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[[Thomas S. Monson|Thomas Spencer Monson]] was  [[FAQ: The Passing of Mormon Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley|called]] to be the 16th President of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] on February 3, [[2008]], upon the death of President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]. He had previously served as First Counselor in the [[First Presidency]] of the Church to President Hinckley. President Monson was called into service for the Church at a young age—he was called as a bishop at twenty-two, as a counselor in a stake presidency at twenty-seven, a mission president at thirty-one, and an apostle at thirty-six.
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==Joaquín Esteban Costa : General Authority Seventy==
  
Born on 21 August [[1927]], in Salt Lake City, Utah to G. Spencer and Gladys Condie Monson; Thomas S. Monson grew up during the Great Depression, which shaped in him, a character of compassion. When he was seventeen, during WWII, Monson joined the U.S. Navy. However, the war was soon over and he was able to enroll in classes at the University of Utah, where he graduated with honors and a business degree in [[1948]]. On October 7, 1948, he married Frances Beverly Johnson. They eventually had three children, two sons and a daughter.
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'''Joaquín Estaban Costa''' was born on 8 March 1965, in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina, to Graciela M. Fassi and Eduardo J. Costa. He was baptized in 1988 after beginning to date Renée Beatriz Varela who had served as a missionary in Chile. They dated for another year after he was baptized, and were married in the [[Buenos Aires Argentina Temple]] on 29 September 1989. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters.  
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He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1987, and his Master of Business Administration from [[Brigham Young University]] in1994. He has worked in the banking industry in his native Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East, and for a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation (Citibank) in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his call as a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]], he was working in Lima, Peru, with MAJ Invest, a Danish investment firm. His duties focused on microfinance.
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Elder Costa has served in several callings in the Church including [[Bishop]], [[Counselor|counselor]] in a [[Stake President|stake presidency]], counselor in a [[Mission President|mission presidency]], [[High Council]] member, and Area Seventy. He was serving as a member of the Fourth [[Quorum of the Seventy]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of the 186th Annual General Conference on 2 April 2016.
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Below is Elder Costa's message given during the Sunday afternoon session of the 187th Annual General Conference on 3 April 2017 in English and Spanish.
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<center><embedvideo service="youtube" urlargs="rel=0" dimensions="400x225" alignment="inline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgnRqaJH9Q</embedvideo></center>
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<center><embedvideo service="youtube" urlargs="rel=0" dimensions="400x225" alignment="inline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DOMbZDW56M</embedvideo></center>

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Joaquín Esteban Costa : General Authority Seventy

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Joaquín Estaban Costa was born on 8 March 1965, in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina, to Graciela M. Fassi and Eduardo J. Costa. He was baptized in 1988 after beginning to date Renée Beatriz Varela who had served as a missionary in Chile. They dated for another year after he was baptized, and were married in the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple on 29 September 1989. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters.

He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1987, and his Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University in1994. He has worked in the banking industry in his native Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East, and for a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation (Citibank) in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his call as a General Authority Seventy, he was working in Lima, Peru, with MAJ Invest, a Danish investment firm. His duties focused on microfinance.

Elder Costa has served in several callings in the Church including Bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, counselor in a mission presidency, High Council member, and Area Seventy. He was serving as a member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of the 186th Annual General Conference on 2 April 2016.

Below is Elder Costa's message given during the Sunday afternoon session of the 187th Annual General Conference on 3 April 2017 in English and Spanish.