Pía Adriasola
Pía Adriasola | |
|---|---|
Adriasola in 2026 | |
| First Lady of Chile | |
| Assumed role 11 March 2026 | |
| President | José Antonio Kast |
| Preceded by | Irina Karamanos (2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Pía Adriasola Barroilhet 9 March 1966 Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 9, including José Antonio Kast Adriasola |
| Relatives | Michael Kast (father-in-law) Miguel Kast (brother-in-law) Bárbara Kast (sister-in-law) Pablo, Felipe and Tomás Kast (nephews) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Lawyer, activist |
María Pía Adriasola Barroilhet (born 9 March 1966) is a Chilean lawyer and activist. She is the wife of José Antonio Kast, president of Chile, whose government is expected to formally reinstate the position of First Lady of Chile, which Adriasola has publicly expressed her intention to assume.[1]
Early life and education
María Pía Adriasola Barroilhet was born in Santiago, Chile. She is one of eight children of Fernando Adriasola and Teresita Barroilhet, of Basque-French origin. She spent her childhood on a rural property in the commune of Puente Alto, in an area close to what is now the urban development of Bajos de Mena.
Adriasola completed her primary education at Colegio Los Andes, a private girls’ school, and her final two years of secondary education at Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Providencia, a Catholic girls’ school. She later studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where she met fellow law student José Antonio Kast. She earned her law degree in 1990 and married Kast the following year in a Catholic ceremony.
A practicing Catholic, Adriasola has been involved since her youth in the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement, an affiliation she shares with her husband.[2]
Social activism
Adriasola founded the Cuide Chile (“Take Care of Chile”) Foundation, a non-governmental organization with a socially conservative orientation linked to the Republican Party of Chile. She has described herself as a “feminist” aligned with the principles of second-wave feminism, while expressing criticism of what she considers more radical strands of third-wave feminism.
Her moral views in favor of monogamy and opposition to premarital sex became public during a 2020 session of the Education Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, where she participated as an adviser to the Republican Party in discussions on comprehensive sex education legislation. On that occasion, Adriasola argued that sexual abstinence is the most effective method for preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, stating that “the only truly safe sex is abstinence.”[3]
Adriasola has also expressed anti-abortion views, identifying herself as pro-life and asserting that a child is conceived regardless of the stage of gestation.[4]
References
- ^ Latorre, Rocío (19 December 2025). "El diseño de María Pía Adriasola como primera dama de La Moneda". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Laborde, Antonia (15 December 2025). "Pía Adriasola, la abogada conservadora que llega a restablecer el cargo de primera dama de Chile". El País Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ ""El sexo es verdaderamente seguro cuando no se ejerce": La polémica frase de María Pía Adriasola". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ ""El hijo concebido es un hijo concebido, a las semanas de gestación que sean"". Radio Pauta (in Spanish). 26 July 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2025.