President of Costa Rica

Last Modified: 2026-05-22 14:16:44

1. outline

The head of state of Costa Rica . His term of office is 4 years, and he cannot be re-appointed, but he can be re-appointed indefinitely.

2. list of past presidents

algebra	name	start of term	end of term	party	note
1 unit	Jose Maria Castro Madris (1818~1892)	1848.8.31	1849.11.16	Liberal Party	[A]
temporary	Miguel Moraporas (1816~1887)	1849.11.16	1849.11.26		[B]
2 units	Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814~1860)	1849.11.26	1859.8.14		[A]
3 generations	Jose Maria Montealegre Fernandez (1815~1887)	1859.8.14	1863.5.8
4 generations	Jesus Jimenez Zamora (1823~1897)	1863.5.8	1866.5.8
5 generations	Jose Maria Castro Madris (1818~1892)	1866.5.8	1868.11.1		[A]
6th	Jesus Jimenez Zamora (1823~1897)	1868.11.1	1870.4.27	military	[A]
7th	Bruno Carranza Ramies (1822~1891)	1870.4.27	1870.8.8	Liberal Party	[B]
8th	Thomas Guardia Gutiérrez (1831~1882)	1870.8.10	1876.5.8
9th	Aniceto Esquivel Saens (1824~1898)	1876.5.8	1876.7.30		[A]
teenager	Vicente Herrera Celedon (1821~1888)	1876.7.30	1877.9.11	Conservative Party	[B]
11th	Thomas Guardia Gutiérrez (1831~1882)	1877.9.11	1882.7.6	Liberal Party	[C]
12 generations	Saturnino Lisano Gutierrez (1826~1905)	1882.7.6	1882.7.20
13th	Prospero Fernandez Oreamuno (1834~1885)	1882.7.20	1885.3.12		[C]
14th	Bernardo Soto Alfaro (1854~1931)	1885.3.12	1890.5.8
15th	Jose Joaquin Rodriguez Celedon (1837~1917)	1890.5.8	1894.5.8	Conservative Party
16th	Rafael Iglesias Castro (1861~1924)	1894.5.8	1902.5.8	Liberal Party
17th	Ascension Esquibel Ibarra (1844~1923)	1902.5.8	1906.5.8	National Union Party
18s	Cleto González Vieques (1858~1937)	1906.5.8	1910.5.8	Nationalist Party
19s	Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno (1859~1945)	1910.5.8	1914.5.8	republican
20's	Alfredo Gonzalez Flores (1877~1962)	1914.5.8	1917.1.27	republican	[A]
21st	Federico Tinoko Granados (1868~1931)	1917.1.27	1919.8.13	Per Felicista	[D]
22	Juan Bautista Quiros Segura (1853~1934)	1919.8.13	1919.9.2	Per Felicista	[B]
23 generations	Francisco Aguilar Barquero (1857~1924)	1919.9.2	1920.5.8	Conservative Party
24	Julio Acosta Garcia (1872~1954)	1920.5.8	1924.5.8	constitutional party
25s	Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno (1859~1945)	1924.5.8	1928.5.8	Conservative Party
26	Cleto González Vieques (1858~1937)	1928.5.8	1932.5.8	National Union Party
27th	Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno (1859~1945)	1932.5.8	1936.5.8	National Republican Party
28	Leon Cortes Castro (1882~1946)	1936.5.8	1940.5.8
29	Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia (1900~1970)	1940.5.8	1944.5.8
30's	Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900~1960)	1944.5.8	1948.4.20		[D]
temporary	Santos Leon Herrera (1874~1950)	1948.4.20	1948.5.8
temporary	Jose Figueres Ferrer (1906~1990)	1948.5.8	1949.11.8	National Liberation Party	[18]
31st	Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891~1973)	1949.11.8	1953.11.8	National Union Party
32	Jose Figueres Ferrer (1906~1990)	1953.11.8	1958.5.8	National Liberation Party
33 generations	Mario Echandi Jimenez (1915~2011)	1958.5.8	1962.5.8	National Union Party
34	Francisco Orlich Bolmarzig (1907~1969)	1962.5.8	1966.5.8	National Liberation Party
35s	Jose Joaquin Treos Fernandez (1916~2010)	1966.5.8	1970.5.8	National Unification Party
36 generations	Jose Figueres Ferrer (1906~1990)	1970.5.8	1974.5.8	National Liberation Party
37	Daniel Oduber Kiros (1921~1991)	1974.5.8	1978.5.8	National Liberation Party
38	Rodrigo Carasso Audio (1926~2009)	1978.5.8	1982.5.8	Unity United Party
39 generations	Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez (1925~2016)	1982.5.8	1986.5.8	National Liberation Party
40's	Oscar Arias Sanchez (1940~)	1986.5.8	1990.5.8	National Liberation Party
41s	Raphael Angel Calderon Fournier (1949~)	1990.5.8	1994.5.8	Social Christian Unity Party
42	Jose Maria Figueres Olsen (1954~)	1994.5.8	1998.5.8	National Liberation Party
43 generations	Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria (1940~)	1998.5.8	2002.5.8	Social Christian Unity Party
44	Abel Pacheco (1933~)	2002.5.8	2006.5.8	Social Christian Unity Party
45s	Oscar Arias Sanchez (1940~)	2006.5.8	2010.5.8	National Liberation Party
46	Laura Chinchiya (1959~)	2010.5.8	2014.5.8	National Liberation Party
47s	Luis Guillermo Solis (1958~)	2014.5.8	2018.5.8	Civic Action Party
48s	Carlos Alvarado Quesada (1980~)	2018.5.8	2022.5.8	Civic Action Party
49	Rodrigo Chavez Robles (1961~)	2022.5.8	2026.5.8	Social Democratic Progressive Party
50's	Laura Fernandez Delgado (1986~)	2026.5.8	expected	Sovereign People's Party

