San Jose – Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla, named lawyer and professor William Corrales as the new Minister of Sport, to serve a term of two years in office.
Corrales is a lawyer with a degree in sports education, and has worked as general manager of Sports, President of the Volleyball Federation, and was also deputy between 1986 and 1990.
Laura Chinchilla took office in May 2010 and has since appointed four ministers of Sport.
Goyenaga resigned in February 2011 for “personal reasons” but his work was heavily criticized by the media and some of the sports federations.
She was replaced on an interim basis by Benavides, who then gave the job to William Todd, however, this resigned last January after being embroiled in a controversy over the application of some 2,000 complimentary tickets for a charity event.
The Ministry of Sport is created by decree, so it does not have resources or an official ministry office.
The Costa Rica News
San Jose Costa Rica
