Background
Rossi was the son of José Monge and Chavarría Amalia Flores.
Rossi was the son of José Monge and Chavarría Amalia Flores.
He was a lawyer, businessman. He co-founded the National Liberation Party (PLN) with Jose Figueres. He was Vice-President of the Republic of Costa Rica from 1970 to 1974 and representative from 1986 to 1990.
He earned a degree in law at the University of Costa Rica and joined the Bar Association on June 12, 1945.
He served as president of the Graduate Student Council. He was a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Costa Rica.
During the years 1947 and 1948, he served as legal advisor to the Costa Rican Confederation of Workers of Rerum novarum. He co-founded the National Liberation Party (PLN) in 1951.
He served as Minister of Economy and Finance during the second term of Figueres Ferrer (1953 to 1956)
As an entrepreneur, founded the company customs Corman, one of the most important of the country and was one of the main drivers of banana production.
In 2002, he published " Louisiana traición de los leales " - under the auspices of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - an autobiography where he recounted his life throughout the twentieth century. He was involved in social work, promoting projects to provide land and housing for farmers and workers. The exact scope of its social work is unknown, since he always tried to remain anonymous.
As the newspaper Nacion stated the day after his death, he will be remembered as "the patriot" in business and government circles and among his friends, "because of his great contribution to the nation"s development."
Jorge Rossi Chavarria died of a heart attack at the age of 84.