Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón (born 1948) is a Costa Rican

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and

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who was elected in June 2022 to a four-year term (starting January 1, 2023) as a member of the

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by the state parties to the

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. He was Costa Rica's representative to the

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from 2018 to 2022, having presented his credentials the 31st of August 2018. He was the first

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of the

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and a former delegate to the

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who served in that capacity during the Pacheco administration. He was president of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (Citizen Action Party, known as PAC). Carazo Zeledón is the son of the former president of the Republic,

Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio (27 December 1926 – 9 December 2009) was a Costa Rican economist and politician who served as the 38th President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1978 to 8 May 1982. Early life Carazo was born ...

. Like his father, he has had a strong tendency towards social positions and is conspicuous in opposition to

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. He was one of the opposition leaders against the Central America Free Trade Agreement ( CAFTA) with the

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. In 1997, he obtained a doctorate in political science from the

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, in

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. He graduated with a Bachelor of

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and

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s in 1977, and received his Bachelor

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at the

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(UCR). He completed post-graduate studies in

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at the Academy of International Law in

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and studied

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at the University of Costa Rica . He was the first Ombudsman of the Republic of Costa Rica (1993–1997), as well as vice president and president of the Central American Council of

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, and vice president and president of the Ibero - American Federation of Ombudsmen. Between 1984 and 1987, he was a representative of the

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to the

European Offices, and from 1979 to 1981 he was an ambassador in special mission for the

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. He was also Delegate of the Legislative Power for the Citizen Action Party, member of its Political Commission for the period 2002–2006 and president of its executive committee from June 28, 2014, until his resignation on September 3, 2014. He has a private legal practice and several companies. He has been general manager of large companies and university professor at the UCR.

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Amelia Rueda's siteRodrigo Alberto Carazo renuncia a la presidencia del PAC
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