Luis Alberto Monge
President of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 1982 – 8 May 1986
Vice President	Alberto Fait Lizano, Armando Aráuz Aguilar
Preceded by	Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Succeeded by	Óscar Arias
Personal details
Born	(1925-12-29)29 December 1925 Palmares, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Died	29 November 2016(2016-11-29) (aged 90) San José, Costa Rica
Political party	National Liberation Party

Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (29 December 1925 – 29 November 2016) was a Costa Rican politician, diplomat and lawyer. He was the President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1982 to 8 May 1986. Before being President, he was the country's ambassador to Israel.

He was born in Palmares, Alajuela Province. Monge died of cardiac arrest on 29 November 2016 in San José, aged 90.^[1]

• (in Spanish) Biography by CIDOB Foundation Archived 2014-01-05 at the Wayback Machine

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