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President of Costa Rica is the head of state and government of Costa Rica. President is elected in direct elections for a period of four years, which is not immediately renewable. Two Vice Presidents are elected in the same ticket with the President. President appoints the Council of Ministers ^[1].

The following table contains a list of the junta chairmen, Presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain and Mexico. From 1824 to 1838 Costa Rica was a state within the United States of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.

Contents 1 Heads of State of Costa Rica (1825-1848) 2 Presidents of Costa Rica (1848-Present) 3 Latest election 4 See also 5 References

Heads of State of Costa Rica (1825-1848)

Name	Term	Party	Notes
Juan Mora Fernández	1825-1833	Liberal	Two successive periods; re-elected in 1829.
José Rafael Gallegos	1833-1835	Conservative	Resigned, Manuel Fernández Chacón and Nicolás Ulloa Soto followed as acting Heads of State.
Braulio Carrillo Colina	1835-1837	Liberal	First term.
Joaquín Mora Fernández	March-Apr 1837	Liberal	Provisional
Manuel Aguilar Chacón	1837-1838	Liberal	Deposed in a coup.
Braulio Carrillo Colina	1838-1842	Liberal	Second term, deposed in a coup.
Francisco Morazán	Apr-Sept 1842	Liberal	Deposed by popular uprising; executed 15 September 1842.
António Pinto Soares	Sept 1842	Liberal	Came to power in popular uprising, and quickly resigned.
José María Alfaro Zamora	1842-1844	Liberal	First term. Provisional.
Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla	Nov-Dec 1844	Liberal	Deposed in a coup.
José Rafael Gallegos	1845-1846	Conservative
José María Alfaro Zamora	1846-1847	Liberal	Second term.
José María Castro Madriz	1847-1848	Liberal

Presidents of Costa Rica (1848-Present)

