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| − | He is [[pro-life]] and defends a smaller state with fewer taxes.<ref>{{cite web |title=José Antonio Kast Proposals |url=https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Programa_Jose_Antonio_Kast_Rist.pdf|language=es}}</ref> He is also against the [[Gender ideology]], he is pro-family, [[Nationalism|pronation]], and he is strongly [[Christian]]. Today he is the most important conservative politician of Chile, mostly because he has been shown as an alternative to the | + | He is [[pro-life]] and defends a smaller state with fewer taxes.<ref>{{cite web |title=José Antonio Kast Proposals |url=https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Programa_Jose_Antonio_Kast_Rist.pdf|language=es}}</ref> He is also against the [[Gender ideology]], he is pro-family, [[Nationalism|pronation]], and he is strongly [[Christian]]. Today he is the most important conservative politician of Chile, mostly because he has been shown as an alternative to the center-right coalition "Chile Vamos", however a lot of the members of his new party come from that coalition, and he has a lot of friends there, also he was member of the [[Independent Democrat Union]] for 20 years, one of the main parties of the coalition. JAK has criticized the immigration policies of the [[Michelle Bachelet]] government (2014-2018) which is considered to be a chaos since,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://santiagotimes.cl/2017/09/14/presidential-candidate-jose-antonio-kast-wants-to-reconstruct-chile/|title=Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast wants to ‘reconstruct’ Chile|date=September 14, 2017|publisher=Santiago Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=José Antonio Kast |title=Inmigrantes sí, clandestinos no |url=https://www.latercera.com/opinion/noticia/inmigrantes-clandestinos-no/137810/|language=es|publisher=La Tercera |accessdate=25 June 2019 |date=19 April 2019}}</ref> not only a lot of them were [[Illegal immigration|illegals]] but also the immigrant population of Chile went from being 1% to 6.1% (1 million new immigrants in 4 years).<ref>{{cite web|language=es|url=http://www.diarioestrategia.cl//texto-diario/mostrar/1116871/chile-pais-americano-mayor-aumento-inmigrantes|title=Chile es el país americano con mayor aumento de inmigrantes|publisher=diarioestrategia.cl|date=9 November 2018}}</ref> |
He supports a "responsible possession of weapons", not a the full right to wear arms everywhere.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2017/10/09/878437/Kast-defiende-tenencia-de-armas-para-civiles-El-delincuente-lo-va-a-pensar-dos-veces-antes-de-entrar-a-una-casa.html|title=Kast defiende tenencia de armas para civiles: "El delincuente lo va a pensar dos veces antes de entrar a una casa"|publisher=Emol|language=es|date=October 9, 2017}}</ref> | He supports a "responsible possession of weapons", not a the full right to wear arms everywhere.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2017/10/09/878437/Kast-defiende-tenencia-de-armas-para-civiles-El-delincuente-lo-va-a-pensar-dos-veces-antes-de-entrar-a-una-casa.html|title=Kast defiende tenencia de armas para civiles: "El delincuente lo va a pensar dos veces antes de entrar a una casa"|publisher=Emol|language=es|date=October 9, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| José Antonio Kast | |||
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| President of the Republican Party of Chile From: 10 June 2019 – 21 November 2021 | |||
| Predecessor | Creation of the Party | ||
| Successor | Rojo Edwards | ||
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, District 24 (Santiago) From: 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018 | |||
| Predecessor | María Angélica Cristi Marfil | ||
| Successor | Disolution of the District | ||
| Secretary-General of the Independent Democrat Union From: 30 March 2012 – 10 May 2014 | |||
| Predecessor | Victor Pérez Varela | ||
| Successor | Javier Macaya Danús | ||
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, District 30 (Santiago) From: 11 March 2002 – 11 March 2014 | |||
| Predecessor | Pablo Longueira Montes | ||
| Successor | Jaime Bellolio Avaria | ||
| City Councilman of Buin From: 1996–2000 | |||
| Predecessor | - | ||
| Successor | - | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican Party (2019-)
Independent (2016-2019)
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| Spouse(s) | María Pía Adriasola | ||
| Religion | Catholic | ||
José Antonio Kast Rist (b. Santiago, January 18, 1966) is a right-wing Chilean politician who served as deputy between 2002 and 2018.
In 2017 he ran for president as a right-wing alternative to the establishment candidate Sebastián Piñera obtaining 7.93 % of the votes (4th place, 523,375 votes). In the second round, he supported Piñera to avoid another government of the Left. In 2018 he founded the Republican Action Movement, in 2019 the Chilean Republican Party and the think tank Republican Ideas.
