List of presidents of Costa Rica

Template:Short description Template:See also {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The following article lists the presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain. From 1824 to 1838 Costa Rica was a state within the Federal Republic of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.

Heads of state of Costa Rica (1824–1848)

Template:Abbr	Head of State	Portrait	Term of Office	Political Affiliation	Notes
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">1	Juan Mora Fernández Template:Small	File:Juan Mora Fernández.JPG	1824–1833	Liberal	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">2	José Rafael Gallegos Template:Small	File:José Rafael Gallegos Alvarado.JPG	1833–1835	Conservative	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">3	Braulio Carrillo Colina Template:Small	File:Braulio Carrillo Colina Retrato.jpg	1835–1837	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">4	Juan Mora Fernández Template:Small	File:Juan Mora Fernández.JPG	March–April 1837	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">5	Manuel Aguilar Chacón Template:Small	File:Manuel Aguilar Chacón.JPG	1837–1838	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">6	Braulio Carrillo Colina Template:Small	File:Braulio Carrillo Colina Retrato.jpg	1838–1842	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">7	Francisco Morazán Template:Small	File:Francisco Morazán Quesada.JPG	April–September 1842	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">8	António Pinto Soares Template:Small	File:Antonio Pinto Soares.JPG	September 1842	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">9	José María Alfaro Zamora Template:Small	File:José María Alfaro Zamora.JPG	1842–1844	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">10	Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla Template:Small	File:Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla.JPG	November–December 1844	Liberal	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">11	José Rafael Gallegos Template:Small	File:José Rafael Gallegos Alvarado.JPG	1845–1846	Conservative
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">12	José María Alfaro Zamora Template:Small	File:José María Alfaro Zamora.JPG	1846–1847	Liberal	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">13	José Castro Madriz Template:Small	File:José María Castro Madriz.JPG	1847–1848	Liberal

Presidents of Costa Rica (1848–present)

