Alfio Piva

Alfio Piva Mesén is a Costa Rican politician, veterinarian, scientist and environmentalist. He was the First Vice President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. The Second Vice President during that interval was Luis Liberman.
Piva obtained a Ph.D. in animal physiology from the University of Milan in Italy and co-founded the Veterinary School of the National [University of Costa Rica]. In 1995 he won the Prince of [Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award] in Technical and Scientific Research along with his colleagues from Instituto Nacional [de Biodiversidad|INBio].