Laura María Garro Sánchez
Laura María Garro Sánchez | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Constituency | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Costa Rica |
| Political party | Citizens' Action Party |
| Profession | Finance, political activist |
Laura María Garro Sánchez is a Costa Rican educator and a current deputy from Heredia in the Legislative Assembly.
Education[edit]
Garro studied business at the National University of Costa Rica.[1] She earned a Master's in business administration from the Autonomous University of Central America.[1]
Business career[edit]
Garro worked for 25 years in public banking and finance.[1]
Political career[edit]
Garro is a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC for its Spanish initials). She has been a provincial secretary, cantonal president, and party congressional participant.[1]
While running for mayor of Puntarenas in 2006 for PAC, Garro said that she wanted to improve tourist infrastructure in Puntarenas. She also wanted to create better opportunities for citizens.[2] She lost the election.
Garro was elected deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 2014.[3] At the time of her election to deputy, Garro was 62 years old.[4] She will serve alongside Henry Mora Jiménez, another PAC member also from Heredia.
She became second pro-secretary of the Legislative Assembly on 1 May 2014.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Ojo al Voto: Laura María Garro Sánchez". media consortium voting guide (in Spanish). San Jose: Ojo al Voto. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Villalobos, Carlos (27 November 2006). "Candidatos a alcalde: Cantones de Puntarenas". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "RESULTADOS ELECTORALES EN MAPA ELECTORAL". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose. 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Candidatos a Diputado". Semanario Universidad (in Spanish). 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Rupturas y últimos amarres complicaron elección de presidente legislativo Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine La Nación, 2014-05-01 (in Spanish)
- Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica) politicians
- Living people
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
- Workers' rights activists
- People from Puntarenas Province
- People from Puntarenas
- Costa Rican businesspeople
- 21st-century Costa Rican women politicians
- 21st-century Costa Rican politicians
- 21st-century businesswomen