3. look around

Current Presidents and Chancellors

[ Asia ]

* President under a parliamentary system The President of the United Arab Emirates is held by the Emir of Abu Dhabi, who is in fact close to a monarch. * Iran's head of state is Rahbar , and the president is the head of government.
Nepal *	taiwan	korea
independent	Democratic Progressive Party	Democratic Party together
Ram Chandra Paudel (chosun)	Laichingde (first line)	Jaemyung Lee
East Timor	Lebanon *	Maldive Islands
National Assembly for the Reconstruction of Timor	independent	People's National Congress
Jose Hamus Horta (re-election)	Joseph Aun (first line)	Mohammed Muijou (first line)
Mongolia	Myanmar *	Bangladesh *
Mongolian People's Party	independent	independent
Ohna Khurelsukh	Min Aung Hlaing (first line)	Mohammed Shahabuddin (First selection)
Sri Lanka	Syria	Singapore *
People's Liberation Front	independent	independent
Anura Kumara Dissanayake (First selection)	Ahmed Al Shara (temporary)	Tharman Shanmugaratnam (first line)
United Arab Emirates **	Yemen	Uzbekistan
independent	National Plenary Assembly	Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Rashad al-alimi (Chair of the Presidential Guidance Committee)	Shavkat Mirziyoyev (3 lines)
Iraq *	Iran ***	Israel *
Kurdistan Patriotic Union	reformist	democrats
Nizar Amidi (first line)	Masoud Pezekian (First selection)	Yitzhak Herzog
India *	Indonesia	Kazakhstan
People's Party of India	Great Indonesian Movement Party	independent
Draupadi Murmu (chosun)	Prabowo Subianto (first line)	Kasimzomart Tokayev (re-election)
Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	Turkmenistan
Mackenchil	People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
Sadir Jafarov (first line)	Emomali Rahmon (5 lines)	Serdar Berdimuhammedov (chosun)
Pakistan *	Palestine	Philippines
Pakistan People's Party	fata	Philippine Federal Party
Asif Ali Zardari (re-election)	Mahmoud Abbas (chosun)	Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

[ europe ]

