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Alfio Piva

Personal data
Date of birthJanuary 7, 1940
Place of birthSan Jose
NationalityCosta Rican
Political partyNational Liberation Party
ChildrenAlfio, Alessandro, Giancarlo
Alma materUniversita degli Studi di Parma
ProfessionScientist
First Vice President of Costa Rica
PresidentLaura Chinchilla
Preceded byLaura Chinchilla

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Alfio Piva Mesén (born 1940) is a Costa Rican politician, scientist and environmentalist. He is the First Vice President of Costa Rica. The Second Vice President is Luis Liberman.

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.


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