Alfio Piva

Alfio Piva Mesén
First Vice President of Costa Rica
In office
8 May 2010 (2010-05-08) – 8 May 2014 (2014-05-08)
PresidentLaura Chinchilla
Preceded byLaura Chinchilla
Succeeded byHelio Fallas Venegas
Personal details
Born (1940-01-09) 9 January 1940 (age 84)
San Jose
NationalityCosta Rican
Political partyNational Liberation Party
ChildrenAlfio, Alessandro, Giancarlo
Alma materUniversita degli Studi di Parma
ProfessionScientist

Alfio Piva Mesén (born 9 January 1940) is a Costa Rican politician, veterinarian, scientist and environmentalist. He was the First Vice President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014.[1][2] The Second Vice President during that interval was Luis Liberman.[3]

Piva obtained a Ph.D. in animal physiology from the University of Milan in Italy and co-founded the Veterinary School of the National University of Costa Rica. In 1995 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Technical and Scientific Research along with his colleagues from INBio.[4]

  1. ^ "Un científico y un banquero complementan el mandato" (in Spanish). La Nación (Costa Rica). 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  2. ^ Businessman and environmentalist to accompany Chinchilla on presidential ticket [dead link‍] Tico Staff Times October 13, 2009
  3. ^ "Ataques contra PAC y Libertarios en anuncio de Vicepresidencias de Liberación Nacional". Costa Rica hoy. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010.
  4. ^ "Alfio Piva y Luis Liberman Para Vicepresidencias". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2010-02-27.