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The following table contains a list of the presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain and Mexico. From 1823 to 1839 Costa Rica was a state within the United States of Central America; since then it has been an independent nation.

Heads of State of Costa Rica	Term	Party	Notes
Juan Mora Fernández	1825- 1833		Two successive periods; re-elected in 1828.
José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado	1833- 1835		First term.
Braulio Carrillo Colina	1835- 1837		First term.
Manuel Aguilar Chacón	1837- 1838
Braulio Carrillo Colina	1838- 1842Events February 21 John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. March 5 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution		Second term.
Francisco Morazán Quesada	Apr-Sep 1842Events February 21 John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. March 5 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution		Executed/assassinated 15 September 1842Events February 21 John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. March 5 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution.
José María Alfaro Zamora	1842- 1844		First term.
Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla	Nov-Dec 1844
Rafael Mora Murillo	1844
José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado	1845- 1846		Second term.
José María Alfaro Zamora	1846- 1847		Second term.
José María Castro Madriz	1847- 1848
Presidents of the Republic of Costa Rica	Term	Party	Notes
José María Castro Madriz	1848- 1849		"Founder of the Republic". First presidential term.
Juan Rafael Mora Porras	1849- 1859
José María Montealegre Fernández	1859- 1863
Jesús Jiménez Zamora	1863- 1866		First term.
José María Castro Madriz	1866- 1868		Second presidential term.
Jesús Jiménez Zamora	1868- 1870		Second term.
Bruno Carranza Ramírez	Apr-Aug 1870		Coup d'état.
Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez	1870- 1876		First term.
Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz	May-Jul 1876		Coup d'état.
Vicente Herrera Zeledón	1876- 1877
Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez	1877- 1882		Second term.
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno	1882- 1885		Died in office.
Bernardo Soto Alfaro	1885- 1889		Elected in his own right in 1886; resigned 1889.
Carlos Durán Cartín	1889- 1890
José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón	1890- 1894
Rafael Yglesias Castro	1894- 1902		Two consecutive terms.
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra	1902- 1906
Cleto González Víquez	1906- 1910		First term.
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno	1910- 1914		Son of Jesús Jiménez Zamora. First term.
Alfredo González Flores	1914- 1917		Deposed by Tinoco in a coup.
Federico Tinoco Granados	1917- 1919		Military dictatorship. Overthrown by popular uprising.
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura	Aug-Sep 1919		Interim president.
Francisco Aguilar Barquero	1919- 1920		Interim presidency; dictatorial powers.
Julio Acosta García	1920- 1924
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno	1924- 1928		Second term.
Cleto González Víquez	1928- 1932		Second term.
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno	1932- 1936		Third term.
León Cortés Castro	1936- 1940
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia	1940- 1944
Teodoro Picado Michalski	1944- 1948		Deposed.
José Figueres Ferrer	1948- 1949	PLN	Came to power in popular uprising, civil war. First term.
Luis Rafael Otilio Ulate Blanco	1949- 1953
José Figueres Ferrer	1953- 1958	PLN	Second term.
Mario Echandi Jiménez	1958- 1962
Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich	1962- 1966	PLN
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández	1966- 1970
José Figueres Ferrer	1970- 1974	PLN	Third term.
Daniel Oduber Quirós	1974- 1978	PLN
Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Odio	1978- 1982	Unidad
Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez	1982- 1986	PLN
Óscar Arias Sánchez	1986- 1990	PLN	Nobel Peace Prize winner 1987.
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier	1990- 1994	PUSC	Son of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia.
José María Figueres Olsen	1994- 1998	PLN	Son of José Figueres Ferrer.
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría	1998- 2002	PUSC
Abel Pacheco de la Espriella	2002-2006	PUSC

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