* President under a parliamentary system The heads of state of San Marino are two consuls, not the president. * Austria and Portugal are constitutionally dual governments, but de facto parliamentary governments.
Greece *	south ossetia	Germany *
New Democratic Party	Nehash	German Social Democratic Party
Constantino Sul Ras (First line)	Alan Gagloev (first line)	Frank-Walter Steinmeier (re-election)
Latvia *	russia	Romania
independent	independent	independent
Edgars Linkevich (chosun)	Vladimir Putin (5 lines)	Nikusquir Dan (First line)
Lithuania	Montenegro *	Moldova *
independent	Europe now!	independent
Gitanas Nowceda (re-election)	Jacob Milatovic (chosun)	Maia Sandu (re-election)
Malta *	Belarus	Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Labor Party	independent	social democratic party Independent Social Democratic Solidarity Democratic Front
Miriam Spiteri Debono	Alexandre Luca Shenko (7 lines)	Denis Becirovic (first line) Zelka Zvijanovic (chosun) Zelko Comsic (4th line)
North Macedonia *	Northern Cyprus	Bulgaria *
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Macedonian National Unity Party	republican turkish party	Bulgarian Socialist Party
Gordana Silyanovskadavkova (first line)	Tufan Erhurman (first line)	Illyana Jotova
San Marino * **	Serbia *	Switzerland *
Christian Democratic Party of San Marino liberty san marino	Serbian Progressive Party	swiss national party
Alice Mina (first line) Vladimiro Selva (first line)	Alexander Vucic (re-election)	Guy Parmelin (re-election)
Slovakia *	Slovenia *	Armenia *
independent	independent	independent
Peter Pellegrini (first line)	Natasha Pirz Musar (chosun)	Khachaturyan near Baha
Iceland *	Ireland *	Azerbaijan
independent	independent	New Azerbaijan Party
Hadla Thomasdottir (First selection)	Catherine Connolly (first line)	Ilham Aliyev (5 lines)
Albania *	Abkhazia	Estonia *
independent	independent	independent
Byram Vegai (chosun)	Badra Gunba (First line)	alar charis (chosun)
Austria ***	Ukraine	Italy *
independent	independent	independent
Alexander van der Bellen (re-election)	Volodymyr Zelensky (chosun)	Sergio Mattarella (re-election)
Georgia *	Czech *	Kosovo *
independent	independent	self-determination party
Mikhail Kabelashvili (first line)	Petr Pavel (chosun)	Albulena Hajiu (Acting Authority)
Croatia *	Cyprus	turkiye
independent	independent	Justice and Development Party
Toran Milannovic (re-election)	Nikos Hristodulidis (chosun)	Recep Tayyip Erdogan (3 lines)
Transnistria	Portugal ***	Poland
independent	Socialist Party	independent
Vadim Krasnoselsky (re-election)	Antonio Jose Seguro (first line)	Carolnavrottsky (First line)
france	Finland *	Hungary *
Renaissance	National Union Party	Tiseodang
Emmanuel Macron (re-election)	Alexander Stubb (first line)	Forsthofer Agnes (Acting Authority)

[ America ]

* President under a parliamentary system
Guyana	Guatemala	Nicaragua
People's Progress Party	grassroots movement	Sandinista National Liberation Front
Irrfan Ali (chosun)	Bernardo Arevalo	Daniel Ortega (5 lines) Rosario (Community President)
Dominican Republic	Commonwealth of Dominica *	Mexico
Modern Revolutionary Party	independent	national reconstruction movement
Luis Abinader (re-election)	sylvani button (first line)	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
USA	Barbados *	Venezuela
republican	Barbados Labor Party	‘We are Venezuela’ movement
donald trump (re-election)	Jeffrey Bostick (first line)	delsey rodriguez (temporary)
Bolivia	brazil	surname
Christian Democratic Party	per worker	National Democratic Party
Rodrigo Paz Pereira (first line)	Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (3 lines)	Jeniffer Heirings Simmons (First line)
Argentina	Haiti	Ecuador
Liberal Party	independent	People's Democratic Action
Javier Millais (first line)	Alix Didier Pisueme (Acting Authority)	Daniel Novoa (re-election)
El Salvador	Honduras	Uruguay
new idea	Honduras National Party	wide area wire
Naib Bukele (re-election)	Nasri Aspura (first line)	Savage two (First line)
Chile	Costa Rica	Columbia
republican	Sovereign People's Party	human colombia
Jose Antonio Caste (first line)	Laura Fernandez Delgado (first line)	Gustavo Petro
Trinidad and Tobago *	Panama	Paraguay
independent	Goal Achievement	Colorado Party
Christine Kangaloo (chosun)	Jose Raul Mulino (First selection)	Santiago Pena
Peru
people power
Keiko Fujimori (first line)

[ Africa ]

