Johannes Kaiser (Chilean politician)

Johannes Kaiser
Deputy of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2022
Constituency10th District
Personal details
Born (1976-01-05) 5 January 1976 (age 49)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyRepublican Party
(2019–2021, 2022–2024)
National Libertarian Party
(2024–)
SpouseIvette Avaria Vera
RelationsAxel, Vanessa and Leif (siblings)
ChildrenThree
Parent(s)Hans Kaiser
Rosemarie Barents-Von Hohenhagen
OccupationYouTuber
Politician
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kaiser and the second or maternal family name is Barents-Von Hohenhagen.

Johannes Maximilian Kaiser Barents-von Hohenhagen (born 5 January 1976) is a German-Chilean YouTuber and politician, founder of the National Libertarian Party in 2024.[1][2][3] He was a member of José Antonio Kast's Republican Party, from which he resigned in 2021[4][5] after several of his controversial comments went viral.[6][7] In 2022 he was reintegrated to the party to later leave it again in 2024.

Since 2017, he began to be known for his YouTube channel El Nacional-Libertario,[8][9] a conservative-libertarian space where he openly supported Kast for his 2017 and 2021 presidential campaigns.[8][9]

He defines himself as paleolibertarian, socially conservative, being against abortion; In addition, he claims to be a minarchist regarding the role of the State and a liberal in economic matters. He is in favor of the free carrying of weapons in Chile.

He intends to participate in the 2025 presidential opposition primaries.

Biography

Early life and family

He was born in Santiago[10] to Hans Kaiser and Rosmarie Barents-von Hohenhagen, third-generation German immigrants.[11] He is the brother of Axel Kaiser, a Chilean libertarian ideologue, Vanessa Kaiser, a Chilean scholar and activist, and Leif Kaiser, leader of the Chilean rifle association.

He studied his early years at the German School in Santiago, Villarrica, and Temuco as he moved between those cities. He finished his last two years of high school at the Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins.[10] In 1995 he enrolled in a law degree at the Finis Terrae University in Santiago, and then traveled to Germany to study at the University of Heidelberg.

In 2022 he married Ivette Avaria Vera and has a daughter (Helena Josefina) with her. They are Orthodox Christians. He has other two children as well.

References

  1. ^ ""No somos conservadores, somos reaccionarios": diputado Kaiser anuncia la creación del Partido Nacional Libertario" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Partido Nacional Libertario: ¿Cuáles son los lineamientos del nuevo partido liderado por Johannes Kaiser?" (in Spanish). Duna. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Con Gonzalo de la Carrera y Gloria Naveillán: el Partido Nacional Libertario, la nueva tienda política que busca formar Johannes Kaiser" (in Spanish). The Clinic. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Por qué Johannes Kaiser renunció al Partido Republicano y qué dijo Kast al respecto" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Johannes Kaiser deja el Partido Republicano "de manera indeclinable"" (in Spanish). Radio Duna. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Diputado electo Johannes Kaiser ofrece disculpas por dichos misóginos tras fuertes cuestionamientos transversales de parlamentarios y del gobierno" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Diputado (e) Johannes Kaiser pide disculpas por dichos misóginos y cuestionar el voto femenino" (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b "La entrevista de Johannes Kaiser, miembro del libertario-nacional, a Kast: "Los hombres y mujeres libres de este país dependemos de su éxito"". The Clinic. 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Kast y su batallón". La Tercera. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b Toro, Daniela (2021-11-23). "Quién es Johannes Kaiser, el diputado electo de Republicanos que generó polémica por video sobre voto femenino". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  11. ^ "Kaiser". Genealog. Retrieved 2021-11-26.