Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Carlos Alvarado Quesada (born January 14, 1980 in San José ) is a Costa Rican author and politician of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC). He has been President of Costa Rica since 2018 .
Life
Alvarado Quesada studied at the Universidad de Costa Rica and the University of Sussex . Under Luis Guillermo Solís , he succeeded Víctor Morales Mora from 2016 to 2017 as Minister of Labor in Costa Rica. In the presidential election in Costa Rica 2018 , he reached second place in the first round on February 4, 2018 with 21.7% of the vote, behind Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz (24.1%). This enabled him to make it into the runoff election on April 1st, 2018. In this runoff election, he prevailed with 60.8% of the valid votes.
Quesada is married to the architect Claudia Dobles Camargo .
Works (selection)
- 2006: Transcripciones Infieles (jointly with Perro Azul )
- 2006: La historia de Cornelius Brown (awarded the Young Creation Award of the Editorial Costa Rica)
- 2012: Las Posesiones , Roman
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Esteban Oviedo: Los Alvarado van a segunda ronda , La Nación, San Jose de Costa Rica, February 4, 2018, accessed on February 17, 2018.
- ↑ PAC logró ventaja contundente en 56 cantones nacion.com, accessed on April 3, 2018 (Spanish)
- ↑ Sobre la novela "Las posesiones": "Las posesiones" nos hace meditar sobre las consecuencias indirectas de la guerra , La Nación, San Jose de Costa Rica, June 1, 2012, accessed on February 17, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Guillermo Solís |
President of Costa Rica since May 8, 2018 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvarado Quesada, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Costa Rican politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Jose , Costa Rica |