Image	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
	José Castro Madriz	8 May 1847	16 November 1849	Liberal	"Founder of the Republic".
	Miguel Mora Porras (interim president)	16 November 1849	26 November 1849	Liberal
	Juan Mora Porras (first, second and third term)	26 November 1849	14 August 1859	Liberal
	José Montealegre Fernández	14 August 1859	8 May 1863	Liberal	Provisional 1859-1860.
	Jesús Jiménez Zamora	8 May 1863	8 May 1866	Liberal
	José Castro Madriz (second term)	8 May 1866	1 November 1868	Liberal	Deposed in a coup d'état.
	Jesús Jiménez Zamora (second term)	1 November 1868	27 April 1870	Military
	Bruno Carranza Ramírez	27 April 1870	8 August 1870	Liberal	Deposed in a coup d'état.
	Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez	10 August 1870	8 May 1876	Liberal	Provisional 1870-1872.
	Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz	8 May 1876	30 July 1876	Liberal	Deposed in a coup d'état.
	Vicente Herrera Zeledón	30 July 1876	11 September 1877	Conservative
	Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez (second term)	11 September 1877	6 July 1882	Liberal	Died in office.
	Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez	6 July 1882	20 July 1885	Liberal	Acting president.
	Próspero Fernández Oreamuno	20 July 1882	12 March 1885	Liberal	Died in office.
	Bernardo Soto Alfaro (two consecutive terms, the first incomplete)	12 March 1885	8 May 1890	Liberal	Carlos Durán Cartín was acting president 1889-1890.
	José Rodríguez Zeledón	8 May 1890	8 May 1894	Constitutional Party
	Rafael Yglesias Castro (first and second term)	8 May 1894	8 May 1902	Civil Party
	Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (first term)	8 May 1902	8 May 1904	National Union Party
	Cleto González Víquez (first term)	8 May 1906	8 May 1910	National Union Party
	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (first term)	8 May 1910	8 May 1914	National Republican Party	Son of Jesús Jiménez Zamora
	Alfredo González Flores	8 May 1914	27 January 1917	National Republican Party	Deposed by Tinoco in a coup.
	Federico Tinoco Granados (first and second term)	27 January 1917	13 August 1919	Partido Peliquista	Overthrown by popular uprising.
	Juan Quirós Segura (previously Vice President)	13 August 1919	2 September 1919	Partido Peliquista	Forced to resign by the U.S. government.
	Francisco Aguilar Barquero (interim president)	2 September 1919	8 May 1920	National Union Party
	Julio Acosta García	8 May 1920	8 May 1924	Constitutional Party
	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (second term)	8 May 1924	8 May 1928	National Republican Party
	Cleto González Víquez (second term)	8 May 1928	8 May 1932	National Union Party
	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (third term)	8 May 1932	8 May 1936	National Republican Party
	León Cortés Castro	8 May 1936	8 May 1940	National Republican Party
	Rafael Calderón Guardia	8 May 1940	8 May 1944	National Republican Party
	Teodoro Picado Michalski	8 May 1944	8 May 1948	National Republican Party
	Santos Leon Herrera (interim president)	April 1948	May 1948	National Republican Party	Former vice-president of Teodoro Picado Michalski.
	José Figueres Ferrer	8 May 1948	8 November 1949	PLN	Came to power in civil war. Returned power to elected president after re-organizing the government.
	Otilio Ulate Blanco	8 November 1949	8 November 1953	NUP
	José Figueres Ferrer (second term)	8 November 1953	8 May 1958	PLN	Presidential re-election disallowed.
	Mario Echandi Jiménez	8 May 1958	8 May 1962	PU
	Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich	8 May 1962	8 May 1966	PLN
	José Trejos Fernández	8 May 1966	8 May 1970	PU
	José Figueres Ferrer (third term)	8 May 1970	8 May 1974	PLN	Presidential re-election disallowed.
	Daniel Oduber Quirós	8 May 1974	8 May 1978	PLN
	Rodrigo Carazo Odio	8 May 1978	8 May 1982	PUSC
	Luis Monge Álvarez	8 May 1982	8 May 1986	PLN
	Óscar Arias Sánchez	8 May 1986	8 May 1990	PLN	Nobel Peace Prize winner 1987.
	Rafael Calderón Fournier	8 May 1990	8 May 1994	PUSC	Son of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia.
	José Figueres Olsen	8 May 1994	8 May 1998	PLN	Son of José Figueres Ferrer.
	Miguel Rodríguez Echeverría	8 May 1998	8 May 2002	PUSC
	Abel Pacheco de la Espriella	8 May 2002	8 May 2006	PUSC	Presidential re-election re-instated.
	Óscar Arias Sánchez (second term)	8 May 2006	present	PLN

Latest election

Ticket	Party	Votes	%	Result
Óscar López Agnes Lilliana Gutiérrez Miguel Calderón	Accessibility without Exclusion	34,824	1.909
Ottón Solís Mónica Segnini Julio Humphreys	Citizens' Action	459,258	25.169
Rolando Araya1 Rocío Barahona Dionisio Cabal	Patriotic Alliance	3,748	0.205
Eugenio Trejos Carmen Chacón Wilmar Matarrita	Broad Front	6,736	0.369
Walter Muñoz1 Álvaro Montero Vivian González	National Integration	2,995	0.164
Laura Chinchilla Alfio Piva Luis Liberman	National Liberation	853,263	46.762	President 1st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President
Otto Guevara Mario Quiroz Lorena San Román	Libertarian Movement	380,103	20.831
Mayra González Carlos Víquez José Herrera	Costa Rican Renovation	13,203	0.724
Luis Fishman Humberto Vargas Iris Zamora	Social Christian Unity	70,546	3.866
Total valid votes		1,824,676	100.00
Null votes		29,825	1.603
Blank votes		6,530	0.351
Total votes		1,861,031	100.00
Total voters enrolled		2,690,550	N/A% turnout

^  Candidacy withdrawn on January 15, 2010 in favor of Solís.

See also

• Politics of Costa Rica
• List of political parties in Costa Rica
• History of Costa Rica

References