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Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
Marvin Rafael de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cordero (born 20 October 1960) is a Costa Rican politician, teacher and labor union leader who served as the Vice President of Costa Rica, Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. Son of Danilo Rodríguez Blanco and Rafaela Cordero Barquero, farmers without studies, Rodriguez entered the Colegio Técnico Profesional Agropecuario (Agricultural Technical Professional School) at the age of 14 while working in farming alongside his father. He participated in various communal activities including the presidency of the Integral Development Association of La Esperanza de Paquera at 18 years of age. In addition to serving as an educator, Rodríguez was Secretary General of the Costa Rican Education Workers Union (SEC), which together with other teachers' unions organized the general strike of educators that took place in 2014 right between the change of government of Laura Chinchilla and Luis Guillermo Solís due to dela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Costa Rica
The 1949 Constitution of Costa Rica established two vice-presidencies of Costa Rica, which are directly elected through a popular vote on a ticket with the president for a period of four years, with no immediate re-election. There has been various incarnations of the office. Vice presidents replace the president in cases of temporary or permanent absence. Throughout the history of independent Costa Rica, there have been different systems to cover the temporary or permanent absence of a president. Several different names have been used for this position: *From 1821 to 1824, the Governing Committee (Junta) selected a vice-president. *From 1824 to 1841 there was a Vice-Head-of-State who was popularly elected. *From 1841 to 1842 there was a Second-Head-of-State, elected for life by popular vote. *From 1842 to 1844 there was a Vice-Head-of-State selected by the Constitutional Assembly. *From 1846 to 1847 there was a popularly elected Vice-Head-of-State. *From 1847 to 1848 there was a Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |