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José Antonio Kast

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For his son, also a politician, see José Antonio Kast Adriasola.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kast and the second or maternal family name is Rist.

José Antonio Kast
Kast in 2025
President-elect of Chile
Assuming office
11 March 2026
SucceedingGabriel Boric
Leader of the Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 2019
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 2002 – 11 March 2018
Preceded byPablo Longueira
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyDistrict 30 (2002–2014)
District 24 (2014–2018)
Member of the Buin City Council
In office
6 December 1996 – 6 December 2000
Personal details
BornJosé Antonio Kast Rist
(1966-01-18) 18 January 1966 (age 59)
Santiago, Chile
PartyRepublican Party (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		UDI (1996–2016)
Independent (2016–2019)
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​
Children9, including José Antonio Kast Adriasola
ParentMichael Kast (father)
Relatives
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
Signature
WebsiteCampaign website

José Antonio Kast Rist (born 18 January 1966) is a Chilean politician, lawyer, and currently the president-elect of Chile after winning the 2025 presidential election.[1][2] He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2002 to 2018, representing districts in the capital, Santiago. Kast was a member of the Independent Democratic Union until 2016, after which he became an independent and later founded the Republican Party in 2019.

He ran for president three times: in 2017 as an independent, finishing fourth; in 2021, winning the first round but losing the runoff to Gabriel Boric;[3][4] and in 2025, winning the runoff against Jeannette Jara, achieving the second-highest vote share since Chile's return to democracy and carrying all regions.

Kast has been described by some media and scholars as far-right and conservative,[5] particularly on social and economic issues,[6] and in 2025 adopted a more pragmatic policy agenda compared with his earlier campaigns.[7][8][9]

Early life and career

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José Antonio Kast Rist was born in Santiago into a German family. His parents, Michael Kast Schindele (1924–2014) and Olga Rist Hagspiel (1924–2015), were originally from Bavaria.[10] Historical records indicate his father served as a lieutenant in the German Army during World War II and was a member of the Nazi Party.[10]

Kast's father immigrated to Chile in December 1950, settling in Buin.[11][12][13][14][15] His mother and two siblings followed in 1951.[11] In 1962, the family founded Cecinas Bavaria, a small sausage business that became the foundation of their wealth.[12][13] The couple had ten children, three of whom predeceased their parents.[11]

Several family members entered public life. His brother Miguel Kast (1948–1983) was an economist who held posts under Pinochet, including Minister of Labor and president of the Central Bank of Chile. José Antonio Kast is also the uncle of former deputy Pablo Kast (born 1973), senator Felipe Kast (born 1977), and deputy-elect Tomás Kast (born 1979).[16]

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Kast in an electoral television spot
Then-student José Antonio Kast in a pro-Pinochet television spot during the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite
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Kast studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he became involved with the Movimiento Gremialista (Guildist Movement).[11] He ran for president of the university's student federation (FEUC). As a student, he appeared in a campaign ad for the "Yes" vote in the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, supporting an eight-year extension of Pinochet's rule.[17][18]

He founded a law firm in 1990 and also directed a family-owned real estate company in the 1990s.[19] He taught civil law and commercial law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile's Institute of Economics.[20]

Early political career (1996–2019)

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Kast served as a councilman in Buin from 1996 to 2000. In 2001, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for District 30 in San Bernardo. He was Secretary General of the Independent Democratic Union but resigned to run for president.[17][21] As a deputy, he gained the support of Bishop of San Bernardo Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz, who instructed his congregation to back candidates opposing emergency contraception and same-sex marriage.[22] This support was instrumental in launching his career.[22]

On international relations, he proposed closing the border with Bolivia to combat drug trafficking. In 2018, he called for severing ties with France after it granted asylum to former guerrilla Ricardo Palma Salamanca.[23] In March 2018, during a university tour, he was physically assaulted by protesters at Arturo Prat University in Iquique.[24] He also accused the University of Concepción[25] and the Austral University of Chile[26] of censorship for canceling his talks.

