Epsy Campbell Barr
Epsy Campbell Barr | |
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Campbell Barr in 2019 | |
| First Vice-President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 8 May 2018 – 8 May 2022 | |
| President | Carlos Alvarado |
| Preceded by | Helio Fallas Venegas |
| Succeeded by | Stephan Brunner |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 8 May 2018 – 11 December 2018 | |
| President | Carlos Alvarado |
| Preceded by | Manuel González Sanz |
| Succeeded by | Lorena Aguilar Revelo (Acting) |
| Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
| In office 1 May 2014 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Viviana Martín Salazar |
| Succeeded by | Silvia Hernández Sánchez |
| Constituency | San José (2nd Office) |
| In office 1 May 2002 – 30 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sonia Picado Sotela |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Salom Echeverría |
| Constituency | San José (9th Office) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1963 San José, Costa Rica |
| Political party | Citizens' Action Party |
| Relations | Shirley Campbell Barr (sister) |
| Profession | Economist, human rights activist |
Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr (born 4 July 1963) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who served as the Vice-president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. She is the first woman of African descent to be vice president in Costa Rica and in Latin America.
One of the founders of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC), she ran for president in 2010 and 2014, and was a deputy for San José Province in the Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2006 and 2014 to 2018.
Campbell was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position she held from 8 May to 10 December 2018.
Campbell was the promoter of the International Day for People of African Descent, declared by the United Nations General Assembly. She promoted the creation of, and chaired, the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent during the 2022–2024 term, is the founder of the Global Coalition Against Systemic Racism and for Reparations, was elected in October 2024 as president of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, replacing Mary Robinson, and is the executive president of the "Respect. No to Racism" campaign.