Patricia Mora Castellanos

Ana Patricia Mora Castellanos (born 13 January 1951) is a Costa Rican sociologist, professor, and politician who served as Minister of Women's Affairs from 2018 to 2020. A co-founder of the Broad Front, she previously served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2018.

Biography Patricia Mora Castellanos was born on 13 January 1951, the daughter of Eduardo Mora Valverde and Elena Castellanos Figueroa. She was president of the National Executive Committee of the Broad Front and a deputy for that party, as well as a member of its Political Commission and the Organizing Committee. She was married to José Merino del Río (leader of the Costa Rican left) from 1977 until his death in 2012, and is the daughter of Communist leader . She is the niece of Manuel Mora, founder of the country's Communist Party and one of the fathers of the Social Guarantees of the 1940s. She was elected deputy for the party in the 2014 general election.

Mora was secretary of the Legislative Assembly's commission that investigated the political scandal known as the "", where the loan of $31.5 million from the Banco de Costa Rica to the construction entrepreneur Juan Carlos Bolaños was questioned. The case of alleged influence peddling would involve members of the three Supreme Powers (deputies, the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Presidency).

On 8 May 2018, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada named Mora the country's Minister of Women's Affairs as head of the (INAMU).