Francisco Dall'Anese | |
Office2: | Attorney-General of Costa Rica |
Term Start2: | 2003 |
Term End2: | 2013 |
Office: | 2nd Commissioner of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala |
Term Start: | 1 August 2010 |
Term End: | 1 September 2013 |
Predecessor: | Carlos Castresana |
Successor: | Iván Velásquez Gómez |
Birth Place: | Grecia, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica |
Birthname: | Francisco Dall'Anese Ruiz |
Alma Mater: | University of Costa Rica |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Francisco Dall'Anese Ruiz (born 1960) was the Attorney-General of Costa Rica.
Dall'Anese attended the University of Costa Rica, where he studied law.[1] He later taught criminal law at the University, and is co-author of five books and over 20 academic papers on topics of criminal, judicial and procedural law.[1] In 2004, he was presented with an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho ('University Free School of Law') of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Dall'Anese became Attorney-General of Costa Rica in 2003.[1] In this position, he led efforts against narco-trafficking, organised crime and corruption,[1] including investigations of two former presidents.[3]
In 2005, the National Values Commission awarded Dall'Anese the National Values Prize in recognition of his actions to combat organised crime.[1] He served as alternate magistrate in the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica and, as of 2010, is President pro tempore of the Central American Public Ministries Council.[1]
On 30 June 2010, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Dall'Anese as Carlos Castresana's replacement as chief of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).[4] [5]