In the 2018 Brazilian general election, Kast endorsed Jair Bolsonaro.[27] In April 2018, he launched the right-wing movement Republican Action (Acción Republicana).[28]

In September 2019, he was accused of failing to declare money transferred to companies in Panama. Kast acknowledged the companies existed but said they belonged to his brother, Christian, defending the right to invest abroad.[29]

2017 presidential campaign

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On 18 August 2017, Kast registered his independent candidacy with 43,461 signatures.[30] His support came from right-wing, conservative, libertarian, nationalist, and retired military groups.[31][32][33] He campaigned on a platform of "less taxes, less government, pro-life"[34] and anti-illegal immigration measures.[35] His support for the former dictatorship was controversial, especially his proposal to pardon convicts over 80 with age-related illnesses, including those convicted of human rights violations.[34] He received 523,213 votes (7.93%), finishing fourth, outperforming polls that showed only 2–3% support.[36] In the runoff, he supported the eventual winner, Sebastián Piñera. He stated, "[In today's world,] Chileans need God," and proposed making religion teachers available in public schools.[37]

Leader of the Republican Party (2019–2025)

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In May 2019, Kast founded the think tank Republican Ideas, and in June, he established the Republican Party. He opposed the 2019 protests, calling them acts of violence by "terrorists".[17] As protest approval waned, he gained support from Chileans weary of the unrest.[38] In the 2020 referendum on a new constitution, he campaigned for "Reject," which received 21.72% of the vote; the change was approved with 78.28%.[39]

From March 2022 to December 2024, he served as president of the international conservative "Political Network for Values".[40][41]

In the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election, his party formed a joint list, Vamos por Chile, with the center-right coalition Chile Vamos. The list won 20.6% of the vote. Kast's proposed candidate, Teresa Marinovic, won a high percentage of votes, helping several others enter the Convention via the D'Hondt method.[42]

In the 2022 constitutional referendum, the Republican Party backed "Rejection," which won.[43] Unlike the 2020 plebiscite,[44] voting was mandatory.[45]

The party initially opposed creating the Constitutional Council after the "Reject" victory but participated once the process was inevitable.[46]

In the 2023 Constitutional Council election, the right won 34 of 51 seats (23 for Republicans). In the December plebiscite, the party supported the "in favor" option, but "against" won. Kast acknowledged the campaign's failure.[47]

2021 presidential campaign

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Second presidential campaign logo in 2021

In 2018, Kast announced his intention to run in the 2021 presidential election.[48] This time he ran under his own Republican Party. He formed the Christian Social Front pact with the Christian Conservative Party. His controversial proposals included pardoning elderly former Pinochet officials, banning abortion, merging the Ministry of Women, withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, and building more prisons.[15]

His slogan, "make Chile a great country," drew comparisons to Donald Trump's Make America Great Again,[49] with supporters wearing MAGA apparel at his events.[50][51][52] He skipped the Chile Vamos primary, won by Sebastián Sichel. After the first debate, Kast surpassed Sichel as the leading right-wing candidate. He won the first round with nearly 28% of the vote, advancing to a runoff against Gabriel Boric.[53] He then secured endorsements from most of Chile's right, including President Sebastián Piñera.[38] Internationally, he signed the Madrid Charter, a document authored by Spain's far-right Vox party, alongside figures like Rafael López Aliaga, Javier Milei, and Eduardo Bolsonaro.[54] In late November 2021, he met in Washington, D.C., with Senator Marco Rubio, the Chilean ambassador to the OAS, and American business executives.[15][38][55]

On 18 December, former candidate Franco Parisi endorsed Kast after an internal party consultation.[56][57]

In the 19 December runoff, Kast received 44.13% of the vote, losing to Boric's 55.87%.[58] He conceded and promised "constructive collaboration."[59] He was the first candidate since 1999 to lead the first round but lose the runoff.[60]

2025 presidential campaign

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Main article: 2025 Chilean general election
José Antonio Kast during the 2025 presidential campaign.

