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President
President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership .... s and heads of state of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... since Central American independence from Spain
Spain
Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably.... and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.... . From 1823 to 1839 Costa Rica was a state within the United States of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.
Jos? Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado was president of Costa Rica's Junta Superior Gubernativa from October 1822 to January 1823 and head of state of Costa Rica from March 1833 until March 1835....
Braulio Carrillo Colina was the List of Presidents of Costa Rica of Costa Rica during two periods: the first between 1835 to 1837, and the de facto between 1838 and 1842....
1835-1837
First term.
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The following table contains a list of the president
President
President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership .... s and heads of state of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... since Central American independence from Spain
Spain
Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably.... and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.... . From 1823 to 1839 Costa Rica was a state within the United States of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.
Juan Mora Fern?ndez was Costa Rica's first elected head of state. He was considered a Liberalism and decided to move the government. He was elected as the first head of state in 1825....
Jos? Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado was president of Costa Rica's Junta Superior Gubernativa from October 1822 to January 1823 and head of state of Costa Rica from March 1833 until March 1835....
Braulio Carrillo Colina was the List of Presidents of Costa Rica of Costa Rica during two periods: the first between 1835 to 1837, and the de facto between 1838 and 1842....
Braulio Carrillo Colina was the List of Presidents of Costa Rica of Costa Rica during two periods: the first between 1835 to 1837, and the de facto between 1838 and 1842....
1838-1842
Second term.
Francisco Morazán Quesada
Apr-Sep 1842
Deposed by popular uprising; executed 15 September 1842.
Ant?nio Pinto Soares was List of Presidents of Costa Rica of Costa Rica from September 11 to September 27, 1842. His parents were Alexandre Pinto and Maria Cust?dia Soares....
Sept 1842
Came to power in popular uprising, and quickly resigned.
Jos? Mar?a Castro Madriz was a Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician. He served twice as President of Costa Rica, from 1847 to 1849, and from 1866 to 1868....
Jos? Mar?a Castro Madriz was a Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician. He served twice as President of Costa Rica, from 1847 to 1849, and from 1866 to 1868....
1848-1849
"Founder of the Republic". First presidential term.
Juan Rafael Mora Porras was President of Costa Rica from 1849 to 1859.He first assumed the presidency following Jos? Mar?a Castro Madriz's resignation and was subsequently reelected in 1853 and 1859....
Jos? Mar?a Montealegre Fern?ndez was President of Costa Rica from 1859 to 1863.Born into a wealthy family of coffee plantation owners, he was sent to study medicine in Aberdeen, where he graduated as a surgeon....
Jes?s Mar?a Ciriaco Jim?nez Zamora was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:1863 to 1866, and 1868 to 1870.He was popularly elected in 1863, but dissolved Congress two months into his term of office....
Jos? Mar?a Castro Madriz was a Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician. He served twice as President of Costa Rica, from 1847 to 1849, and from 1866 to 1868....
Jes?s Mar?a Ciriaco Jim?nez Zamora was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:1863 to 1866, and 1868 to 1870.He was popularly elected in 1863, but dissolved Congress two months into his term of office....
Jos? Bruno Carranza Ram?rezwas briefly President of Costa Rica in 1870.Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'?tat of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jes?s Jim?nez Zamora....
General Tom?s Miguel Guardia Guti?rrez was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:from 1870 to 1876, and from 1877 to 1882.On 27 April 1870 Tom?s Guardia was one of a group of army officers who deposed President Jes?s Jim?nez Zamora....
Vicente de las Mercedes Herrera Zeled?n was President of Costa Rica from 30 July 1876 to 11 September 1877.He came to power in the coup d'?tat that deposed President Aniceto Esquivel S?enz and resigned in favor of Gen....
General Tom?s Miguel Guardia Guti?rrez was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:from 1870 to 1876, and from 1877 to 1882.On 27 April 1870 Tom?s Guardia was one of a group of army officers who deposed President Jes?s Jim?nez Zamora....
Juan Primitivo Pr?spero Fern?ndez Oreamuno was President of Costa Rica from 1882 to 1885.Fern?ndez studied philosophy at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala before embarking on a military career....
Ram?n Bernardo Soto Alfaro was President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889.He took office when President Pr?spero Fern?ndez Oreamuno died in office in 1885, and in a gesture of national conciliation following the fiercely disputed election for his successor, decided to hold himself apart from office in November 7, 1889....
Jos? Joaqu?n Rodr?guez Zeled?n was President of Costa Rica from 1890 to 1894.Rodr?guez was born on 6 January 1837. He studied law at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, but owing to family matters and economic circumstances he had to break off his studies and return to Costa Rica....
Rafael Anselmo Jos? Yglesias Castro served as President of Costa Rica for two consecutive periods from 1894 to 1902.He was born to Demetrio Yglesias Llorente and Eudoxia Castro Fernandez, whose father was also president, the "Founder of the Republic" Jos? Mar?a Castro Madriz....
Cleto de Jes?s Gonz?lez V?quez was, on two occasions, the President of Costa Rica.Don Cleto Gonz?lez V?quez was born in Barva, Heredia, October 13, 1858 as the son of Cleto Gonz?lez P?rez and Aurora V?quez Murillo....
Ricardo Jim?nez Oreamuno served as president of Costa Rica on three separate occasions: 1910 to 1914, 1924 to 1928, and 1932 to 1936.One of the most well known lawyers in Costa Rican history and a University of Santo Tom?s graduate....
