Which Latin American country elected the continent’s youngest head of state in 2021?
Chile elected 35 years-old Gabriel Boric as its president at the 2021 presidential election run-off vote on Dec. 19, 2021, making him the youngest head of state in the Americas and the second youngest in the world. Assuming office in March 2022, Boric is the youngest president in Chile’s history and the president elected with the most significant number of votes in the country’s history.