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Interim president. Former vice-president of Teodoro Picado Michalski. (31b) José Figueres Ferrer (1906–1990) 8 May 1948 8 November 1949 Social Democratic: De facto: Came to power in the Civil War. Returned power to elected president after re-organizing the government. 31: Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891–1973) 8 November 1949 8 November 1953 ...
Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós (born 10 March 1911) is a former First Lady of Costa Rica and supercentenarian. She served as First Lady from 1962 to 1966 during the presidency of her husband, Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich. Camacho Quirós is the oldest living person in Costa Rica and the oldest former First Lady in the world.
Between 1970 and 1974 she acted as the Municipal President of the Canton Limón [6] [7] and between 1982 and 1986 she was a member of Parliament as the first women of Afro Costa Rican descent, [6] [8] [9] and also the first woman to represent the province of Limón. [3]
The president of the Republic of Costa Rica is the head of state and head of government of Costa Rica. The president is currently 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. The president appoints the Council of Ministers. [4]
However, under Costa Rican law the runoff still had to take place, and Solís won with over 77 percent of the vote, the largest margin ever recorded for a free election in Costa Rica. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Unlike the first round, Solís earned a majority in every province, including Puntarenas , Limón , and Guanacaste . [ 20 ]
In Costa Rica there was no war between liberals and conservatives as was common in the rest of Latin America and even coup d'etats and de facto governments were mostly between liberal factions. The only conservative president of this period was José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado who did not end his term. Another conservative, Nicolás Ulloa ...
Alejandra Mora Mora earned a law degree from the University of Costa Rica in 1989. She completed specialization courses at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in 1997, a master's degree in constitutional law from the Distance State University of Costa Rica in 2004, and a postgraduate degree in human rights from the University of Chile in 2007.
Victoria Garrón de Doryan (8 October 1920 – 30 July 2005) was a Costa Rican educator and writer most known for serving as Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the post and during her tenure was acting president of the country over a dozen times.