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José Antonio Kast

Role
Chilean president
Lived
1966–
Country of activity
Chile Chile
Strongest axis
Markets 83%

José Antonio Kast founded Chile's Republican Party in 2019 and became president on 11 March 2026. He governs on a platform of border control, public order, tax cuts and deregulation, and has opposed abortion.

In the 12 Axes register, José Antonio Kast leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.

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The twelve axes

Where José Antonio Kast sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary 68%

Unitary

President of a unitary republic since 2026

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Elected president in the December 2025 runoff

Security 68%Freedom

Statist

Backs tougher policing and order measures

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism 83%

Nationalist

Emphasises national sovereignty and border control

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

No distinct military doctrine

Assimilationist 68%Multiculturalist

Assimilationist

Pledged mass deportations of irregular migrants

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 83%

Capitalist

Bill to cut corporate tax from 27 to 23 percent

PlannedMarkets 83%

Free Market

Suspended 43 environmental regulations

IsolationismGlobalism 68%

Free Trade

Opened rare-earth mining talks with the United States

Society

IrreligiousReligious 83%

Religious

Practising Catholic with a pro-life platform

ProgressiveTraditional 83%

Traditionalist

Opposes abortion and same-sex marriage

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct position on technology

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Planned – Markets

On Planned – Markets, José Antonio Kast is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, José Antonio Kast is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Unknown author, CC BY 3.0 cl, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].