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Gabriel Boric Font (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈβɾjel‿ˈβoɾitʃ ˈfont]; [a] born 11 February 1986) [3] is a Chilean politician who has been President of Chile since 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies.
Chile's government is a representative democratic republic, in which the President of Chile serves as both head of state and head of government, within a formal multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and their cabinet. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Congress.
Since becoming President, Boric's government, where more than half of his cabinet are women, [4] has prioritized pension reform, [5] his proposals to nationalize lithium mining, [6] attempt to enact gun control measures, [7] expand LGBT rights in Chile, [8] progressive tax reforms, [9] and his government's efforts to approve a new Constitution ...
Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday received the new constitution draft and called for a national plebiscite next month so citizens can decide whether the new charter will replace the ...
Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday called for a national plebiscite on a second proposal to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution. The document was finalized last week by a ...
The shorter term (previously it was six years) allows for synchronized parliamentary and presidential elections. The president's official seat is the La Moneda Palace in the capital Santiago. Michelle Bachelet was the first female president of Chile and served twice, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018.
This new legislative structure consists of the Congress of Deputies and a Chamber of Regions, which replaces the traditional Senate. Notably, this Chamber of Regions is structurally weaker than the lower house, indicating a shift in the balance of legislative power and the representation dynamics within the government.
For the interior government and administration within the State, the territory of the republic has been divided into 16 regions (regiones), 56 provinces (provincias) and 346 communes (comunas) since the 1970s process of reform, made at the request of the National Commission on Administrative Reform (Comisión Nacional de la Reforma ...