Tuesday, the president-elect announced that Marco Vargas will be the ministro de la Presidencia. Vargas is currently the ministro de Coordinación Interinstitucional and the ministrode Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), taking over from Karla Gonzalez who resigned after the fatal accident of the Turrucares bridge.
Mario Zamora, the current director of the Dirección de Migración y Extranjería (the immigration service) is named the vice-ministro de de Gobernación.
Mauricio Boraschi, the current director of the Instituto Costarricense sobre Drogas (drug institute) will become the national commissioner against drug use.
José María Tijerino, the former Fiscal General de la República (1990-1995) as ministreo de Seguridad. Tijerino is the only new face announced so far to form the Chinchilla government.
Doña Laura said she has known Vargas and Tijerino from the Figueres Olsen administration and both are men of great integrity and hold valued experience in government and security in the case of Tijerino.
Yesterday's announcements are in addition tot he naming of Rene Castro as ministro de Relaciones Exteriores (Foregin ministry), replacing Bruno Stagno, who has been named as Costa Rica's ambassador to the United Nationas,
Chinchilla has said she is committed to filling at least half of her cabinet post with women, however, has yet to name one woman to any post.
Source:insidecostarica.com/
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