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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gabriel Boric, a former student activist, has been elected as which nation’s youngest president?
A
Chile
B
Argentina
C
Brazil
D
Mexico
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On 19 December 2021, Boric defeated José Antonio Kast in the second round of the presidential election, obtaining 55.9% of the votes. He is the youngest president in Chile’s history and the second youngest state leader in the world after Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso.

Detailed explanation-2: -The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43. The oldest person to assume the presidency was Joe Biden, the nation’s current president, who was inaugurated 61 days after turning 78.

Detailed explanation-3: -Incumbent Chile’s first female president, Michelle Bachelet, was in office from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018. Since 2022, Gabriel Boric is the current president. He won the 2021 Chilean general election and assumed the office on 11 March 2022.

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