Ruler · 1933 – present

Abel Pacheco

Born 1933, living; physician, politician, writer. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 2002 – 2006.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1933; living
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 39th of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

35 before

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier1990 – 1994

José María Figueres1994 – 1998

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez1998 – 2002

Abel Pacheco2002 – 2006

Óscar Arias2006 – 2010

Laura Chinchilla2010 – 2014

Luis Guillermo Solís2014 – 2018

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 2002 – 2006 · 4 years · came to it aged 69

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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