Jose Antonio Kast Takes Office as Chile’s Leader
The 60-year-old statesman assumed the presidency in the Hall of Honor. Outgoing President Gabriel Boric participated in the ceremony, passing on the Piocha de O’Higgins, a longstanding emblem of the Chilean presidency, to Kast.
After the swearing-in, Kast was slated to host foreign delegations for a luncheon at the Cerro Castillo Presidential Palace in nearby Vina del Mar, in accordance with Chilean custom.
Later in the evening, he is anticipated to journey to the capital, Santiago, where he will deliver a public address from the balcony of La Moneda Palace.
The inauguration was attended by a wide array of international dignitaries, including Spain’s King Felipe VI, Argentine President Javier Milei, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, Honduran President Nasry Asfura, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chavez, Paraguayan President Santiago Pena, and Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, alongside numerous foreign diplomats.
Kast, a lawyer from a German-descended family, has long held a prominent position within Chile’s far-right political sphere.
His journey in politics began during his law studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he joined the Gremial Movement founded by Jaime Guzman, a close confidant of military ruler Augusto Pinochet and one of the architects of the nation’s 1980 Constitution.
Kast dedicated nearly twenty years to the right-leaning Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party, serving first as a municipal councilor and later as a national legislator from 2002 to 2018.
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