List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
| President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
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| Term length | One year |
| Inaugural holder | Manuel Aguilar Chacón |
| Formation | 1824 |
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The president of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is the presiding officer of that legislature.
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Manuel Aguilar Chacón | 1824 November – 1825 January | ||
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Agustín Gutiérrez y Lizaurzábal | 1824 September – November | ||
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Cecilio Umaña Fallas | 1825 April – May | ||
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Manuel Alvarado Hidalgo | 1825 January – February | ||
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Manuel Alvarado Alvarado | 1825 February – April | ||
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Pedro Zeledón Mora | 1825 June – November | ||
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Félix Romero Castro | 1825 November – December | ||
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José María Arias Zamora | 1826 January – February | ||
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Joaquín Rivas Ramírez | 1826 March – May | ||
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Francisco Javier Alfaro Zamora | 1826 May – August | ||
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José Antonio Castro Ramírez | 1827 May – June | ||
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Braulio Carrillo Colina | 1828 March | ||
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José Joaquín Flores Pérez | 1828 September | ||
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Manuel María Peralta del Corral | 1829 November – 1830 February | ||
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Luciano Alfaro Arias | 1830 May – June | ||
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José María Esquivel Azofeifa | 1830 May – June | ||
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Rafael Francisco Osejo | 1831 January – April | ||
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José Gabriel Campo Guerrero | 1831 July – August | ||
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José Nereo Fonseca González | 1831 May – June | ||
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José Francisco Peralta del Corral | 1832 setiembre – December | ||
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José Andrés Rivera | 1834 March – April | ||
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Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava | 1836 August – December | ||
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Francisco Javier Sáenz Ulloa | 1836 January – February | ||
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Miguel Alfaro Saborío | 1837 January – February | ||
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José Julián Blanco Zamora | 1837 March – April | ||
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Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla | 1837 March – April | ||
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Félix Sancho Alvarado | 1837 September – 1838 May | ||
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Juan Mora Fernández | 1843 August – December | ||
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Juan de los Santos Madriz Cervantes | 1843 June – August | ||
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Félix Sancho Alvarado | 1844 January – May | ||
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo | 1844 July – November | ||
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José María Castro Madriz | 1845 November 1844 – December | ||
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Juan Rafael Reyes Frutos | 1846 December – 1846 February | ||
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla | 1846 March – June | ||
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Nazario Toledo | 1846 September – 1847 May | ||
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José María Alfaro Zamora | 1847 May – September | ||
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Juan Rafael Mora Porras | 1847 November – 1848 June | ||
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla | 1848 September – 1849 December | ||
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Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla | 1850 January – 1856 May | ||
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Rafael García-Escalante Nava | 1857 October – 1858 August | ||
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José María Castro Madriz | 1859 October – December | ||
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Julián Volio Llorente | 1860 – 1863 | ||
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla | 1860 – 1861 | ||
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo | 1861 – 1862 | ||
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla | 1862 – 1863 | ||
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Napoleón Escalante Navas | 1863 May – August | ||
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo | 1863 May – August | ||
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Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales | 1864 – 1867 | ||
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1864 – 1865 | ||
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José María Montealegre Fernández
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1867 – 1868 | ||
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1867 – 1868 | ||
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Juan José Ulloa Solares | 1869 January – February | ||
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Francisco Echeverría Alvarado | 1869 May – 1870 April | ||
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Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava | 1869 – 1876 | ||
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Víctor Guardia Gutiérrez | 1882 – 1883 | ||
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Juan Manuel Carazo Peralta | 1883 – 1886 | ||
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Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz | 1886 – 1889 | ||
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Manuel Aragón Quesada | 1889 – 1890 | ||
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1890 – 1892 | ||
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Carlos Durán Cartín | 1892 | ||
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Pedro María León-Páez y Brown | 1894 – 1900 | ||
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
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1900 – 1903 | ||
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | 1900 – 1903 | ||
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Mauro Fernández Acuña | 1904 – 1905 | ||
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Federico Tinoco Iglesias | 1905 – 1908 | ||
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Juan Bautista Quirós Segura | 1905 – 1908 | ||
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | 1909 – 1910 | ||
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Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias | 1910 – 1913 | ||
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Máximo Fernández Alvarado | 1913 – 1914 | ||
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Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas | 1914 – 1916 | ||
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Máximo Fernández Alvarado | 1916 – 1917 | ||
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Daniel Núñez Gutiérrez | 1917 – 1918 | ||
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Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas | 1917 April – June | Peliquista Party | |
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José Astúa Aguilar | 1917 – 1918 | Peliquista Party | |
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Rafael Calderón Muñoz | 1917 – 1918 | Peliquista Party | |
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Francisco Faerron Suárez | 1918 – 1919 | Peliquista Party | |
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José Astúa Aguilar | 1919 | Peliquista Party | |
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Arturo Volio Jiménez | 1920 – 1925 | Republican Party | |
