List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
since 1 May 2022
Term lengthOne year
Inaugural holderManuel Aguilar Chacón
Formation1824

The president of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is the presiding officer of that legislature.

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

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