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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: SWP Comment ; No. 18/2022

Klassifikation
Politik

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Zilla, Claudia
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2022

DOI
doi:10.18449/2022C18
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Bericht

Beteiligte

  • Zilla, Claudia
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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