Rodrigo Arias Sánchez
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez | |
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Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica | |
In office 8 March 2006 – 8 May 2010 | |
President | Óscar Arias |
Preceded by | Lineth Saborío Chaverri |
Succeeded by | Marco Vargas Díaz |
In office 8 May 1986 – 8 May 1990 | |
President | Óscar Arias |
Preceded by | Danilo Jiménez Veiga |
Succeeded by | Rodolfo Méndez Mata |
Personal details | |
Born | Rodrigo Gerardo de Jesús Arias Sánchez 21 November 1946 Heredia, Costa Rica |
Political party | National Liberation Party |
Education | University of Costa Rica University of Pennsylvania |
Rodrigo Gerardo de Jesús Arias Sánchez (born 26 July 1946) is a Costa Rican lawyer and politician who has been
Early life and education
Sánchez was born in Heredia on 26 July 1946,[1] the second child after Óscar Arias, of Juan Rafael Arias Trejos and Lylliam Sánchez Cortés.
Sánchez graduated from the University of Costa Rica with a Bachelor of Laws in 1969 before earning a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.[1]
Political career
Sánchez was elected municipal councilor of Heredia for the four-year term 1974–1978. He achieved this victory even though he had not always been a member of the ranks of the National Liberation Party – as his brother Óscar Arias – because as a young man he sympathized with the presidential candidacy of José Joaquín Trejos, of the National Unification Party, who ruled from 1966 to 1970.[2]
After being advisor to the President of the Republic, Sánchez was appointed as
Following the general elections, on 1 May 2022, Sánchez was elected President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica with 50 votes in favor.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Rodrigo Arias Sánchez – Curriculum". www.asamblea.go.cr (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Rodrigo Arias, el experimentado político que regresa a la arena luego de dejar la carrera presidencial". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Rodrigo Arias asume presidencia del Congreso con apoyo de 50 diputados". www.larepublica.net (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.