Rodolfo Piza Rocafort

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Piza and the second or maternal family name is Rocafort.

Rodolfo Piza Rocafort (San José (Costa Rica), 12 August 1958) is a Costa Rican politician and lawyer.^[1] He served as executive president of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund^[1] during the administration of Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (PUSC), and later served as justice of the Supreme Court of Justice.^[2]

Rodolfo Piza
Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 2018 – 29 July 2019
President	Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Preceded by	Sergio Alfaro Salas
Succeeded by	Víctor Morales Mora
President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund
In office 8 May 1998 – 8 May 2002
President	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
Personal details
Born	(1958-08-12) 12 August 1958 (age 66) San José, Costa Rica
Political party	Social Christian Unity Party (1983-2005) (2011-2021) Libertarian Movement (2005-2011) Our People Party (2021-)
Alma mater	University of Costa Rica Complutense University

He was also one of the notables elected by the government of Laura Chinchilla to issue a report on state reform. Piza was a candidate for the Social Christian Unity Party from the Social-Christian Rebirth faction in the 2013 Social-Christian primary elections, being defeated by rival Rodolfo Hernández who, however, chose Piza as a vice presidential candidate after the convention had passed.^[2]

Following the resignation of Hernández as a candidate on 5 October, Piza announced on 11 October that he had accepted to be the PUSC candidate. The appointment took place after an agreement between the Christian Social Rebirth and Calderonist Convergence factions.^[2] In the meeting for his choice were the one who was the campaign chief of Hernandez, Humberto Vargas, Carlos Araya Guillén and the candidate for deputy by Cartago, Jorge Rodríguez. In addition, by the executive committee, Gerardo Vargas, the president, and Gerardo Alvarado, Secretary General

His candidacy was registered on 17 October 2013. He was the fifth most voted candidate, winning 6% of the votes.

He ran again for the Presidency of Costa Rica for the 2018 Elections but lost in the first round.

References

1. "Meet Costa Rica's 13 presidential candidates". Tico Times. 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
2. "Unity names Rodolfo Piza as last-minute presidential candidate". tico1. Tico Times. Retrieved 28 March 2017.