Gabriel Boric Font is the youngest President of Chile.

Why in news?

• Gabriel Boric Font is the president-elect of Chile, having won the 2021 presidential election run-off vote on 19 December 2021.

About Gabriel Boric

• Gabriel Boric, a former student activist, is elected Chile’s youngest president
• At 35, Boric will be the nation’s youngest leader and by far its most liberal since President Salvador Allende, who died by suicide during the 1973 military coup that ushered in a brutal 17-year dictatorship.
• He will assume office at the final stage of a yearslong initiative to draft a new constitution, an effort that is likely to bring about profound legal and political changes on issues including gender equality, Indigenous rights and environmental protections.