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Birth Name: Gabriel Boric Font
Place of Birth: Punta Arenas, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile
Date of Birth: 11 February, 1986
Ethnicity: * father – Croatian * mother – Chilean [Spanish, some Catalan, Italian, possibly other]
Gabriel Boric is a Chilean politician. He has served as President of Chile , from 11 March, 2022 to 11 March, 2026. He has also been President of the University of Chile Student Federation, from 19 December, 2011 to 28 November, 2012, and Member of the Chamber of Deputies, from 11 March, 2014 to 11 March, 2022.
His father, Luis Javier Boric Scarpa, is a chemical engineer and government employee, and is of Croatian descent. His mother, María Soledad Font Aguilera, is of Spanish, Catalan, and Italian descent. His family was devoutly Catholic. His mother was involved with the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement.
He is a great-nephew of Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, who served as the first bishop of Punta Arenas, and Roque Scarpa Martinich, an intendant of Magallanes Region. He is a first cousin, twice removed, of writer, literary critic, and scholar Roque Esteban Scarpa, through his paternal great-great-grandparents Roko Škarpa and Nikolina Kovačević.
President Boric has a daughter with his partner, basketball player Paula Carrasco, who has been part of the Chile women’s national team.
President Boric’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandfather, Tomo Borić.
President Boric’s paternal grandfather was Luis Pedro Borić Crnosija (the son of Ive Borić, or Juan Borić Barešić in Spanish, and of Božica Tomica Crnošija, or Natalia Crnosija Vucina in Spanish). Luis was born in Punta Arenas, Magallanes, to Croatian parents, from Ugljan, Preko, Zadar. Ive was part of the Tierra del Fuego gold rush in the Magallanes, and also spent time on the islands south of the Beagle Channel. He was the son of Ive Borić and Stošija Barešić. Božica was the daughter of Božo Crnošija and Maria Vučina.
President Boric’s paternal grandmother was Magdalena “Wanda” Scarpa Martinic (the daughter of Toma Škarpa, or Tomás Scarpa Kovacevic in Spanish, and of Marijana Martinić, or Mariana Martinic Yakasovic in Spanish). Magdalena was born in Punta Arenas, to Croatian parents, from Stari Grad and Pučišća, respectively, both in Split-Dalmatia. Toma was the son of Roko Škarpa and Nikolina Kovačević. Marijana was the daughter of Stjepan Martinić and Magdalena Jakasović.
President Boric’s maternal grandfather was named Jaime Font Binotto (the son of parents surnamed Font and Binotto Henríquez). Jaime was born in Talca, Talca. Jaime’s maternal grandparents were Antonio Binotto Acespini and Evarista Henriquez Sandoval.
President Boric’s maternal grandmother was Regina del Carmen Aguilar Carrasco (the daughter of Arturo Aguilera Aguilera and Luzmira Carrasco Castillo).
Sources: http://diario.latercera.com
Genealogy of Gabriel Boric – https://www.geni.com