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Laura Chinchilla was born in the Desamparados district of San José, the oldest child of her family with three younger brothers. [9] Her father is Rafael Ángel Chinchilla Fallas, who served as comptroller of Costa Rica from 1972 to 1987, and maintained general popularity among the public. [10]: 52 Her mother is Emilce Miranda Castillo.
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 2010. The ruling party before the election, the center-left National Liberation Party, put forward former Vice-President Laura Chinchilla as its presidential candidate, while the libertarian, Movimiento Libertario nominated former legislator Otto Guevara.
Laura Chinchilla Miranda (born 1959) 8 May 2010 8 May 2014 National Liberation: 2010: First female president of Costa Rica. [2] 47: Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera (born 1958) 8 May 2014 8 May 2018 Citizens' Action: 2014: 48: Carlos Alvarado Quesada (born 1980) 8 May 2018 8 May 2022 Citizens' Action: 2018: Youngest president since Alfredo ...
Rodriguez won the Miss Costa Rica pageant in 1960 [1] Vacant since President Arias was divorced at the time Óscar Arias: 2006–2010 José María Rico: 1934–2019 Laura Chinchilla Miranda: 2010–2014 Born in Spain. 1st First Gentleman of Costa Rica Mercedes Peñas Domingo: 1968– Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera: 2014–2018 Born in Spain. [4]
Laura Chinchilla Costa Rica: 2019: Erick Thohir Indonesia: 2019: Spyros Capralos Greece: 2019: water polo (1980–1984) President of European Olympic Committees: Mustapha Berraf Algeria: 2019: President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa: Yasuhiro Yamashita Japan: 2020: judo (1984) David Haggerty United States: 2020 ...
A primary election was held among the members of Costa Rica's then ruling National Liberation Party (PLN) on June 7, [2] 2009 in order to choose the PLN's nominee for presidency in the 2010 general election. The two main candidates for the nomination were then vice-president Laura Chinchilla and San José Mayor Johnny Araya. Former security ...
1) Laura Chinchilla Miranda (resigned 8 October 2008); 2) Kevin Casas Zamora (resigned 22 September 2007) Elected Vice-Presidents of the Republic for the period 2006–2010 Both have acted as interim presidents.
General elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday, 2 February 2014 to elect a new president, two vice presidents, and 57 Legislative Assembly lawmakers. [1] In accordance with Article 132 of the constitution, incumbent President Laura Chinchilla Miranda was ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.