Epsy Campbell Barr | |
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First Vice-President of Costa Rica | |
In office 8 May 2018 – 8 May 2022 Serving with Marvin Rodríguez Cordero | |
President | Carlos Alvarado |
Preceded by | Helio Fallas Venegas |
Succeeded by | Stephan Brunner |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 8 May 2018 – 11 December 2018 | |
President | Carlos Alvarado |
Preceded by | Manuel González Sanz |
Succeeded by | Lorena Aguilar Revelo (Acting) |
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
In office 1 May 2014 – 30 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Viviana Martín Salazar |
Succeeded by | Silvia Hernández Sánchez |
Constituency | San José (2nd Office) |
In office 1 May 2002 – 30 April 2006 | |
Preceded by | Sonia Picado Sotela |
Succeeded by | Alberto Salom Echeverría |
Constituency | San José (9th Office) |
Personal details | |
Born | San José, Costa Rica | 4 July 1963
Political party | Citizens' Action Party |
Relations | Shirley Campbell Barr (sister) |
Profession | Economist, human rights activist |
Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr (born 4 July 1963) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who served as the Vice-president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. She is the first woman of African descent to be vice president in Costa Rica and in Latin America.[1][2][3]
One of the founders of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC), she ran for president in 2010 and 2014, and was a deputy for San José Province in the Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2006[4] and 2014 to 2018.[5]
Campbell was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position she held from May 8 to December 10, 2018.[6] Currently, she serves as the president of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent[7] and is the founder of the Global Coalition Against Systemic Racism and for Reparations.[8]