Ruler · 1941 – present

Óscar Arias

Born 1941, living; politician. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 1986 – 1990 and 1 more term.

Wikidata's English label: Óscar Arias Sánchez.

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 1941; living
In office: 8 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 35th and 40th of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

31 before

Daniel Oduber Quirós1974 – 1978

Rodrigo Carazo Odio1978 – 1982

Luis Alberto Monge1982 – 1986

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

Luis Guillermo Solís2014 – 2018

Carlos Alvarado2018 – 2022

2 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 1986 – 1990 · 4 years · came to it aged 45 · term 1 of 2

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

Reigned 2006 – 2010 · 4 years · came to it aged 65 · term 2 of 2

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

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