Josette Altmann Borbón

Josette Altmann Borbón
Josette Altmann Borbón
First Lady of Costa Rica
	In role; May 8, 1994 – May 8, 1998
President	José María Figueres
Preceded by	Gloria Bejarano Almada
Succeeded by	Lorena Clare Facio
Personal details
Born	February 17, 1958; San José, Costa Rica
Political party	Citizens' Action Party (2005–Present)
Other political; affiliations	National Liberation Party (until 2005)
Spouse(s)	José María Figueres (Divorced)
Children	José María; Eugenia Figueres Altmann
Residence	San José, Costa Rica
Alma mater	Leiden University; University of Costa Rica
Profession	Historian

Josette Altmann Borbón (born February 17, 1958 San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican historian, public figure and politician. She previously served as the First Lady of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998 during the tenure of her ex-husband, former President José María Figueres.[1] In June 2016, Altmann was elected Secretary General of the Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO), an inter-governmental organization dedicated to researching and teaching of the social sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean.[1] She is the first woman to become Secretary General of FLACSO.[2]

Biography

Altmann Borbón holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in political science from the University of Costa Rica.[1] She received her doctorate in humanities from Leiden University in the Netherlands.[1]

She has served as a post-graduate professor at the University of Costa Rica's Department of Education and Social Sciences.[1]

On June 3, 2016, Altmann was elected Secretary General of FLACSO.[1] She will take office on July 31, 2016.[1] Altmann had previously worked as a regional coordinator of international cooperation for FLACSO's General Secretariat from 2006 to 2012.[1][2]

gollark: I really need some way to make the Soviet national anthem come out less... garbled.

gollark: The main difference between real electricity and RF is just RF can be much more conveniently stored. Everything has nice buffers in it.

gollark: You can conveniently accumulate it in machine buffers, there are no voltages or AC vs DC or direction or resistance/impedance to worry about, no weird electromagnetic things going on, machines will just run at lower speed if you're lacking power (I experienced this while running my entire machine setup off a cheap 5RF/t solar panel on kukipack).

gollark: It's meant to be energy, but it *works* as if it's basically just a fluid.

gollark: Also RF-powered furnaces, because RF is just so weird itself.

References

Avendaño, Manuel (2016-07-14). "Josette Altmann, ex primera dama, electa Secretaria General de Flacso". La Nación (San José). Retrieved 2016-06-03.
"Josette Altmann, candidata a la Flacso". La Nación (San José). 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-01-25.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Gloria Bejarano Almada	First Lady of Costa Rica 1994–1998	Succeeded by Lorena Clare Facio

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[nacion-1] Avendaño, Manuel (2016-07-14). "Josette Altmann, ex primera dama, electa Secretaria General de Flacso". La Nación (San José). Retrieved 2016-06-03.

[nacion2-2] "Josette Altmann, candidata a la Flacso". La Nación (San José). 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-01-25.