Jes?s Mar?a Ciriaco Jim?nez Zamora was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:1863 to 1866, and 1868 to 1870.He was popularly elected in 1863, but dissolved Congress two months into his term of office.... . First term.
Alfredo Gonz?lez Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'?tat on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for war and the navy....
General Jos? Federico Alberto de Jes?s Tinoco Granados was a President of Costa Rica.After a career in the army, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of President Alfredo Gonz?lez Flores.... in a coup.
General Jos? Federico Alberto de Jes?s Tinoco Granados was a President of Costa Rica.After a career in the army, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of President Alfredo Gonz?lez Flores....
1917-1919
Two consecutive terms. Overthrown by popular uprising.
Juan Bautista Quir?s Segura was president of Costa Rica for two weeks, from August 20 to September 2, 1919, following the resignation of Federico Tinoco Granados....
Francisco Ram?n de Jes?s Aguilar Barquero served as President of Costa Rica for eight months between 1919 and 1920.His main achievement was successfully steering the country back to democratic normalcy after his predecessor's military dictatorship....
For the Lawyer in Laredo, Texas, Texas, see Julio A. Garcia.Julio Acosta Garc?a served as President of Costa Rica from 1920-1924.He was born in San Ram?n, Costa Rica, Alajuela , to Don Juan Vicente Acosta and Do?a Jesus Garc?a....
Ricardo Jim?nez Oreamuno served as president of Costa Rica on three separate occasions: 1910 to 1914, 1924 to 1928, and 1932 to 1936.One of the most well known lawyers in Costa Rican history and a University of Santo Tom?s graduate....
Cleto de Jes?s Gonz?lez V?quez was, on two occasions, the President of Costa Rica.Don Cleto Gonz?lez V?quez was born in Barva, Heredia, October 13, 1858 as the son of Cleto Gonz?lez P?rez and Aurora V?quez Murillo....
Ricardo Jim?nez Oreamuno served as president of Costa Rica on three separate occasions: 1910 to 1914, 1924 to 1928, and 1932 to 1936.One of the most well known lawyers in Costa Rican history and a University of Santo Tom?s graduate....
Le?n Cort?s Castro served as President of Costa Rica from 1936 to 1940.During his term he introduced new bank reforms, supported banana plantations in the South Pacific region, and established ports at Quepos and Golfito....
Otilio Ulate Blanco served as President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953. His french heritage comes from his mother, Ermida Blanco. He never married but had two daughters, Olga Marta Ulate Rojas and Maria Ermida Ulate Rojas with Haydee Rojas Smith ...
Mario Jos? Echandi Jim?nez was President of Costa Rica from 1958 to 1962.Mario Echandi was a career diplomat.Prior to his election, he had served as Costa Rica's ambassador to the United States and as the country's representative to both the United Nations and the Organization of American States....
The National Unification Party was a political party in Costa Rica from 1966 to 1978. It was founded by Rafael ?ngel Calder?n Guardia and Otilio Ulate Blanco, and espoused social welfare and a free market....
Francisco Jos? Orlich Bolmarcich was List of Presidents of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966.He also ran for the presidency in 1958, but lost to Mario Echandi Jim?nez....
Jos? Joaqu?n Antonio Trejos Fern?ndez was President of Costa Rica from 1966 to 1970.His parents were Juan Trejos Quir?s and Emilia Fern?ndez Aguilar....
The National Unification Party was a political party in Costa Rica from 1966 to 1978. It was founded by Rafael ?ngel Calder?n Guardia and Otilio Ulate Blanco, and espoused social welfare and a free market....
The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democracy and, as such, is a member of the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International....
Luis Alberto Monge ?lvarez was the President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986.He was born in Palmares, Alajuela Province.Before becoming President in 1982, he served as ambassador to Israel, was one of the founding members of the National Liberation Party in 1951....
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h... winner 1987.
Rafael ?ngel Calder?n Fournier served as President of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994.His father was Rafael ?ngel Calder?n Guardia, who was president from 1940 to 1944....
The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democracy and, as such, is a member of the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International....
Jos? Mar?a Figueres Olsen , politician, businessman and international expert on Sustainable Development and Technology. President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998, Minister of Foreign Trade 1986-1988, and then Minister of Agriculture 1988-1990....
Miguel ?ngel Rodr?guez Echeverr?a is a Costa Rican economics, lawyer, businessman, and politician. He served as President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002 and was briefly Secretary General of the Organization of American States of the Organization of American States in 2004, before stepping down and returning to his country to face allegat...
The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democracy and, as such, is a member of the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International....
'Abel Pacheco de la Espriella' was president of Costa Rica between 2002 and 2006, representing the Social Christian Unity Party . He ran on a platform to continue free market reforms and to institute an austerity program, and was elected, in a second electoral round, with 58% of the vote in April 2002....
The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democracy and, as such, is a member of the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International....
The politics of Costa Rica take place in a framework of a presidential system representative democracy republic, whereby the President of Costa Rica is both the head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system....
Political parties in Costa Rica lists political party in this country.Costa Rica used to have a two-party system, which meant that there were two dominant political parties, the Social Christian Unity Party and the National Liberation Party , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party...
In 1502, on his fourth and last voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus made the first recorded European landfall in the area. European settlement of Costa Rica began in 1522....
