Ruler · 1921 – 1991

Daniel Oduber Quirós

Lived 1921 – 1991; politician, diplomat, writer. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 1974 – 1978.

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

Lived: 1921 – 1991; 70 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 32nd of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

28 before

Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich1962 – 1966

José Joaquín Trejos Fernández1966 – 1970

José Figueres Ferrer1970 – 1974

Daniel Oduber Quirós1974 – 1978

Rodrigo Carazo Odio1978 – 1982

Luis Alberto Monge1982 – 1986

Óscar Arias1986 – 1990

10 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 1974 – 1978 · 4 years · came to it aged 53

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1978; they died in 1991

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