Eduardo Doryan
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Eduardo Doryan Garrón | |
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| Born | 30 October 1951 San José, Costa Rica |
| Political party | National Liberation Party (PLN) |
Eduardo Augusto Doryan Garrón (born 30 October 1951) was
Early life
Born in
Public service in Costa Rica
Doryan served as Costa Rica's Deputy Minister for Science and Technology from 1986 to 1990, during which time he promoted a substantial increase in the number of students pursuing masters and doctoral-level studies in leading North American and European
Afterwards, he became Minister of Education from 1994 to 1998 duringJosé María Figueres' presidency. During that time, among some of the important initiatives implemented were those to establish technical education programs to upgrade the skills of the country's workforce, widespread use of computers in primary and secondary schools, the extension of the school year, and the introduction of more challenging curricula to the classroom. He was part of the team at the highest level of the Government that led the attraction of a new wave of foreign direct investment with a higher technological content.
After 6 years abroad, he became Executive President of the CCSS from 2006 to 2010. The CCSS is a public social sector agency—the largest public or private entity of the country, which is responsible for both the national health insurance and the national retirement/pension insurance; two central pillars of the social protection network that cover the majority of the inhabitants of the country. Following the election of Laura Chinchilla he was appointed to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute, which until recently also had a state monopoly over telecommunications in the country.
International career
Doryan served from 1999 to 2001 as vice president for
At that same rank within the World Bank's hierarchy, he assumed from 2001 to 2005 the position of Special Representative to the
He was also active in following-up the
Other roles
He was a tenured full professor at the University of Costa Rica and later on he also taught at
As head of various major projects while at INCAE he gave advice at the highest levels of government on economic, social and institutional reforms in Central and South America, at different times he was consultant to the
As a private consultant he participated in numerous exercises of strategic planning and organizational reform of medium and large firms, and small and large cooperatives. He has also been in his different capacities a speaker in Asia, North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa on issues related to global reform, knowledge society, economic and social policy, strategic planning and organizational reform, and health and education-related issues.
Personal life
Doryan lives in San José, Costa Rica. He is married to Dra. Carla Victoria Jara and has two children