Gaspar Rivas
Gaspar Rivas | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pablo Kast |
| Constituency | District 6 |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the district |
| Constituency | 11th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gaspar Alberto Rivas Sánchez 17 May 1978 Los Andes, Chile |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Domestic partner | Elena Novikova (2014) |
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Gaspar Alberto Rivas Sánchez (born 17 May 1978) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Since March 2022, he has been a deputy of the Republic representing District 6 of the Valparaíso Region. He was a member of the Party of the People from 2021 until his expulsion in 2024.
He was a member of the National Renewal party between 2005 and 2014, and between 2010 and 2018 he was a deputy for the old district No. 11 of the Valparaíso Region. He also led the ultranationalist, neofascist, and far-right group Social Patriot Movement from May to October 2019.
Rivas has declared himself an admirer of Salvadorian president Nayib Bukele, even going as far as to call himself the "Chilean Bukele" or "The Sheriff of Chile", in reference to Bukele's positions regarding organized crime.