Margarita Bolaños Arquín

Margarita Bolaños Arquín (born 1953) is a Costa Rican politician and anthropologist who acted as the president of the Citizens' Action Party.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bolaños and the second or maternal family name is Arquín.

Margarita Bolaños Arquín
President of the Citizens' Action Party
In office 3 March 2014 – 2 September 2017
Preceded by	Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón
Succeeded by	Marcia González Aguiluz
Secretary General of the Citizens' Action Party
In office 1 May 2002 – 28 March 2006
Preceded by	Olga Marta Sánchez Oviedo
Succeeded by	Gabriela Saborío
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 66–67)
Nationality	Costa Rican
Political party	Citizens' Action Party
Residence	Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica
Alma mater	University of Costa Rica
Profession	Politician anthropologist

Bolaños studied anthropology at the University of Costa Rica, and received an MS at the University of Kansas in 1999. She was a researcher and professor at the University of Chile and the University of Costa Rica. She was elected the secretary general of the Citizens' Action Party in 2009, which she served as under the then President of the Citizens' Action Party, Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales, until 2013. She was elected the president of the National Executive Committee of the party on 17 March 2015.[2]

References

1. Sequeira, Aarón (14 March 2015). "Margarita Bolaños es la nueva presidenta del PAC". La Nación (in Spanish). Grupo Nación.
2. Sequeira, Aarón (15 March 2015). "PAC elige presidenta gobiernista y quita vicepresidenta polémica". La Nación (in Spanish). Grupo Nación.