Alberto Salom Echeverría (born June 10, 1952 in

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) is a Costa Rican politician. He was a deputy with the Citizens' Action Party from 2006 to 2010 and was the former councillor of San José. He is currently

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of the

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Biography

Salom studied at the Buenaventura Corrales School from 1958 to 1964 and later at Saint Francis High School from 1965 to 1969. He graduated with a Bachelor's in political science and a doctorate in Government and Public Policy from the

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. Salom's political career began in his teenage years when he was elected President of the Student Council in 1969. At UCR, he was elected President of the Federation of Students from 1974 to 1975. During this time, he led several student protests. A leftist, Salom was a founder of the Costa Rican Socialist Party and the People's United Coalition. He was elected governor of San José from 1978 to 1982 as a member of People's United. In 1987, he became an adviser to Javier Solís of the

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. Later, with Isaac Felipe Azofeifa and other left-leaning politicians, Salom helped found the Democratic Force party, which held three deputy seats in the 1990s. In 2002, Salom became one of the founding members of PAC. Salom began leading a group of informal PAC meetings, called the "ungroup." Salom, along with María Eugenia Venegas and

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encouraged

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to run for President, which he did in 2014.

Positions

* President, Student Government, Saint Francis High School, (1969). * President, Federation of Students,

, (1974–1975). * Founding member and political commissioner, Costa Rican Socialist Party, (1971–1989) * Founding member and political board member of People's United Coalition (1977–1990). * Municipal Governor, San José for People's United Coalition, (1978–1982). * Founding member of Democratic Force * Campaign Chief, Citizens' Action Party, 2006 * Professor,

, since 1976 * Director, Institute of Work Studies,

, (1993–1995). * Vice-rector of Student Life,

(1995–2000). * Consultant, United Nations, PRODERE (Población Desplazada, Refugiada y Repatriada), (1991). *

of the

(2014-today)

External links

* – defunct as of 2014
Alberto Salom Blog
– not updated since 2009 as of 2014

References

1952 births Living people Politicians from San José, Costa Rica Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica) politicians {{CostaRica-politician-stub