COSTA RICA
Chinchilla Begins Naming Of Ministers
and Vice-Ministers For Her Government |
President-elect Laura
Chinchilla has begun announcing her choice
of ministers and vice-ministers as she
prepares to take office on May 8th,looking
within the current government for her
choices.
Tuesday, the president-elect announced that
Marco Vargas will be the ministro de la
Presidencia. Vargas is currently the
ministro de Coordinación Interinstitucional
and the ministrode Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT), taking over from Karla
Gonzalez who resigned after the fatal
accident of the Turrucares bridge.
Mario Zamora, the current director of the
Dirección de Migración y Extranjería (the
immigration service) is named the vice-ministro
de de Gobernación.
Mauricio Boraschi, the current director of
the Instituto Costarricense sobre Drogas
(drug institute) will become the national
commissioner against drug use.
José María Tijerino, the former Fiscal
General de la República (1990-1995) as
ministreo de Seguridad. Tijerino is the only
new face announced so far to form the
Chinchilla government.
Doña Laura said she has known Vargas and
Tijerino from the Figueres Olsen
administration and both are men of great
integrity and hold valued experience in
government and security in the case of
Tijerino.
Yesterday's announcements are in addition
tot he naming of Rene Castro as ministro de
Relaciones Exteriores (Foregin ministry),
replacing Bruno Stagno, who has been named
as Costa Rica's ambassador to the United
Nationas,
Chinchilla has said she is committed to
filling at least half of her cabinet post
with women, however, has yet to name one
woman to any post. |
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