Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales

Elizabeth Bernardita Fonseca Corrales (Heredia, 20 August 1949) was a deputy in the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2010, representing San José. Fonseca holds a doctorate in History and American Society from the University of Paris.[1] She was president of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC for its Spanish initials) in 2010.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fonseca and the second or maternal family name is Corrales.
Elizabeth Bernardita Fonseca Corrales
Deputy Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office
2006–2010
ConstituencySan José, Costa Rica
Personal details
Born20 August 1949
Heredia, Costa Rica
Political partyCitizens' Action Party
ProfessionHistorian and Political Organizer

Political career

Fonseca is a founding member of PAC. She was elected as a deputy for San José in Costa Rican general elections in 2006. She helped organize PAC's opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement in 2006 and 2007.[2]

Following the resignation of Alberto Cañas Escalante, Fonseca and medical doctor Rodrigo Cabezas both applied for the PAC presidency Fonseca was elected,[2] promising to raise PAC's institutional profile.[3] In 2013, Fonseca used her position to push for open primaries,[3] which resulted in the election of Luis Guillermo Solís as PAC's presidential candidate. Solís would go on to win 78% of the national vote in the general election.

Fonseca credits PAC with breaking the nation's two-party rule by making the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC for its Spanish initials) a minority party in the National Assembly.[4] While the National Liberation Party (PLN for its Spanish initials) maintains its majority, PUSC has lost many legislative seats to PAC.

Fonseca was appointed Minister of Culture in 2014.[5]

Awards

Following the publication of her doctoral thesis in 1983, Fonseca gained significant academic recognition.[6] The topic of her thesis, agrarian and colonial history in Costa Rica, helped document the country's early history.[6]

  • “Aquileo J. Echeverría” National Prize for History, 1984
  • “Cleto González Víquez” Prize for Geography and History, 1984
  • Professor in Residence, Academy of Geography and History, Costa Rica
  • Academic Correspondent to Argentine, Venezuelan, Guatemalan, and Portuguese Academies of Geography and History

Publications and research

Fonseca has written or collaborated on the following projects and books:

  • "Juan Manuel de Cañas"
  • "Costa Rica colonial. La tierra y el hombre" ("Colonial Costa Rica: The Land and The People")
  • "Historia de un pueblo indígena: Tucurrique" ("History of an Indigenous Tribe: Tucurrique")
  • "Historia. Teoría y métodos" ("History: Theory and Methods")
  • "Centroamérica. Su historia" ("Central America: Its History")
  • "Historia General de Centroamérica. Tomo II" ("General History of Central America: Volume II")
  • "Costa Rica en el Siglo XVIII" ("Costa Rica in the 18th Century")

References
  1. Asamblea Legislativa (ed.). "Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales. Biografía". Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  2. "Elizabeth Fonseca asume Presidencia del PAC" [Elizabeth Fonseca takes on PAC presidency]. Periódico Acció. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. Herrera F., Manuel (18 May 2013). "Nuevos dirigentes del PAC deben hacer del partido la mejor institución política del país, dice Elizabeth Fonseca". La Nacion. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. Ramírez, Luis (8 December 2013). "PAC celebra aniversario 13 desconfiando de encuestas". La Nacion. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. Solano, Andrea. "Esferas precolombinas de Costa Rica son declaradas Patrimonio Mundial" (in Spanish). San Jose: La Nacion. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. Chaves, Vale (1985). "Costa Rica Colonial: Le Tierra y El Hombre". Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos. 11 (1): 149–165. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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