Bericht
Gabriel Boric assumes office in Chile: A "hinge presidency" launched amidst constitutional process
On 19 December 2021, Gabriel Boric won the run-off of the Chilean presidential election with 55.9 percent of votes, 11.8 percentage points ahead of José Antonio Kast. That day voter participation in Chile reached a historic high (55.6 percent) since the abolition of mandatory voting. This great mobilisation helped Boric - who had finished second in the first round - to victory. The newly elected president therefore has a solid democratic foundation, but Chileans have also invested great hopes in him. Furthermore, the new head of government will have to contend with the tensions between two institutions: a Constitutional Convention and a Congress that is divided along party lines. His four-year mandate, starting on 11 March, could be both the last under the 'Pinochet Constitution' and the start of a democratic transformation.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: SWP Comment ; No. 18/2022
- Classification
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Politik
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Zilla, Claudia
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
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Berlin
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2022
- DOI
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doi:10.18449/2022C18
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Bericht
Associated
- Zilla, Claudia
- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Time of origin
- 2022
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