Ruler · 1906 – 1990

José Figueres Ferrer

Lived 1906 – 1990; engineer, politician. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 1948 – 1949 and 2 more terms.

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Lived: 1906 – 1990; 84 years
In office: 10 years; 3 reigns
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 25th, 27th and 31st of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

21 before

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1932 – 1936

León Cortés Castro1936 – 1940

Teodoro Picado Michalski1944 – 1948

José Figueres Ferrer1948 – 1949

Otilio Ulate Blanco1949 – 1953

José Figueres Ferrer1953 – 1958

Mario Echandi Jiménez1958 – 1962

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

11 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 1948 – 1949 · 1 year · came to it aged 42 · term 1 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1949; they died in 1990

Reigned 1953 – 1958 · 5 years · came to it aged 47 · term 2 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1958; they died in 1990

Reigned 1970 – 1974 · 4 years · came to it aged 64 · term 3 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1974; they died in 1990

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