric is the first Latin American head of state to have visible tattoos; the designs in his arms and back are references to his home region, including a map of the Magallanes Region, a lenga tree and a lighthouse.