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León Cortés Castro | 1925 – 1926 | Republican Party | |
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Arturo Volio Jiménez | 1926 – 1929 | Republican Party | |
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Alejandro Alvarado Quirós | 1929 – 1930 | Republican Party | |
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Oscar Rohrmoser Carranza | 1929 – 1930 | Republican Party | |
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Rafael Calderón Muñoz | 1931 – 1932 | National Republican Party | |
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Arturo Volio Jiménez | 1932 – 1935 | National Republican Party | |
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Ricardo Castro Beeche | 1935 – 1936 | National Republican Party | |
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Juan Rafael Arias Bonilla | 1936 – 1938 | National Republican Party | |
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Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia | 1938 – 1940 | National Republican Party | |
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Otto Cortés Fernández | 1940 – 1941 | Democratic Party | |
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Teodoro Picado Michalski | 1941 – 1944 | National Republican Party | |
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José Albertazzi Avendaño | 1944 – 1945 | National Republican Party | |
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Rafael Ángel Grillo Ocampo | 1944 – 1945 | National Republican Party | |
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Francisco Fonseca Chamier | 1946 – 1948 | National Republican Party | |
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Marcial Rodríguez Conejo | 1949 – 1952 | National Union Party | |
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Abelardo Bonilla Baldares | 1952 – 1953 | National Union Party | |
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Gonzalo Facio Segreda | 1953 – 1956 | National Liberation Party | |
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Otto Cortés Fernández | 1956 – 1958 | National Liberation Party | |
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Álvaro Montero Padilla | 1958 – 1960 | National Union Party | |
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Fernando Lara Bustamante | 1960 – 1961 | National Union Party | |
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Mario Leiva Quirós | 1961 – 1962 | National Union Party | |
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Carlos Espinach Escalante | 1962 – 1963 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rafael París Steffens | 1963 – 1964 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rodolfo Solano Orfila | 1964 – 1965 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rafael París Steffens | 1965 – 1966 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rodrigo Carazo Odio | 1966 – 1967 | National Liberation Party | |
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Hernán Garrón Salazar | 1967 – 1968 | National Liberation Party | |
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Fernando Volio Jiménez | 1968 – 1969 | National Liberation Party | |
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José Luis Molina Quesada | 1969 – 1970 | National Liberation Party | |
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Daniel Oduber Quirós | 1970 – 1973 | National Liberation Party | |
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Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez
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1973 – 1974 | National Liberation Party | |
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Alfonso Carro Zúñiga | 1974 – 1977 | National Liberation Party | |
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Elías Soley Soler | 1977 – 1978 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto | 1978 – 1979 | Unity Coalition | |
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Ramón Aguilar Facio | 1979 – 1980 | Unity Coalition | |
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Rafael Grillo Rivera | 1980 – 1981 | Unity Coalition | |
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Cristian Tattenbach Iglesias | 1981 – 1982 | Unity Coalition | |
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Hernán Garrón Salazar | 1982 – 1983 | National Liberation Party | |
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Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla | 1983 – 1984 | National Liberation Party | |
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Bernal Jiménez Monge | 1984 – 1985 | National Liberation Party | |
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Guillermo Vargas Sanabria | 1985 – 1986 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rosemary Karspinsky Dodero | 1986 – 1987 | National Liberation Party | |
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Fernando Volio Jiménez | 1987 – 1988 | National Liberation Party | |
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José Luis Valenciano Chaves | 1988 – 1989 | National Liberation Party | |
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Allen Arias Angulo | 1989 – 1990 | National Liberation Party | |
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Juan José Trejos Fonseca | 1990 – 1991 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
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1991 – 1992 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Roberto Tovar Faja | 1992 – 1993 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Danilo Chaverri Soto | 1993 – 1994 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Alberto Cañas Escalante | 1994 – 1995 | National Liberation Party | |
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti | 1995 – 1996 | National Liberation Party | |
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Jorge Walter Coto Molina | 1996 – 1997 | National Liberation Party | |
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Saúl Weisleder Weisleder | 1997 – 1998 | National Liberation Party | |
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Luis Fishman Zonzinski | 1998 – 1999 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Carlos Vargas Pagán | 1999 – 2000 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Rina Contreras López | 2000 – 2001 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Ovidio Pacheco Salazar | 2001 – 2002 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Rolando Laclé Castro | 2002 – 2003 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Mario Redondo Poveda | 2003 – 2004 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Gerardo González Esquivel | 2004 – 2006 | Social Christian Unity Party | |
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Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernández | 2006 – 2010 | National Liberation Party | |
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Luis Gerardo Villanueva Monge | 2010 – 2011 | National Liberation Party | |
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Juan Carlos Mendoza García | 2011 – 2012 | Citizens' Action Party | |
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Víctor Emilio Granados Calvo | 2012 – 2013 | Accessibility without Exclusion | |
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Luis Fernando Mendoza Jiménez | 2013 – 2014 | National Liberation Party | |
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Henry Mora Jiménez | 2014 – 2015 | Citizens' Action Party | |
| Rafael Ortiz Fábrega | 2015 – 2016 | Social Christian Unity Party | ||
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti | 2016 – 2017 | National Liberation Party | |
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Gonzalo Alberto Ramírez Zamora | 2017 – 2018 | Costa Rican Renewal Party | |
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Carolina Hidalgo Herrera | 2018 – 2019 | Citizens' Action Party | |
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Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez | 2019 – 2020 | National Liberation Party | |
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Eduardo Cruickshank Smith | 2020 – 2021 | National Restoration Party | |
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Silvia Hernández Sánchez | 2021 – 2022 | National Liberation Party | |
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Rodrigo Arias Sánchez | 2022 – 2024 | National Liberation Party | |