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Carlos Francisco Rivas Reyes (born 1959) is an area seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 2008, he was the only Salvadoran serving as a functioning member of the seventy of the church. Rivas is a member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy and has previously served in many other positions in the church.

Rivas was born in San Salvador. He graduated from the University of El Salvador with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He has held various positions including working as computer manager for the United States embassy in El Salvador. Earlier, in 1992, Rivas was working as the manager of a computer education centre.

Rivas is also the executive director of Fundacion Mentores Empresariales, the Salvadoran sister organization of Enterpise Mentors International. As such, he oversees the business training of many micro credit loan recipients and the distribution of micro credit loans.

Prior to his call as an area seventy, Rivas had served as a bishop, branch president, counselor in a stake presidency and as president of the San Salvador El Salvador Cuzcatlan Stake. In 1992, Rivas was called as a regional representative of the Twelve in which position he served until 1995. Rivas was the president of the Peru Arequipa Mission of the church from 2001 to 2004.

Rivas was employed by the LDS Church's public relations director in El Salvador. In this capacity, he was involved in the meeting leaders of the church had with President Antonio Saca in early 2006. Later, a controversy resulted when the San Salvador President, Antonio Saca, and his wife, Ana Ligia, were prevented from attending his nephew's temple wedding, and Rivas was called upon to explain the church's position.

In April 2006, Rivas was called as a member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy.

Rivas and his wife Claudia Renee del Rosario Alvarez Perdomo de Rivas are the parents of five children.

Rivas was one of the major participants in the ground breaking for the San Salvador El Salvador Temple.