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{{short description|Costa Rican politician (b. 1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Pedro Muñoz
|birth_name   = Pedro Miguel Muñoz Fonseca
|image        = PEDRO Muñoz.jpg
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|7|31}}
|birth_place  = {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Liberia, Costa Rica|Liberia]], Costa Rica
|death_date   =
|death_place  =
|office       = [[Member of Congress|Congressman]] of the [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica]] for the [[San José Province]]
|term_start   = 1 May 2018
|term_end     =
|predecessor  =
|successor    =
|office1      = President of the [[Social Christian Unity Party]]
|term_start1  = 6 July 2014
|term_end1    = 19 August 2018
|predecessor1 = Gerardo Vargas Rojas
|successor1   = Randall Quirós
|office2      = [[Councillor]] of the Municipality of Liberia
|term_start2  = 1 May 2006
|term_end2    = 30 April 2010
|party        = [[Social Christian Unity Party]]
|education    = [[University of Costa Rica]]<br />[[Tufts University]]
|occupation   = Lawyer, businessperson and politician.
|nationality  = Costa Rican
|website      = www.pedromunoz.cr
}}
'''Pedro Miguel Muñoz Fonseca''' (born 31 July 1968, in [[Liberia, Costa Rica]]) is a [[Costa Ricans|Costa Rican]] lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as president of the [[Social Christian Unity Party]] from July 2014 to September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archivo.crhoy.com/pedro-munoz-es-el-nuevo-presidente-del-pusc/nacionales/|title=Pedro Muñoz es el nuevo presidente del PUSC {{!}} Crhoy.com|website=CRHoy.com {{!}} Periodico Digital {{!}} Costa Rica Noticias 24/7|language=es|access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref>
==Education ==
Muñoz attended elementary school at the Escuela de Aplicación Alba Ocampo Alvarado and high school at the Liceo Laboratorio in [[Liberia, Costa Rica|Liberia]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Diputados/munoz_fonseca/SitePages/Curriculum.aspx|title=Pedro Miguel Muñoz Fonseca – Curriculum|website=www.asamblea.go.cr}}</ref>
He obtained his [[law degree]] from the Faculty of Law of the [[University of Costa Rica]], and a master's degree from the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]].<ref name="dm">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dentonsmunoz.com/en/pedro-munoz|title=Pedro Muñoz|website=www.dentonsmunoz.com|access-date=3 December 2018|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330120930/https://www.dentonsmunoz.com/en/pedro-munoz|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career==
Muñoz served as an advisor to the Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Rights in 1999.
He served as a substitute council member at the Municipality of Liberia, representing the [[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC), from May 2006 to April 2010.
In 2012 he expressed his interest in becoming a candidate for the presidency of the PUSC. However, he withdrew in favor of [[Rodolfo Piza Rocafort]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.teletica.com/Noticias/6648-Pedro-Munoz-del-PUSC-retira-su-precandidatura-y-le-da-su-adhesion-a-Rodolfo-Piza.note.aspx | title=Teletica &#124; Videos de noticias, deportes y programas nacionales}}</ref>
He served as president of the PUSC from July 2014 to September 2018. During his term the party grew from 9 to 14 mayors and from 50 to 103 [[Alderman|council members]] in the [[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|municipal elections of 2016]], and from 8 to 9 legislative seats in the [[2018 Costa Rican general election|general elections of 2018]]. Moreover, the party's presidential votes increased from 6.5% to 16.05% in [[2018 Costa Rican general election|2018]].
He serves as a [[Member of Congress|congressman]] for [[San José Province]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica|Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="auto"/>
Muñoz is a founding partner of [[Dentons]] Muñoz where he acts as consultant.<ref name="dm" />
== Personal life ==
Muñoz is married to Carolina Carazo and they have three children: Victoria, Antonio, and Ana.
He is the author of the book ''Dejemos Huella, Costa Rica Puede Más'', published in 2015.
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[[Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Social Christian Unity Party politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Costa Rican lawyers]]