Francisco Gamboa Soto

Francisco Ernesto Gamboa Soto (born 20 March 1980) is a Costa Rican politician, economist, and the first vice president of Costa Rica since 2026. A member of the Sovereign People's Party, he won the 2026 Costa Rican election as the running mate of Laura Fernández Delgado. He previously served as .

Biography Gamboa attended the University of Costa Rica, where he received a bachelor's degree and master's degree, both in economics. He has worked as a teacher at several universities and has been a consultant for several international organizations. In 2002, Gamboa became advisor to the economic division of the Central Bank of Costa Rica. That year, he also served two months as a research assistant for the Advisory Commission on High Technology for Costa Rica. After working for the Central Bank, Gamboa served as economic advisor to the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce from 2002 to 2006.

Gamboa served as director of business intelligence for the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Agency from 2006 to 2014, then was executive director of the Costa Rican Chamber of Industries from 2015 to 2019. In May 2022, after Rodrigo Chaves Robles assumed office as president, Gamboa was appointed . He served three years in that role until resigning at the end of January 2025. The next month, he was selected as Laura Fernández Delgado's first running mate in the 2026 Costa Rican general election, as the PPSO nominee.