Eduardo Trejos Lalli

Eduardo Octavio Trejos Lalli (San José, Costa Rica, December 15, 1972) is a Costa Rican internationalist, private consultant and politician. Trejos is the current Costa Rican representative in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Trejos was also Director of National Intelligence and Security and has held the position of Deputy Foreign Minister, interim Foreign Minister and Ambassador of Costa Rica to Nicaragua.

Life and career

Trejos is the son of Alfonso Trejos Willis (Costa Rican) and Susana Lalli Giménez (Argentine), Trejos was born in San José, Costa Rica. Trejos studied International Relations with specialization in foreign trade.

Trejos served as an independent consultant and parliamentary adviser. He joined the Foreign Ministry as an advisor to the Vice Minister in the 1998–2000 period, where he served as Foreign Policy Director, where he also served as liaison with the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica and in the trade talks with the European Union. Between 2000 and 2002, he moved to the Ministry of Tourism, where he was chief of staff at the minister's office.

He assumes the position of Costa Rican ambassador in Managua, Nicaragua, as of June 8, 2016 after the previous holder, Javier Sancho Bonilla, retired. In addition to streamlining visa delivery processes at the Nicaraguan consulate, through the implementation of a prior appointment process, Trejos promoted trade and tourism exchange among the two nations. Trejos was appointed Director of the Intelligence and Security Directorate of Costa Rica in the administration of Carlos Alvarado Quesada. This is the intelligence agency of Costa Rica.

Trejos has also served as professor of theory of the state and international affairs at the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica.