Ricardo Toledo Carranza

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

Ricardo Toledo Carranza
Toledo in 2006
Ambassador of Costa Rica to Argentina
In office 8 May 2006 – 8 May 2010
President	Óscar Arias Sánchez
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office 1 May 2002 – 30 April 2006
Preceded by	Carlos Eduardo Vargas Pagán
Succeeded by	Ofelia Taitelbaum
Constituency	San José (4th Office)
Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica
In office 23 May 2003 – 6 September 2004
President	Abel Pacheco de la Espriella
Preceded by	Rina Contreras López
Succeeded by	Lineth Saborío Chaverri
Manager of Correos de Costa Rica
In office 1998–2001
President	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Personal details
Born	Ricardo Jaime Toledo Carranza (1958-09-23) 23 September 1958 San José, Costa Rica
Party	PUSC
Alma mater	University of Costa Rica (BSc)

Ricardo Jaime Toledo Carranza (born 23 September 1958) is a Costa Rican lawyer, diplomat and politician. A member of the Social Christian Unity Party, he served as Minister of the Presidency from 2003 to 2004 and as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2006.

Toledo was the PUSC candidate in the 2006 presidential election, in which he received 3.55% of the vote and finished fourth among the candidates. The result represented a significant decline in electoral support for the PUSC compared with previous elections and was widely interpreted as evidence of the party's weakening political influence following a series of political scandals in the early 2000s.

External links

• Social Christian Unity Party official site