Roque Scarpa Martinich, another of his granduncles, was the first intendant of Magallanes Region after the end of the military dictatorship. Both Roque Scarpa and his own father were members of the Christian Democratic Party. Gabriel Boric was born in Punta Arenas in 1986. Education īoric studied at The British School in his hometown. He then moved to Santiago to study at University of Chile's law school in 2004. He finished his courses in 2009, the same year he became President of the Law School students' union. He then prepared for his degree's final exam and completed his mandatory internship. However, he failed the test in 2011 and did not take it a second time. Boric never received a law degree and has mentioned in interviews he never expected to work as a lawyer, saying he preferred to be a writer instead. ĭuring part of his time at university Boric earned a slot as assistant to professor José Zalaquett in the latter's human rights course. In an interview, Zalaquett has valued Boric for "his capacity to doubt". Political career Student politics īoric as President of the University of Chile Students Federation, in 2012. In 19, Boric participated in the re-establishment of the Federation of Secondary School Students of Punta Arenas. While at university, he joined the political collective Autonomous Left ( Izquierda Autónoma), initially known as Autonomous Students ( Estudiantes Autónomos). He was an advisor to the Students' Union of the Law Department in 2008 and became its president in 2009, when he led a protest for 44 days against the dean Roberto Nahum. He also represented students as a university senator from 2010 to 2012. Īoric was a candidate for the leadership of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECH) as part of the list Creando Izquierda in the elections of 5–6 December 2011.
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