A 36-year-old man without a tie is the new president of "Chile"
Left-leaning former student leader Gabriel Borek, 36, vowed to improve the lives of all Chileans and tackle inequality, hours after he was inaugurated as the country's youngest president.
Borek pledged that his young and inclusive government would "attack the poverty and inequality that he said were the unacceptable underpinnings of the decades-old free market model of General Augusto Pinochet, who ruled from 1973 to 1990."
"The road will undoubtedly be long and arduous," he said in a speech from the balcony of the government building, calling for unity to make Chile a "dignified and just country."
His four-year term begins as the Constituent Assembly drafts a new constitution for the country to replace the one adopted under Pinochet.
The leader of the Socialist Party in the Senate, Alvaro Elisalde, placed the presidential sash on Borek's shoulders during a ceremony in Parliament in the coastal city of Valparaíso.
Shortly thereafter, Borek witnessed the swearing in of members of his cabinet - which includes 14 women and 10 men.
The young leader made his appearance informal during the inauguration by refusing to wear a tie.
Borek won 56% of the vote in the December run-off against Governor Jose Antonio Caste.
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