Felipe Kast
Felipe José Kast Sommerhoff (born 9 June 1977 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean economist, Researcher, consultant and politician.
Graduated in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and PhD from Harvard University,[1] Kast has been Minister of Planning, presidential candidate in the 2017 Primary Elections and deputy for the commune of Santiago between 2014 and 2018. He currently serves as senator for the Araucanía Region after being elected for the period 2018–2026 in the 2017 parliamentary elections.
As a right-wing independent, he actively participated in President Sebastián Piñera's first government, first as Minister of State and then as Presidential Delegate for emergency camps and villages occupied by 27 February 2010 Earthquake victims.
He is founder and current president of Evópoli, a classical liberal right-wing party.[2]
References
- ^ "Felipe Kast asume como director del programa social de Libertad y Desarrollo" (in Spanish). Emol. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Operación Infancia: el sueño de hacer de Chile un país más justo". Araucanía Diario (in Spanish). 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.