Template:Abbr	President Template:Small		Term of Office		Political Affiliation	Election	Notes
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">1	José María Castro Madriz Template:Small	File:José María Castro Madriz.JPG	citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	16 November 1849	Non-partisan Liberal	1847	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Template:Small	Miguel Mora Porras Template:Small	File:Miguel Mora Porras 001.jpg	16 November 1849	26 November 1849	Non-partisan Liberal		Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">2	Juan Mora Porras Template:Small	File:Juan Rafael Mora Porras.JPG	26 November 1849	14 August 1859	Non-partisan Liberal	1849 1853 1859	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">3	José María Montealegre Fernández Template:Small	File:José María Montealegra Fernández.JPG	14 August 1859	8 May 1863	Non-partisan Liberal	1860	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">4	Jesús Jiménez Zamora Template:Small	File:Jesús Jiménez Zamora.JPG	8 May 1863	8 May 1866	Non-partisan Liberal	1863
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">5	José Castro Madriz Template:Small	File:José María Castro Madriz.JPG	8 May 1866	1 November 1868	Non-partisan Liberal	1866	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">6	Jesús Jiménez Zamora Template:Small	File:Jesús Jiménez Zamora.JPG	1 November 1868	27 April 1870	Military	De facto	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">7	Bruno Carranza Ramírez Template:Small	File:Bruno Carranza Ramirez.JPG	27 April 1870	8 August 1870	Non-partisan Liberal		Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">8	Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez Template:Small	File:Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez.JPG	10 August 1870	8 May 1876	Non-partisan Liberal	1872	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">9	Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz Template:Small	File:Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz 2.jpg	8 May 1876	30 July 1876	Non-partisan Liberal	1876	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">10	Vicente Herrera Zeledón Template:Small	File:Vicente Herrera Zeledón.JPG	30 July 1876	11 September 1877	Non-partisan Conservative		Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">11	Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez Template:Small	File:Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez.JPG	11 September 1877	6 July 1882	Non-partisan Liberal		Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">12	Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez Template:Small	File:Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez-2.jpg	6 July 1882	20 July 1882	Non-partisan Liberal		Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">13	Próspero Fernández Oreamuno Template:Small	File:Próspero Fernández Oreamuno.JPG	20 July 1882	12 March 1885	Non-partisan Liberal	1882	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">14	Bernardo Soto Alfaro Template:Small	File:Bernardo Soto Alfaro.JPG	12 March 1885	8 May 1890	Non-partisan Liberal	1886	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">15	José Rodríguez Zeledón Template:Small	File:José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón.JPG	8 May 1890	8 May 1894	Constitutional Democratic	1889
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">16	Rafael Yglesias Castro Template:Small	File:Rafael Iglesias Castro.jpg	8 May 1894	8 May 1902	Civil	1894 1897	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">17	Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra Template:Small	File:Ascención Esquivel Ibarra (adjusted).JPG	8 May 1902	8 May 1906	National Union	1902
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">18	Cleto González Víquez Template:Small	File:Cleto González Víquez.jpg	8 May 1906	8 May 1910	National	1906	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">19	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Template:Small	File:Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.jpg	8 May 1910	8 May 1914	Republican	1910	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">20	Alfredo González Flores Template:Small	File:Alfredo Gonzalez Flores.jpg	8 May 1914	27 January 1917	Republican	Template:Small	De facto Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">21	Federico Tinoco Granados Template:Small	File:Federico Tinoco Granados.jpg	27 January 1917	13 August 1919	Peliquista	Template:Small	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">22	Juan Quirós Segura Template:Small	File:Juan Bautista Quirós Segura.jpg	13 August 1919	2 September 1919	Peliquista	De facto	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">23	Francisco Aguilar Barquero Template:Small	File:Francisco Aguilar Barquero.jpg	2 September 1919	8 May 1920	Republican		Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">24	Julio Acosta García Template:Small	File:Julio Acosta García.JPG	8 May 1920	8 May 1924	Constitutional	1919
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">25	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Template:Small	File:Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.jpg	8 May 1924	8 May 1928	Republican	1923	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">26	Cleto González Víquez Template:Small	File:Cleto González Víquez.jpg	8 May 1928	8 May 1932	National Union	1928	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">27	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Template:Small	File:Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.jpg	8 May 1932	8 May 1936	National Republican	1932	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">28	León Cortés Castro Template:Small	File:Povedano - León Cortés Castro, pte CR (adjusted).jpg	8 May 1936	8 May 1940	National Republican	1936
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">29	Rafael Calderón Guardia Template:Small	File:Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia.jpg	8 May 1940	8 May 1944	National Republican	1940
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">30	Teodoro Picado Michalski Template:Small	File:Teodoro Picado Michalski.jpg	8 May 1944	20 April 1948	National Republican	1944
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Template:Small	Santos León Herrera Template:Small	File:Santos Leon (cropped).jpg	20 April 1948	8 May 1948	National Republican		Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Template:Small	José Figueres Ferrer Template:Small	File:José Figueres Ferrer cropped.jpg	8 May 1948	8 November 1949	Social Democratic	De facto	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">31	Otilio Ulate Blanco Template:Small	File:Otilio Ulate Blanco cropped.jpg	8 November 1949	8 November 1953	National Union	1948
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">32	José Figueres Ferrer Template:Small	File:José Figueres Ferrer cropped.jpg	8 November 1953	8 May 1958	National Liberation	1953	Template:Small
Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">33	Mario Echandi Jiménez Template:Small	File:Mario Echandi Jimenez cropped.jpg	8 May 1958	8 May 1962	National Union	1958
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">34	Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich Template:Small	File:Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich.jpg	8 May 1962	8 May 1966	National Liberation	1962
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">35	José Trejos Fernández Template:Small	File:Jose Joaquín Trejos Fernández.jpg	8 May 1966	8 May 1970	National Unification	1966
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">36	José Figueres Ferrer Template:Small	File:José Figueres Ferrer cropped.jpg	8 May 1970	8 May 1974	National Liberation	1970	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">37	Daniel Oduber Quirós Template:Small	File:Daniel Oduber Quirós.jpg	8 May 1974	8 May 1978	National Liberation	1974
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">38	Rodrigo Carazo Odio Template:Small	File:Rodrigo Carazo Odio.jpg	8 May 1978	8 May 1982	Unity Coalition	1978
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">39	Luis Monge Álvarez Template:Small	File:Luis Alberto Monge (1984).jpg	8 May 1982	8 May 1986	National Liberation	1982
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">40	Óscar Arias Sánchez Template:Small	File:OscarArias.jpg	8 May 1986	8 May 1990	National Liberation	1986	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">41	Rafael Calderón Fournier Template:Small	File:R A Calderon.jpg	8 May 1990	8 May 1994	Social Christian Unity	1990	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">42	José Figueres Olsen Template:Small	File:Jose maria figueres olsen.jpg	8 May 1994	8 May 1998	National Liberation	1994	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">43	Miguel Rodríguez Echeverría Template:Small	File:MiguelAngelRodriguezEcheverria.jpg	8 May 1998	8 May 2002	Social Christian Unity	1998
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">44	Abel Pacheco de la Espriella Template:Small	File:Defense.gov News Photo 050511-D-9880W-053 Abel Pacheco cropped.jpg	8 May 2002	8 May 2006	Social Christian Unity	2002	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">45	Óscar Arias Sánchez Template:Small	File:Óscar Arias (2009).jpg	8 May 2006	8 May 2010	National Liberation	2006	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">46	Laura Chinchilla Miranda Template:Small	File:Laura 4.jpg	8 May 2010	8 May 2014	National Liberation	2010	Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">47	Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera Template:Small	File:Luis Guillermo Solís, Costa Rica 03(cropped).JPG	8 May 2014	8 May 2018	Citizens' Action	2014
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">48	Carlos Alvarado Quesada Template:Small	File:Carlos Alvarado (cropped).jpg	8 May 2018	8 May 2022	Citizens' Action	2018	Template:Small Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color| Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">49	Rodrigo Chaves Robles Template:Small	File:Rodrigo Chaves, discurso posesión (cropped).jpg	8 May 2022	Incumbent (Term ends on 8 May 2026)	Social Democratic Progress	2022	Incumbent

Timeline

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See also

• List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
• List of presidents of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica