Costa Rica
10 Sep 1502 Claimed for Aragon and Castile
1568 Part of Kingdom of Guatemala
11 Oct 1821 Independent province of Nicaragua y Costa Rica from Spain
12 Nov 1821 Independence of Costa Rica
10 Jan 1822 - 08 Mar 1823 Part of Mexican Empire
04 Mar 1824 - 15 Nov 1838 Part of the Central American Federation
08 Sep 1824 State of Costa Rica
14 Apr 1825 Free State of Costa Rica
10 Feb 1847 State of Costa Rica
31 Aug 1848 Republic of Costa Rica
Presidents of the Junta
11 Oct - 12 Nov 1821 Juan Manuel de Cañas Trujillo y Sánchez de Madrid
12 Nov - 01 Dec 1821 José Nicolás Carrillo y Aguirre
01 Dec 1821 - 12 Jan 1822 Pedro José de Alvarado y Baeza
12 Jan - 13 Apr 1822 Rafael de la Trinidad Barroeta y Castilla
13 Apr - 14 Jul 1822 José Santiago de Bonilla y Laya-Bolívar
14 Jul - 17 Oct 1822 José María de Peralta y de la Vega
(1st Time)
17 Oct - 31 Dec 1822 Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado
(1st Time)
01 Jan - 20 Mar 1823 José Santos Lombardo
President of the Constituent Congress
03 Mar - 19 Mar 1823 José María de Peralta y de la Vega (1st Time) ..... 1763-1826
President of the Standing Commission
20 Mar - 29 Mar 1823 Rafael Francisco Osejo
General-Commandants
29 Mar - 05 Apr 1823 Joaquín de Oreamuno y Munoz de la Trinidad ........ 1755-1827
(in Cartago)
02 Apr - 16 Apr 1823 Gregorio José Ramírez y Castro .................... 1796-1823
(in San José)
President of the Constituent Congress
16 Apr - 10 May 1823 José María de Peralta y de la Vega (2nd Time)
Presidents of the Governing Junta
10 May 1823 - 08 Jan 1824 Manuel de Jesús Alvarado e Hidalgo ................ 1775-1836
(1st Time)
08 Jan - 12 Feb 1824 Eusebio Rodríguez Castro .......................... 1778-1858
12 Feb - 08 Sep 1824 Manuel de Jesús Alvarado e Hidalgo (2nd Time)
Chiefs of State
27 May 1838 - 12 Apr 1842 Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina (2nd Time)
12 Apr - 11 Sep 1842 José Francisco Morazán Quezada .................... 1792-1842
11 Sep - 27 Sep 1842 Antonio Luis Pinto Suarez ......................... 1780-1865
27 Apr 1842 - 29 Nov 1844 José María Alfaro Zamora (1st Time) ............... 1799-1856
29 Nov 1844 - 07 Jun 1846 Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla .................. 1801-1856
07 Jun 1846 - 10 Feb 1847 José María Alfaro Zamora (2nd Time)
Presidents
08 May 1847 - 16 Nov 1849 José María Castro y Madriz (1st Time) ............. 1818-1892
16 Nov - 26 Nov 1849 Juan Miguel Mora Porras ........................... 1816-1897
(acting)
26 Nov 1849 - 14 Aug 1859 Juan Rafael Mora Porras ........................... 1814-1860
14 Aug 1859 - 08 Aug 1863 José María Montrealegre Fernandez ................. 1815-1867
08 Aug 1863 - 08 Aug 1866 Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (1st Time) ..... 1823-1897
08 Aug 1866 - 01 Nov 1868 José María Castro y Madriz (2nd Time)
01 Nov 1868 - 27 Apr 1870 Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (2nd Time)
27 Apr - 09 Aug 1870 José Bruno Carranza Ramirez ....................... 1822-1891
10 Aug 1870 - 08 May 1876 Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez (1st Time) ......... 1831-1882
08 May - 30 Jul 1876 Aniceto del Carman Esquivel Sáenz ................. 1824-1898
30 Jul 1876 - 11 Sep 1877 Vincent de las Mecedas Herrera Zeledón ............ 1821-1888
(acting)
11 Sep 1877 - 06 Jul 1882 Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez (2nd Time)
06 Jul 1882 - 12 Mar 1885 Juan Primitivo Próspero Fernández Oreamuno ........ 1834-1885
12 Mar 1885 - 08 May 1890 Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro ........................ 1852-1924
