Carlos Luis Avendaño Calvo (born 23 November 1955) is a Costa Rican theologian, evangelical pastor and politician who served as a Deputy in the Legislative Assembly from 2018 to 2022. The founder of the National Restoration Party, he previously served from 2002 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2014.
Born San José, Avendaño holds a theological degree form IBAD. Since 1993 Avendaño has been a pastor with the Assemblies of God denomination.
On 5 February 2005 Avendaño founded the National Restoration PartyPartido Político Restauración Nacional Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved: 2014-03-05. after he resigned as the deputy of Costa Rican Renewal Party because of differences with the parties chairman Justo Orozco. Having already served a term in the Costa Rican assembly representing the Renewal Party, Avendaño was elected to another term in 2010 representing the National Restoration Party. Orozco and Avendaño put their differences aside and the former endorsed that latter for the party's candidate in the Costa Rican presidential election of 2014, as Avendaño received 1.35 percent of the vote.Resultados Electorales: Total General Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. 2014-02-17.
Avendaño is known for his conservative positions on social issues, such as his opposition to civil unions, same-sex marriage, in vitro fertilization and abortion.
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