José Antonio Kast Adriasola
José Antonio Kast Adriasola | |
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Official portrait, 2026 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Johannes Kaiser |
| Constituency | District 10 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1993 Paine, Chile |
| Party | Republican |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile University of the Andes University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
José Antonio Kast Adriasola (born 21 April 1993) is a Chilean politician serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2026, representing District 10 of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.[1] He is the son of incumbent president, José Antonio Kast.[2]
Biography
He is the second of nine children of the marriage between Chilean politician José Antonio Kast Rist and Pía Adriasola, a lawyer.[3] His father comes from a family of German origin and is Catholic—his parents were Bavarian immigrants—and has publicly declared his faith and traditional family values.[4] The Kast–Adriasola family is close to the Schönstatt Apostolic Movement.[5]
Kast Adriasola has followed an independent political trajectory. He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he served as a teaching assistant in procedural law. He later completed a master's degree in philosophy at the University of the Andes and subsequently pursued studies in public policy at the University of Chicago in the United States.
He has participated in political campaigns, led the NGO Influyamos, and assumed strategic roles within the Republican Party, maintaining socially conservative positions on issues such as abortion, cannabis use, and sex education.[6]
In 2020, Kast Adriasola was announced as a candidate for mayor of San Bernardo, resigning from his position at a law firm to dedicate himself to the campaign.[7] However, he ultimately withdrew his candidacy in January 2021, arguing that with another right-wing candidate competing, it would not be possible to consolidate a victory.[8]
He later assumed a strategic role within the Republican Party. In 2024, he served as coordinator of the party's municipal campaigns in the Metropolitan Region.[9] In 2025, in his first formal electoral bid, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for District 10, receiving public support from his father, José Antonio Kast.[10]
References
- ^ "José Antonio Kast Adriasola es electo diputado en las elecciones parlamentarias 2025". 24 horas (in Spanish). 16 November 2025.
- ^ "El hijo de Kast, 'Toño': cuando la piña en la pizza es tu rasgo más liberal". El País (in Spanish). 7 September 2025.
- ^ Astudillo, Benjamín (2 September 2025). "Quién es José Antonio Kast Adriasola, el hijo del candidato presidencial que postula a diputado". Ex-Ante. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Laborde, Antonia (4 May 2025). "Matthei, Winter, Kast y Kaiser: la huella alemana en las presidenciales chilenas". El País Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Lissardy, Gerardo (17 November 2025). "José Antonio Kast, el ultraderechista que busca aglutinar el voto de oposición y ser presidente de Chile al tercer intento". BBC News Mundo. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ Laborde, Antonia (7 September 2025). "El hijo de Kast, 'Toño': cuando la piña en la pizza es tu rasgo más liberal". El País Chile. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Dinastía Kast busca extenderse: hijo del líder del Partido Republicano será candidato a alcalde por San Bernardo". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Hijo de Kast bajó su candidatura a la alcaldía de San Bernardo: "Fue una decisión difícil, pero creo que es lo mejor"". CNN Chile. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Barra, María José de la (27 August 2024). "Hijo de Kast coordinará a los candidatos republicanos de la Metropolitana en las próximas municipales". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Núñez, María Paz (25 August 2025). "José Antonio Kast defendió la candidatura a diputado de su hijo del mismo nombre: "No es un cargo de designación personal"". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2025.