Republican Party of Chile
Republican Party of Chile Partido Republicano de Chile | |
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| Abbreviation | PRCh |
| Leader | José Antonio Kast |
| President | Arturo Squella |
| General Secretary | Ruth Hurtado |
| Vice Presidents | 1st Tomás Bengolea López 2nd María Gatica Gajardo 3rd José Carlos Meza 4th Romina Cifuentes González 5th Luis Silva Irarrázaval 6th Catalina Ugarte Millán |
| Founder | José Antonio Kast |
| Founded | 10 June 2019 |
| Legalised | 21 January 2020 |
| Split from | Independent Democratic Union |
| Preceded by | Republican Action |
| Headquarters | Presidente Errázuriz 4305, Las Condes |
| Think tank | Republican Ideas[1] |
| Student wing | Student Action |
| Youth wing | Republican Party Youth[2] |
| Membership (June 2025) | 18,820[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right[6][7][8][9] |
| National affiliation | Christian Social Front (2021–22) Change for Chile (2025–)[10] |
| Colours | Chilean national colours: Blue White Red |
| Chamber of Deputies | 31 / 155 |
| Senate | 5 / 50 |
| Communal Councils | 234 / 2,252 |
| Regional Councils | 60 / 302 |
| Mayors | 8 / 345 |
| Regional Governors | 0 / 16 |
| Website | |
| partidorepublicanodechile.cl | |
The Republican Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Republicano de Chile; PRCh[11][a]) is a right-wing populist[4] and conservative political party in Chile. Its founder and leader is Chilean presidential candidate José Antonio Kast.[13][14][15]
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[change | change source]- ↑ "RN abre expediente para expulsar a Rojo Edwards por participar en el partido de J.A. Kast". CNN Chile.
- ↑ @joseantoniokast (June 17, 2020). "Los invito a seguir la cuenta oficial de #twitter de la Juventud Republicana de nuestro partido. @Juventud_PLR 🇨🇱" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Estadísticas de afiliados a partidos políticos". Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- 1 2 Díaz, Camila; Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal; Zanotti, Lisa (16 June 2023). "The arrival of the populist radical right in Chile: José Antonio Kast and the "Partido Republicano"". Journal of Language and Politics. 22 (3): 342–359. doi:10.1075/jlp.22131.dia.
- ↑ https://partidorepublicanodechile.cl/nosotros/principios/
- ↑ "José Antonio Kast, a far-right figure, could lead Chile". The Economist. November 23, 2021.
- ↑ ""Hay una disputa de época entre Kast, que pretende no cambiar nada, versus Boric, que pretende cambiarlo todo"". BBC News Mundo.
- ↑ García, Víctor (October 10, 2021). "La extrema derecha gana terreno en Chile de la mano de un seguidor de Jair Bolsonaro" – via La Nación (Argentina).
- ↑ "El auge del Partido Republicano: el sistema electoral, la moderación de la derecha clásica y las crisis económicas, de seguridad y de migración" (in Spanish). El País. May 9, 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Tomás Reyes Figueroa (1 July 2025). "Partidos de la 'nueva derecha' sellan pacto parlamentario, pero surgen tensiones por candidaturas presidenciales". DUPLOS.CL (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Partido Republicano de Chile - Portal de Transparencia del Estado de Chile". www.portaltransparencia.cl. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ↑ "Partido Republicano de Chile - Portal de Transparencia del Estado de Chile". www.portaltransparencia.cl. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ↑ "Partido Republicano en el mapa de la política" (in Spanish). La Tercera. June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ↑ "NACIONAL POLÍTICA Partido Republicano: José Antonio Kast inscribe nuevo referente en el Servel". Diario U Chile. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Se lanzó el nuevo Partido Republicano de José Antonio Kast". T13. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.