Rodrigo Chaves Robles

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Rodrigo Chaves Robles (2020)

Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles (born June 10, 1961 in San José ) is a Costa Rican politician of the Partido Progreso Social Demócratica . Between October 2019 and May 2020 he was Minister of Finance under President Carlos Alvarado Quesada . He is currently running for the 2022 presidential election in his country.

early life

Chaves was born in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, where he grew up. After graduating, he received a PhD in Economics from Ohio State University of the United States . At the same time, he was already working on a scholarship from Harvard University in the field of poverty research in Indonesia . After completing his PhD, he began working for the World Bank . There he worked on various projects, mostly in the field of poverty research in different countries, especially in Central and South America, but also in Europe and Asia. In 2013 he finally became country director for Indonesia at the World Bank, which he remained until his appointment as finance minister.

career as a politician

Minister of Finance

On October 30, 2019, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada nominated Chaves to succeed Rocío Aguilar Montoya as Finance Minister. There he set himself the goal of stabilizing the financial market and fighting poverty. Ultimately, however, his tenure from March 2020 was primarily characterized by combating the financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . He was also known for going it alone in dealing with the press, for which he was criticized by other members of the government. He finally resigned from his post on May 28, 2020. This was preceded by a conflict with President Alvarado over municipal tax reform.

presidential candidate

After his tenure ended, Chaves became a public critic of Alvarado Quesada's government. On July 7, 2021, he finally announced his candidacy for the office of President of Costa Rica for the Partido Progreso Social Demócratica . During the election campaign, he focused, among other things, on financial policy, so he stated that he wanted to implement a fiscal reform and reform the pension system. In addition, combating climate change was an important part of his election campaign, so he wanted to invest in renewable energies in particular. While he was initially only 1-2% of the votes in the polls, he was able to increase to around 8-11% in the course of the election campaign. Surprisingly, he received 16.7% of the votes in the election on February 6, 2022 , the second most behind ex-president José María Figueres Olsen , so he was able to qualify for the runoff on April 3, 2022.

controversies

Sexual harassment

In August 2021, it was revealed that he had been sanctioned by the World Bank in 2017 for multiple cases of sexual harassment that occurred between 2008 and 2013. Employees had stated that he had regularly made inappropriate comments about the appearance of employees and had even tried to kiss an employee. Internal investigations were then launched which concluded that Chaves had repeatedly misbehaved and was subsequently demoted. He left the World Bank just weeks after his demotion. In the course of his presidential candidacy there were large protests against Chave's behavior. Chaves himself denies the allegations.

web links

Commons : Rodrigo Chaves  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

itemizations

  1. ↑ a b Resume Rodrigo A. Chaves Robles . ( tse.go.cr [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Forbes Staff: Quién es Rodrigo Chaves, el nuevo ministro de Hacienda de Costa Rica. October 30, 2019, retrieved February 7, 2022 (Mexican Spanish).
  3. ^ a b José María Figueres vs. Rodrigo Chaves: quiénes son y qué proponen los candidates que se disputarán la presidencia de Costa Rica en segunda vuelta . In: BBC News Mundo . ( bbc.com [accessed 7 February 2022]).
  4. ↑ Tomás Gómez: Gobierno reconoce que si valora impuesto "solidario" a salarios de más de un millón. In: El Observador CR. 27 March 2020, retrieved 7 February 2022 (es-CR).
  5. ↑ Juan Pablo Arias: Renuncia ministro de Hacienda Rodrigo Chaves, con solo 6 meses en el cargo. In: El Observador CR. 28 May 2020, retrieved 7 February 2022 (es-CR).
  6. ↑ Wendy Perez: Rodrigo Chaves anuncia su candidatura a la presidencia con el Partido Progreso Social Democrático. In: El Mundo CR. 7 July 2021, retrieved 7 February 2022 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Costa Rica's ex-president again favorite for the heads of state | DW | 07.02.2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022 (German).
  8. ↑ Banco Mundial sancionó a Rodrigo Chaves por acoso sexual. Retrieved 7 February 2022 (Spanish).
  9. ↑ Santiago Pérez: WSJ News Exclusive | World Bank Mishandled Sexual-Harassment Claims, Internal Tribunal Says . In: Wall Street Journal . 18 October 2021, ISSN  0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed 7 February 2022]).
  10. ↑ Conózcame | Rodrigo Chaves Presidente. Retrieved February 7, 2022 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Chaves Robles, Rodrigo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaves Robles, Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Costa Rican politician
BIRTH DATE June 10, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH San Jose , Costa Rica