* President under a parliamentary system ** Current military regime or de facto member of the military of the country in question
Ghana	Gabon**	Gambia
National Democratic Assembly	Foundation	National People's Party
John Dramani Mahama (re-election)	Bris Cloter Raise (First line)	Adama Barrow (re-election)
Guinea**	Guinea-Bissau**	Namibia
independent	Guinea-Bissau	People's Organization of South West Africa
Mamadi Doumbuya (first line)	Orta Ntanaman (temporary)	Neumbo Nadi-with Hidite (First line)
Nigeria	South Sudan	Republic of South Africa
progress conference	Sudan People's Liberation Movement	African National Congress
bola tinubu (chosun)	Salva Kir Mayardit (chosun)	Cyril Ramaphosa (3rd line)
Niger**	Liberia	Rwanda
Niger County	Unification Party	Rwandan Patriotic Front
Abdu-Rahamane Chiani	Joseph Boakai (first line)	paul kagame (4th line)
Libya	Madagascar**	Malawi
independent	Madagascar Army	Democratic Progressive Party
Mohammed Al Menfi (Chairman of the Presidential Committee)	Michael Landrianirina (temporary)	Peter Mutarica (re-election)
Mali**	Mauritius *	Mauritania
Mali	Labor Party	fair party
Asimi Koita	Dharam Gokul (first line)	Mohamed Uld Gazuani (chosun)
Mozambique	Benin	Botswana
Mozambique Liberation Front	independent	Botswana National Front
Daniel Chapu (first line)	Romuald Wadagni (first line)	Duma Boko (first line)
Burundi	Burkina Faso**	sahara arab democratic republic
Democratic Defense National Assembly - Democratic Defense Forces	Burkina Faso County	Polisario Wire
Evarist Ndaishimiye (chosun)	Ibrahim Traore (temporary)	Brahim Gali
Sao Tome and Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
independent democratic action	Per Pastep	union seychelles
Carlos Villanova (chosun)	Bashir Diomai Pie (First selection)	Patrick Herminy (first line)
Somalia	somaliland	method**
Peace and Development Alliance	Somaliland Patriotic Party	Sudan Army
hassan sheh mahamud (re-election)	Abdirahman Mohammed Abdullahi (first line)	Abdelfatah Alburhan (Chair of Sovereignty Committee)
Sierra Leone	Algeria	Angola
Sierra Leone People's Party	National Liberation Front	Angola Liberation People's Movement
Julius Mada Bio (3 lines)	Abdelmadjid Tebboune (re-election)	Joao Lorenzo (re-election)
Eritrea	Ethiopia *	Uganda
People's Front for Democracy and Justice	independent	national resistance movement
Isaiah Afewerki (chosun)	Tay Askeslash (first line)	Yoweri Museveni (6 lines)
Egypt**	Zambia	Equatorial Guinea
independent	National Development and Unification Party	democrats
Abdel Fattah El Sisi (3rd line)	Hacked Hicillima (chosun)	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (7 lines)
Central African Republic	Djibouti	Zimbabwe
united mind movement	Progressive People's Union	Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front
Postin-Archamps Tuadera (re-election)	Ismail Omar Gele (5 lines)	Emerson Mnangagwa (re-election)
Chad**	Cameroon	Cape Verde
Patriotic Salvation Movement	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement	Cape Verde Independent African Party
Mahamat Devi Itno (first line)	Paul Biya (8 selections)	Jose Maria Neves (chosun)
Kenya	Comoros	Côte d'Ivoire
United Democratic Alliance	Contest for the Revival of Comoros	republican rally
William Ruto (chosun)	Azali Asoumani (5 lines)	alasan watara (3 lines)
republic of the congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Tanzania
Congolese Labor Party	Alliance for Democratic Social Progress	Tanzania Revolutionary Party
Denis Sasu Ngeso (7 lines)	Felix Tshisekedi (re-election)	Samia Suluhu Hasan (chosun)
Togo	Tunisia
independent	independent
Zhang Ruin Sabi de Tobe (First line)	Kais Saied (re-election)

[ Oceania ]

* President under a parliamentary system Expected independence in 2027 * Some people view him as a monarch rather than a president.
Nauru	Marshall Islands	Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru First Party	independent	independent
David Adean (first line)	Hilda Heine (re-election)	Wesley Simina (chosun)
Vanuatu *	Bougainville **	Samoa ***
independent	Bougainville People's Alliance Party	independent
Nike Nike Burobarabu (chosun)	Ismael Toroama (chosun)	Baaletoa Su'alubi II (re-election)
Kiribati	Palau	sebum *
Tolerance of Kiribati	independent	People's Alliance
Tanetti Mama (3 lines)	Suangel Whips Junior (re-election)	Naing Mama Ralam Bala (First line)

Reigning monarch · Leadership of communist state in power
Current Prime Ministers and Prime Ministers

[1] Costa Rica flag[2] Costa Rica coat of arms[3] Spanish[A] ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ousted by coup[B] ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 resignation during term[C] ^12.1 ^12.2 died in office[D] ^15.1 ^15.2 Ousted due to anti-government protests[18] Take power through civil war

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President of the Republic of Costa Rica President of the Republic of Costa Rica Presidente de la República de Costa Rica[3]

incumbent	Laura Fernandez Delgado _{/ 50s}
inauguration day	2026 May 8th (+83Day)
party	Sovereign People's Party
official residence	Casa Presidential


Costa Rican Presidential Flag[1]	Coat of arms of the President of Costa Rica[2]