President
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Tenure
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Party
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Federal Republic of Central America
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Manuel Aguilar Chacón
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1824 November – 1825 January
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Agustín Gutiérrez y Lizaurzábal
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1824 September – November
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Cecilio Umaña Fallas
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1825 April – May
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Manuel Alvarado Hidalgo
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1825 January – February
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Manuel Alvarado Alvarado
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1825 February – April
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Pedro Zeledón Mora
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1825 June – November
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Félix Romero Castro
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1825 November – December
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José María Arias Zamora
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1826 January – February
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Joaquín Rivas Ramírez
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1826 March – May
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Francisco Javier Alfaro Zamora
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1826 May – August
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José Antonio Castro Ramírez
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1827 May – June
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Braulio Carrillo Colina
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1828 March
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José Joaquín Flores Pérez
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1828 September
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Manuel María Peralta del Corral
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1829 November – 1830 February
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Luciano Alfaro Arias
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1830 May – June
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José María Esquivel Azofeifa
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1830 May – June
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Rafael Francisco Osejo
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1831 January – April
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José Gabriel Campo Guerrero
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1831 July – August
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José Nereo Fonseca González
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1831 May – June
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José Francisco Peralta del Corral
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1832 setiembre – December
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José Andrés Rivera
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1834 March – April
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Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava
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1836 August – December
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Francisco Javier Sáenz Ulloa
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1836 January – February
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Miguel Alfaro Saborío
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1837 January – February
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José Julián Blanco Zamora
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1837 March – April
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Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla
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1837 March – April
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Félix Sancho Alvarado
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1837 September – 1838 May
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Free State of Costa Rica
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Juan Mora Fernández
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1843 August – December
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Juan de los Santos Madriz Cervantes
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1843 June – August
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Félix Sancho Alvarado
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1844 January – May
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo
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1844 July – November
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José María Castro Madriz
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1845 November 1844 – December
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Juan Rafael Reyes Frutos
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1846 December – 1846 February
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla
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1846 March – June
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Nazario Toledo
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1846 September – 1847 May
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José María Alfaro Zamora
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1847 May – September
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First Costa Rican Republic
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Juan Rafael Mora Porras
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1847 November – 1848 June
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla
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1848 September – 1849 December
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Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla
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1850 January – 1856 May
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Rafael García-Escalante Nava
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1857 October – 1858 August
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José María Castro Madriz
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1859 October – December
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Julián Volio Llorente
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1860 – 1863
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla
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1860 – 1861
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo
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1861 – 1862
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla
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1862 – 1863
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Napoleón Escalante Navas
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1863 May – August
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo
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1863 May – August
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Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales
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1864 – 1867
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1864 – 1865
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José María Montealegre Fernández
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1867 – 1868
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1867 – 1868
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Juan José Ulloa Solares
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1869 January – February
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Francisco Echeverría Alvarado
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1869 May – 1870 April
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Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava
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1869 – 1876
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Víctor Guardia Gutiérrez
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1882 – 1883
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Juan Manuel Carazo Peralta
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1883 – 1886
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Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
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1886 – 1889
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Manuel Aragón Quesada
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1889 – 1890
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1890 – 1892
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Carlos Durán Cartín
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1892
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Pedro María León-Páez y Brown
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1894 – 1900
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1900 – 1903
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
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1900 – 1903
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Mauro Fernández Acuña
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1904 – 1905
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Federico Tinoco Iglesias
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1905 – 1908
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Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
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1905 – 1908
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
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1909 – 1910
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Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias
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1910 – 1913
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Máximo Fernández Alvarado
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1913 – 1914
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Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas
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1914 – 1916
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Máximo Fernández Alvarado
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1916 – 1917
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Daniel Núñez Gutiérrez
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1917 – 1918
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Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas
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1917 April – June
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Peliquista Party
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José Astúa Aguilar
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1917 – 1918
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Peliquista Party
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Rafael Calderón Muñoz
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1917 – 1918
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Peliquista Party
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Francisco Faerron Suárez
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1918 – 1919
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Peliquista Party
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José Astúa Aguilar
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1919
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Peliquista Party
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Arturo Volio Jiménez
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1920 – 1925
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Republican Party
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León Cortés Castro
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1925 – 1926
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Republican Party
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Arturo Volio Jiménez
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1926 – 1929
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Republican Party
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Alejandro Alvarado Quirós
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1929 – 1930
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Republican Party
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Oscar Rohrmoser Carranza
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1929 – 1930
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Republican Party
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Rafael Calderón Muñoz
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1931 – 1932
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National Republican Party
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Arturo Volio Jiménez
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1932 – 1935
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National Republican Party
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Ricardo Castro Beeche
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1935 – 1936
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National Republican Party
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Juan Rafael Arias Bonilla
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1936 – 1938
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National Republican Party
