Rolando Araya Monge (born 20 August 1947) is a Costa Rican politician.

Another year passing by, he became President of the Juventud Liberacionista, the youth organization of the PLN, one of the major parties in Costa Rica.

Only after another four years, Araya entered the cabinet of his uncle President Luis Alberto Monge as minister for public works and transportation.

In 1995 he finally was elected as president of the PLN[3]:, a year later Rolando Araya served as Vice-President for the Socialist International.

In 2002 Araya run for the presidency again, this time he succeeded in the presidential primary, but he lost the general election.