On 29 November 2024, the Republican Party confirmed Kast as its candidate for the 2025 election, running under the Change for Chile coalition.[61] In June 2025, he was endorsed by withdrawn candidate Francesca Muñoz[62] and in August, he officially registered his campaign under the slogan La fuerza del cambio ("The Strength of Change").[63] His campaign focused on institutional renewal, public order, and economic recovery. Campaign pledges included building ditches on the northern border, mass deportations of illegal migrants, and constructing maximum-security prisons.[64]

Kast finished second in the first round on 16 November with nearly 24% of the vote, advancing to a runoff against Jeannette Jara.[65] He received endorsements from Johannes Kaiser, Evelyn Matthei, and the Chile Grande y Unido coalition.[66] Kast won the runoff on 14 December with over 58% of the vote, securing victories in all sixteen regions.[67] His vote share was the second-highest since the transition to democracy, and his 7.2 million votes were the highest total in Chilean history.[68]

Presidency (incoming 2026)

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José Antonio Kast is scheduled to be inaugurated as President of Chile on 11 March 2026.[69] He will assume office without an absolute majority in Congress and will need to form coalitions with right-wing and centrist parties.[70] The Senate is evenly divided, and the balance of power in the lower house rests with the populist People's Party.[71]

Kast has stated that undocumented migrants will be given time to leave voluntarily before his inauguration, after which remaining individuals could face deportation or prosecution.[72][73]

After his election as president, Kast confirmed his intention to move into the Palacio de La Moneda, the official presidential residence in central Santiago, together with his wife, María Pía Adriasola, once he takes office on 11 March 2026. He will be the first president to live in La Moneda since Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in the 1950s.[74][75]

Political positions

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Kast with Javier Milei following his election as president, December 16, 2025

Kast has been described as far-right,[76] which he denies.[77] He has expressed right-wing populist positions[78][79] and support for former dictator Augusto Pinochet,[50] calling for a "firm hand" to govern Chile.[54][13][80][81][82] He has also been described as conservative[83][84][85] or ultraconservative,[86][87][88][89] supports law-and-order messaging and free market policies.[88] On social policy, he opposes euthanasia,[90] abortion, and same-sex marriage, supporting social benefits only for married women.[38][91] Kast rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, downplaying its dangers and mankind's role.[38]

Internationally, he has links with other right-wing figures[92] and received support from Donald Trump.[93] He participated in the Madrid Forum, meeting Santiago Peña;[94] regularly voices support for Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gangs, arguing Chile needs "more Bukele";[95][96] admires Giorgia Meloni and drew inspiration from her immigration policy;[96][97] strongly supports Javier Milei,[98][99] Jair Bolsonaro (defending him after his prison sentence)[100][101] and Spain's Vox party and its leader, Santiago Abascal.[102]

He argues border management is "essential for the preservation of social order" and opposes illegal immigration.[103] His proposal to dig a moat along the Chile-Bolivia border has been compared to Donald Trump's border wall.[104][105] On heritage, he says he wants to "defend Chile's European heritage and national unity against the left's espousal of indigenous groups and multiculturalism."[54]

On public security, he argues the State must exercise authority with clarity, supporting a stronger Carabineros de Chile and greater state presence in troubled areas.[106] His assessment of the military government focuses on institutional and economic reforms, avoiding personal labels. He has supported humanitarian considerations for elderly or ill inmates at Punta Peuco Jail, emphasizing that such decisions must follow constitutional and judicial procedure.[107]

Personal life

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Kast's wife, Pía Adriasola

Kast married María Pía Adriasola on 20 December 1990;[108] the couple have nine children.[109] He is a practicing Roman Catholic and a member of the Schoenstatt Movement.[11]

Kast lives with his family in Paine, a suburban commune to the southeast of central Santiago.[75]

Awards and recognition

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References

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