Pablo Kast
Chilean politician and architect
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Pablo Andrés Kast Sommerhoff (born 24 August 1973) is a Chilean architect and politician.
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Pablo Kast | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Constituency | District 6 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1973 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Party | Evópoli (2012–2026) |
| Spouse | Juana Edwards Urrejola |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Miguel Kast Cecilia Sommerhoff |
| Relatives | José Antonio Kast (uncle) José Antonio Kast Adriasola (cousin) Felipe and Tomás Kast (brothers)[1][2][3][4] Michael Kast (grandfather) Javier Etcheberry (stepfather) Robert Schumann (great-great-great-grandfather) Clara Schumann (great-great-great-grandmother) Elizabeth Subercaseaux (cousin once removed) Gerd Sommerhoff (grand-uncle) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Architect |
He is the son of economist Miguel Kast, who migrated from Germany to Chile as a child with his German father Michael Kast.[5]
Early life and education
Pablo Andrés Kast Sommerhoff was born on August 24, 1973, in Chicago, United States. He is the son of Miguel Kast Rist, who served as Minister of ODEPLAN (1978), Minister of Labor (1980), and President of the Central Bank of Chile (1982) during the military regime of Augusto Pinochet, and Cecilia Sommerhoff.[6]
He is the brother of Senator Felipe Kast, Deputy Tomás Kast, and Bárbara Kast Sommerhoff, former city councilor of Paine (2012–2021). He is also the nephew of former deputy and former presidential candidate José Antonio Kast. He is the stepson of Javier Etcheberry, former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications (2002–2004).[6]
He is married to Juana Edwards Urrejola and is the father of four children.[6]
Kast completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio Verbo Divino in Santiago. He later earned a degree in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[6]
Between 2010 and 2011, he completed a diploma in Finance at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[6]
Professional career
Between 2004 and 2010, Kast worked at an industrial real estate development company, where he designed commercial centers for small entrepreneurs in several Chilean cities, including Arica, Iquique, La Serena, Los Andes, Talca, Valdivia, and Punta Arenas, as well as in Buenos Aires and Mendoza in Argentina.[6]
He is the promoter of the eco-residential project El Pangue in Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region.[6]
Political career
Kast’s political and public activity has been linked to the Fundación Miguel Kast, through which he has promoted initiatives such as the Institute for Social Innovation.[6]
In 2017, he joined the political project of the Political Evolution Party (Evópoli), running as an independent candidate within the party’s list for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing the 6th electoral district of the Valparaíso Region. He was elected after obtaining 28,465 votes, equivalent to 8.96% of the total valid votes.[6]
In the internal elections of Evópoli held on August 15 and 16, 2020, he was elected Vice President of the party for the 2020–2022 term.[6]
For the parliamentary elections held on November 21, 2021, Kast sought re-election as a candidate of Evópoli within the Chile Podemos Más coalition, this time representing the 10th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region. He obtained 15,666 votes, equivalent to 3.43% of the total valid votes, and was not re-elected.[6]
Other activities
Kast serves as director of the Institute for Social Innovation, which emerged from an alliance between the University of Development and the Fundación Felipe Kast, created in 2006 and later chaired by him.[6]