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Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
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1938 – 1940
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National Republican Party
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Otto Cortés Fernández
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1940 – 1941
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Democratic Party
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Teodoro Picado Michalski
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1941 – 1944
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National Republican Party
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José Albertazzi Avendaño
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1944 – 1945
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National Republican Party
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Rafael Ángel Grillo Ocampo
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1944 – 1945
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National Republican Party
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Francisco Fonseca Chamier
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1946 – 1948
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National Republican Party
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Second Costa Rican Republic
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Marcial Rodríguez Conejo
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1949 – 1952
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National Union Party
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Abelardo Bonilla Baldares
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1952 – 1953
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National Union Party
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Gonzalo Facio Segreda
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1953 – 1956
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National Liberation Party
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Otto Cortés Fernández
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1956 – 1958
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National Liberation Party
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Álvaro Montero Padilla
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1958 – 1960
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National Union Party
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Fernando Lara Bustamante
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1960 – 1961
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National Union Party
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Mario Leiva Quirós
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1961 – 1962
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National Union Party
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Carlos Espinach Escalante
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1962 – 1963
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National Liberation Party
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Rafael París Steffens
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1963 – 1964
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National Liberation Party
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Rodolfo Solano Orfila
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1964 – 1965
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National Liberation Party
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Rafael París Steffens
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1965 – 1966
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National Liberation Party
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Rodrigo Carazo Odio
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1966 – 1967
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National Liberation Party
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Hernán Garrón Salazar
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1967 – 1968
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National Liberation Party
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Fernando Volio Jiménez
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1968 – 1969
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National Liberation Party
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José Luis Molina Quesada
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1969 – 1970
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National Liberation Party
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Daniel Oduber Quirós
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1970 – 1973
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National Liberation Party
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Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez
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1973 – 1974
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National Liberation Party
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Alfonso Carro Zúñiga
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1974 – 1977
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National Liberation Party
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Elías Soley Soler
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1977 – 1978
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National Liberation Party
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Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto
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1978 – 1979
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Unity Coalition
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Ramón Aguilar Facio
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1979 – 1980
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Unity Coalition
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Rafael Grillo Rivera
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1980 – 1981
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Unity Coalition
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Cristian Tattenbach Iglesias
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1981 – 1982
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Unity Coalition
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Hernán Garrón Salazar
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1982 – 1983
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National Liberation Party
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Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla
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1983 – 1984
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National Liberation Party
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Bernal Jiménez Monge
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1984 – 1985
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National Liberation Party
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Guillermo Vargas Sanabria
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1985 – 1986
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National Liberation Party
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Rosemary Karspinsky Dodero
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1986 – 1987
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National Liberation Party
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Fernando Volio Jiménez
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1987 – 1988
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National Liberation Party
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José Luis Valenciano Chaves
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1988 – 1989
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National Liberation Party
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Allen Arias Angulo
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1989 – 1990
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National Liberation Party
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Juan José Trejos Fonseca
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1990 – 1991
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
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1991 – 1992
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Roberto Tovar Faja
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1992 – 1993
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Danilo Chaverri Soto
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1993 – 1994
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Alberto Cañas Escalante
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1994 – 1995
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National Liberation Party
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti
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1995 – 1996
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National Liberation Party
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Jorge Walter Coto Molina
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1996 – 1997
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National Liberation Party
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Saúl Weisleder Weisleder
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1997 – 1998
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National Liberation Party
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Luis Fishman Zonzinski
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1998 – 1999
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Carlos Vargas Pagán
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1999 – 2000
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Rina Contreras López
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2000 – 2001
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Ovidio Pacheco Salazar
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2001 – 2002
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Rolando Laclé Castro
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2002 – 2003
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Mario Redondo Poveda
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2003 – 2004
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Gerardo González Esquivel
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2004 – 2006
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernández
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2006 – 2010
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National Liberation Party
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Luis Gerardo Villanueva Monge
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2010 – 2011
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National Liberation Party
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Juan Carlos Mendoza García
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2011 – 2012
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Citizens' Action Party
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Víctor Emilio Granados Calvo
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2012 – 2013
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Accessibility without Exclusion
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Luis Fernando Mendoza Jiménez
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2013 – 2014
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National Liberation Party
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Henry Mora Jiménez
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2014 – 2015
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Citizens' Action Party
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Rafael Ortiz Fábrega
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2015 – 2016
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Social Christian Unity Party
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti
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2016 – 2017
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National Liberation Party
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Gonzalo Alberto Ramírez Zamora
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2017 – 2018
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Costa Rican Renewal Party
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Carolina Hidalgo Herrera
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2018 – 2019
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Citizens' Action Party
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Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez
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2019 – 2020
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National Liberation Party
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Eduardo Cruickshank Smith
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2020 – 2021
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National Restoration Party
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Silvia Hernández Sánchez
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2021 – 2022
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National Liberation Party
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Rodrigo Arias Sánchez
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2022 – 2024
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National Liberation Party
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