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{{Short description|President of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978}}
{{Family name hatnote|Oduber|Quirós|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Daniel Oduber Quirós
| image = Daniel Oduber Quirós.jpg
| order = 37th<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tse.go.cr/pdf/ifed/PresidentesCR-Cuadros.pdf |title=El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica |access-date=2018-12-04 |archive-date=2018-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417074923/http://www.tse.go.cr/pdf/ifed/PresidentesCR-Cuadros.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| office = President of Costa Rica|
| term_start = 8 May 1974
| term_end = 8 May 1978
| vicepresident = {{ubl|[[:es:Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales|Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales]]|[[Fernando Guzmán Mata]]}}
| predecessor = [[José Figueres Ferrer]]
| successor = [[Rodrigo Carazo Odio]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|08|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[San José, Costa Rica]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|10|13|1921|08|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Escazú (canton)|Escazú]], Costa Rica
| party = [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Marjorie Elliott Sypher|Marjorie Elliott de Oduber]]|1948}}
| children = 2
| signature = Firma Daniel Oduber Quiros.jpg
}}

'''Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós''' (August 25, 1921 – October 13, 1991) was a [[Costa Rica]]n politician, lawyer, philosopher, poet, and essayist. He served as the [[President of Costa Rica]] from 1974 to 1978.<ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001531/153154fo.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae: Daniel Oduber Quirós|date=9 August 1985|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref> He is credited with the creation of the [[:es:Sistema Nacional de Radio y Televisión|Sistema Nacional de Radio y Televisión]] and the [[Universidad Estatal a Distancia]].<ref name="nacion" />

In 1926, he was enrolled in the [[kindergarten]] of the Dolorosa church in the city of [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]. Between 1928 and 1933, he studied primary education at the Buenaventura Corrales School.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Election of members of the Executive Board: Curriculum Vitae, Mr Daniel Oduber Quirós (Costa Rica) |url=https://policycommons.net/artifacts/10668433/election-of-members-of-the-executive-board/11576046/ |language=en}}</ref>

Oduber worked as a lawyer early in his career. In 1945, Oduber went to Canada to study philosophy at [[McGill University]], graduating with a Master of Arts degree. In 1948, he returned to Costa Rica and participated in the revolution led by [[José Figueres Ferrer]]. When their faction won, he was named Secretary General of the Second Republic of Costa Rica.

Some time later he traveled to Paris, where he continued his philosophical studies at the Sorbonne. In 1948, while studying in [[France]], he married [[Marjorie Elliott Sypher]], the daughter of Canadian diplomats.<ref name="nacion">{{cite news|first=Steven |last=Oviedo |title=Marjorie de Oduber, viuda del expresidente Daniel Oduber, falleció este jueves a los 89 años |url=http://www.nacion.com/nacional/Viuda-expresidente-Daniel-Oduber-fallecio_0_1481851897.html |work=[[La Nación (San José)]] |date=2015-04-16 |access-date=2015-05-23}}</ref> The couple had two children, Luis Adrian and Ana María.<ref name="nacion" />
[[File:Oduber Franco Pasillos.jpg|thumb|Daniel Oduber during the inauguration of the new facilities of the Franco-Costa Rican High School]]
After returning to Costa Rica, he worked in national politics, working with the Figueres presidency campaign and becoming an Ambassador in Mexico and later in Europe. He also served as foreign minister from 1962 to 1964.<ref name="CV"/> He was [[List of Presidents of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica|President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica]] from 1970 to 1973.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173420/http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Centro_de_informacion/Sala_Audiovisual/Presidentes%20de%20la%20Asamblea%20Legislativa/Forms/AllItems.aspx Legislative Assembly Official website]</ref>

He initially ran for president in [[1966 Costa Rican general election|1966]], narrowly losing to [[José Joaquín Trejos Fernández|Joaquín Trejos]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Cruz |first=Rodolfo Cerdas |title=Costa Rica since 1930 |date=1990 |work=The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 7: Latin America since 1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean |volume=7 |pages=367–416 |editor-last=Bethell |editor-first=Leslie |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/costa-rica-since-1930/11EB4D60E3B751A0A454C12247832019 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/chol9780521245180.009 |isbn=978-0-521-24518-0|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was later elected in [[1974 Costa Rican general election|1974]].<ref name="CV"/> His government was very socially focused, dealing
heavily with working class issues. He worked on raising the quality of life of
rural areas and bettered pricing for agricultural products. A lot of attention was
given to [[reforestation]] and the preservation of natural resources. On the international
front, his government was popular amongst the Central American nations. During his term
in office, Oduber granted legal status to the [[Communism|communist]] party (1975) and restored consular relations with [[Cuba]] (1977).
He sided and worked with Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Omar Torrijos]] to defend
Panama's sovereignty.

The airport located near [[Liberia, Costa Rica|Liberia]], [[Daniel Oduber International Airport]], was named in his honor. There is a full statue of him in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.

Daniel Oduber died on 13 October 1991 in Escazú.

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