Ruler · 1940 – present

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

Born 1940, living; politician. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 1998 – 2002.

Wikidata's English label: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría.

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 1940; living
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 38th of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

34 before

Óscar Arias1986 – 1990

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier1990 – 1994

José María Figueres1994 – 1998

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez1998 – 2002

Abel Pacheco2002 – 2006

Óscar Arias2006 – 2010

Laura Chinchilla2010 – 2014

4 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 1998 – 2002 · 4 years · came to it aged 58

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Rodríguez was elected to the presidency with an agenda that included opening state-run monopolies in insurance and telecommunications, restructuring the public sector through a greater private-sector role in infrastructure, trade liberalization, and the expansion and modernization of the welfare sys…

He later voluntarily resigned from the post to return to Costa Rica and face allegations of financial misconduct related to his presidential administration, including accusations that he had received bribes from the French company Alcatel in connection with telecommunications contracts.

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