Fernando Guzmán Mata

Fernando Guzmán Mata
Second Vice President of Costa Rica
In office
8 May 1974 – 8 May 1978
Serving with Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales
PresidentDaniel Oduber Quirós
Preceded byJorge Rossi Chavarría
Succeeded byJosé Miguel Alfaro Rodríguez
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office
1 May 1982 – 30 April 1986
Preceded byÁngel Solano Calderón
Succeeded byJorge Rossi Chavarría
ConstituencyCartago (1st Office)
In office
1 May 1966 – 30 April 1970
Preceded byJoaquín Garro Jiménez
Succeeded byEladio Alonso Andrés
ConstituencyCartago (1st Office)
In office
1 May 1958 – 30 April 1962
Preceded byFrancisco Bonilla Wepold
Succeeded byMinor Calvo Ortega
ConstituencyCartago (3rd Office)
Personal details
BornFernando Antonio de Jesús Guzmán Mata
(1921-11-29)29 November 1921
Died26 October 1993(1993-10-26) (aged 71)
Cartago, Costa Rica
PartyPLN
Spouse
Marta Ovares Salazar
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(m. 1949)​
Children8
EducationUniversity of Costa Rica (BPharm)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (MBBS)
Occupation
  • Physician
  • surgeon
  • politician

Fernando Antonio de Jesús Guzmán Mata (29 November 1921 – 26 October 1993) was a Costa Rican physician and politician who served as Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978. A member of the National Liberation Party, he previously served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly from 1966 to 1970.[1]

Alongside Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla he created the Costa Rica Institute of Technology.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Historia Partido Liberación Nacional". Liberacionista.net (in Spanish). 16 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla y Fernando Guzmán Mata, grandes pilares en la creación del TEC" [Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla and Fernando Guzmán Mata, great pillars in the creation of the TEC]. Costa Rica Institute of Technology (in Spanish). 2 March 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2023.