08 May 1890 - 08 May 1894 José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón .................... 1838-1917
08 May 1894 - 08 May 1902 Rafeal Anselmo José Iglesias Castro ............... 1861-1924
08 May 1902 - 08 May 1906 Ascenson Esquivel Ibarra .......................... 1848-1927
08 May 1906 - 08 May 1910 Cleto de Jesús González Víquez (1st Time) ......... 1858-1937
08 May 1910 - 08 May 1914 Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno ........ 1869-1945
(1st Time)
08 May 1914 - 27 Jan 1917 Alfredo González Flores ........................... 1877-1962
27 Jan 1917 - 20 Aug 1919 José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granado ..... 1868-1931
20 Aug - 02 Sep 1919 Juan Bautista Quirós Segura ....................... 1853-1934
02 Sep 1919 - 08 May 1920 Francisco Ramón de Jesús Aguilar Barquero ......... 1857-1924
08 May 1920 - 08 May 1924 Rafael Julio del Rosario Acosta García ............ 1876-1954
08 May 1924 - 08 May 1928 Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno
(2nd Time)
08 May 1928 - 08 May 1932 Cleto de Jesús González Víquez (2nd Time)
08 May 1932 - 08 May 1936 Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno
(3rd Time)
08 May 1936 - 08 May 1940 León Luis Cortés Castilo .......................... 1882-1946
08 May 1940 - 08 May 1944 Rafael Ángel del Socorro Calderón Guardia ......... 1900-1970
08 May 1944 - 08 May 1948 Teodoro Picado Michalski .......................... 1900-1960
08 May 1948 - 08 Nov 1949 José María Hipólita Figueres Ferrar (1st Time) .... 1906-1990
08 Nov 1949 - 08 Nov 1953 Luis Emilio Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio
González Ulate y Blanco .......................... 1891-1973
08 Nov 1953 - 08 May 1958 José María Hipólita Figueres Ferrar (2nd Time)
08 May 1958 - 08 May 1962 Mario José Echandi Jiménez ........................ 1915-2011
08 May 1962 - 08 May 1966 Francisco José Orlich Bolmarich ................... 1907-1969
08 May 1966 - 08 May 1970 José Joaquín Antonio Trejos Fernández ............. 1916-2010
08 May 1970 - 08 May 1974 José María Hipólita Figueres Ferrar (3rd Time)
08 May 1974 - 08 May 1978 Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós ... 1921-1991
08 May 1978 - 08 May 1982 Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio . 1926-2009
08 May 1982 - 08 May 1986 Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez ........................ 1925-2016
08 May 1986 - 08 May 1990 Óscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez ............... 1941-
(1st Time)
08 May 1990 - 08 May 1994 Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier .................... 1949-
08 May 1994 - 08 May 1998 José María Figueres Olsen ......................... 1954-
08 May 1998 - 08 May 2002 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría ................. 1940-
08 May 2002 - 08 May 2006 Abel Pacheco de la Espriella ...................... 1933-
08 May 2006 - 08 May 2010 Óscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez (2nd Time)
08 May 2010 - 08 May 2014 Laura Chinchilla Miranda .......................... 1959-
08 May 2014 - 08 May 2018 Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera ....................... 1958-
08 May 2018 - 08 May 2022 Carlos Alvarado Quesada ........................... 1980-
08 May 2022 - Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles ............ 1961-
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Talamanca
1860 - 1910 Chiefs of the Bribri Indian nations style themselfs "Kings of Talamanca"
Chiefs
1860 - 1871 Chirimo
1871 - 1872 Santiago Mayas
1872 - 1874 Birche
1874 - 1880 Willie
1880 - 1910 Antonio Saldaña
1910 José Saldaña
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