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Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich [1] (10 March 1907 – 29 October 1969) was the 34th President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966. [2] He was an ethnic Croat, a descendant of Croatian settlers from the town of Punat on the island of Krk, Croatia.
Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ˈtʃaβes ˈroβles]; born 10 June 1961) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who is the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during the presidency of Carlos Alvarado Quesada. [2]
As president, Carlos Alvarado Quesada focused on decarbonizing Costa Rica's economy. He set a goal for the country to achieve zero net emissions by the year 2050. [ 13 ] He planned to build an electric rail-based public transit system for the capital, San José since 40% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation. [ 14 ]
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 ...
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]
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 ...
State visit. Met with President Ernesto Zedillo. Costa Rica: San José May 7–9: Attended the Summit Meeting of Presidents of the Central American Republics. Met President José María Figueres and travelled to Braulio Carrillo National Park. Barbados: Bridgetown: May 9–11: Attended the U.S.-Caribbean Community summit meeting.
21 October – The Tico Times reports that freedom of expression and press freedom in Costa Rica has grown more restricted, according to the Chapultepec Index of the Inter American Press Association. The country falls to tenth place on the index, from a ranking of seventh in 2023, and fifth in 2022. [3]