Book Carlos Alvarado Quesada

Carlos Alvarado Quesada is a Costa Rican political scientist, journalist and novelist who led his country as its 48th president from May 2018 to May 2022. Taking office at thirty-eight, he became the country's youngest serving president since 1914. A member of the Citizens' Action Party, he previously held cabinet posts under President Luis Guillermo Solís, including human development and social inclusion as well as labor and social security, after serving as communications director for the Solís presidential campaign. His earlier career spanned roles as an advisor to his party's legislative caucus from 2006 to 2010, consulting work with the Institute of Development Studies on small business finance, a management position at Procter & Gamble Latin America, and teaching at the University of Costa Rica and Universidad Latina de Costa Rica. A Chevening Scholarship recipient in 2008, Alvarado is also a published author whose novel La Historia de Cornelius Brown earned Editorial Costa Rica's Young Creation Award in 2006, and who later wrote the historical novel Las Possessions (2012). He speaks on democracy, sustainability, innovation and leadership in Latin America.