Wilfrido Blanco

{{Short description|Costa Rican politician}}

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| office = Vice-Minister of Public Education

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Wilfrido Blanco Mora is a Costa Rican educator, civil servant, and political activist. Blanco served as Vice-Minister of Education during Abel Pacheco's presidency.{{cite news|title=No debemos callar|url=http://sitios.poder-judicial.go.cr/observatoriojudicial/vol4/|accessdate=11 April 2014|newspaper=El Observatorio Judicial|date=26 May 2004|location=San José|language=es}} During his time in office, he promoted student security, greater access to education,{{cite news|last=Villegas S|first=Jairo|title=Piden mayor calidad en la educación|url=http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2003/febrero/04/pais6.html|accessdate=11 April 2014|newspaper=La Nacion (Costa Rica)|date=4 February 2003|location=San José|language=es}} and higher student achievement. Under Blanco's administration, the Ministry of Public Education began requiring teaching candidates to present a criminal record with applications for teaching positions.{{cite news|title=Personaje del día: Wilfrido Blanco|url=http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/enero/05/pais17.html|accessdate=11 April 2014|newspaper=La Nacion|date=5 January 2006|location=San Jose|language=es}}

He was a former member of the Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC for its Spanish initials) and a current member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC for its Spanish initials).