In 2021 he ran for president again being the right-wing candidate of the election and being the alternative from the center-right's Sebastián Sichel obtaining the first majority in first round with a 27.91 % of the votes (1,961,387 votes) and Gabriel Boric obtained 25.82 % (1,814,777 votes). But Kast lost the second round obtaining 44.13 % (3,650,088 votes) against 55.87 % (4,620,890 votes) from Boric.
José Antonio Kast has been falsely labeled as "far-right" by the media and the Left.[1]
Views
He is pro-life and defends a smaller state with fewer taxes.[2] He is also against the Gender ideology, he is pro-family, pronation, and he is strongly Christian. Today he is the most important conservative politician of Chile, mostly because he has been shown as an alternative to the center-right coalition "Chile Vamos", however a lot of the members of his new party come from that coalition, and he has a lot of friends there, also he was member of the Independent Democrat Union for 20 years, one of the main parties of the coalition. JAK has criticized the immigration policies of the Michelle Bachelet government (2014-2018) which is considered to be a chaos since,[3][4] not only a lot of them were illegals but also the immigrant population of Chile went from being 1% to 6.1% (1 million new immigrants in 4 years).[5]
He supports a "responsible possession of weapons", not a the full right to wear arms everywhere.[6]
He supports what he considers the good part of the Augusto Pinochet regime.[7][8]
He has criticized the Piñera Government[9] for "not following the program of Government" but he also supports what he considers the "good policies of the government".
Similar to Donald Trump, Kast proposed the construction of a ditch in the border with Bolivia to prevent illegal immigration from happening during the 2021 Chilean Presidential Election.
In the same election he won a lot of support in the Araucanía region since he strongly opposes terrorism attacks there.
International alliances
José Antonio is a supporter of Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, endorsing his successful presidential candidacy in 2018.[10][11]
Kast also met with Santiago Abascal from the conservative Spanish party Vox[12] members of the Polish Party Law and Justice, Giorgia Meloni from the Italian Party Fratelli d'Italia, the Dutch Party Forum for Democracy, the Pro-Brexit British politician Daniel Hannan and other members of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe.[13][14]
In 2021 he met Marco Rubio at the Capitol.[15]
See also
- Republican Party (Chile)
- Republican Action Movement
- Augusto Pinochet regime (Chile, 1973–90)
- Sebastián Piñera
External links
References
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Far right gains momentum in Chile's presidential elections. Aljazeera (16 December 2019). Retrieved on 25 June 2019.
- Far-Right Party Of José Antonio Kast Frightens Chilean Rightwing. Chile Today (18 June 2019). Retrieved on 25 June 2019.
- José Antonio Kast, el Bolsonaro chileno que lidera las encuestas presidenciales (es). Público (21 January 2019).
- Extrema derecha aspira a presidencia de Chile ante inscripción de nuevo partido (es) (12 June 2019).
- ↑ José Antonio Kast Proposals (es).
- ↑ Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast wants to ‘reconstruct’ Chile. Santiago Times (September 14, 2017).
- ↑ Inmigrantes sí, clandestinos no (es). La Tercera (19 April 2019). Retrieved on 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Chile es el país americano con mayor aumento de inmigrantes (es). diarioestrategia.cl (9 November 2018).
- ↑ Kast defiende tenencia de armas para civiles: "El delincuente lo va a pensar dos veces antes de entrar a una casa" (es). Emol (October 9, 2017).
- ↑ Kast: "Yo no soy admirador del general Pinochet, soy una persona que defiende el gobierno militar" (es) (9 October 2018).
- ↑ El día en que José Antonio Kast apoyó a Pinochet en la franja del SÍ (es) (10 September 2018).
- ↑ José Antonio Kast no se la deja pasar a Piñera: "No hay manual que resista tanta torpeza en un solo viaje" (es) (29 abril 2019).
- ↑ José Antonio Kast tras la victoria de Jair Bolsonaro en Brasil: "El sentido común sigue triunfando" (es). T13 (October 28, 2018).
- ↑ José Antonio Kast: "Los triunfos de la derecha en Latinoamérica favorecen la opción que estoy planteando" (es). El Dínamo (October 30, 2018).
- ↑ José Antonio Kast es recibido en España por líderes del partido de extrema derecha Vox (es). 24 Horas (25 June 2019). Retrieved on 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Kast se reúne con europarlamentarios en Bruselas (es). Radio Agricultura (June 27, 2018).
- ↑ Desde Roma, J.A. Kast hace un balance de su gira por Europa: "La izquierda se ha visto sorprendida por el despertar del sentido común" (es). La Tercera (July 3, 2019).
- ↑ The right-wing candidate, José Antonio Kast, went on a tour of the United States
