Claudia Dobles Camargo | |
Office: | First Lady of Costa Rica |
Term Label: | In role |
Term Start: | 8 May 2018 |
Term End: | 8 May 2022 |
Predecessor: | Mercedes Peñas Domingo |
President: | Carlos Alvarado Quesada |
Birth Date: | 19 November 1980 |
Birth Place: | Quesada, San Carlos, Costa Rica |
Party: | Citizens' Action Party |
Spouse: | Carlos Alvarado Quesada (2010–Present) |
Children: | Gabriel |
Profession: | Architect Urban Planner |
Claudia Vanessa Dobles Camargo (born 19 November 1980) is a Costa Rican architect and urban planner. Dobles, the wife of President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, served as the First Lady of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022.[1] She is the first person from San Carlos to hold the position of first lady.[1]
Dobles was born on 19 November 1980, in Ciudad Quesada to Carlos Dobles and María Claudia Camargo.[1] Her father is Costa Rican, while her mother had moved to the country from Mexico.[1] She attended kindergarten in Mexico, but completed her elementary and high school studies in San José, Costa Rica.[1] She met her future husband, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, on the bus that both took to school.[1]
Dobles played a prominent role in her husband's 2018 presidential campaign.[1] In addition to her role as the candidate's wife, Dobles was seen as a key advisor to both Alvarado and the campaign staff.[1]
Dobles is also advising the Costa Rican government's environmental economic plan to completely replace the nation's use of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.[2]