| Pedro Alvaredo | 01.12.1821-13.01.1822 | |
| Rafael Barroeta | 13.01.1822-01.01.1823 | |
| José Santos Lobardo | 01.01.1823-06.09.1824 | |
| Agustin Gutiérrez Lizano Zabal | 06-09.1824-08.09.1824 | |
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Juan Mora Fernandéz (1784-1854) | 08.09.1824-09.03.1833 |
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José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado (1784-1850) | 09.03.1833-1834 |
| Juán José Lara | 1834-06.1834 | |
| Agustin Gutiérrez Lizano Zabal (2nd time) | 06.1834-05.05.1835 | |
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Braulio Carillo Colina (1800-1845) | 05.05.1835-17.04.1837 |
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Manuel Aguilar Chacón (1797-1846) | 17.04.1837-27.05.1838 |
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Braulio Carillo (2nd time) | 25.06.1838-11.04.1842 |
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Francisco Morazan Quesada (1792-1842) | 15.07.1842-14.09.1842 |
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José Maria Alfaro Zamora (1799-1856) | 27.09.1842-15.11.1844 |
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Francisco Maria Oreamuno Bonilla (1800-1856) | 15.11.1844-07.12.1844 |
| Rafael Moya (-nach1845) | 07.12.1844-01.05.1845 | |
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José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado (2nd time) | 01.05.1845-09.06.1846 |
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José Maria Alfaro Zamora (2nd time) | 09.06.1846-08.05.1847 |
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José Maria Castro Madriz (1816-1892) | 08.05.1847-16.01.1849 |
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Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814-1860) | 26.01.1849-14.08.1859 |
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José María Montealegre Fernández (1815-1887) | 14.08.1859-08.05.1863 |
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Jésús Jiménez Zamora (1823-1897) | 08.05.1863-08.05.1866 |
| José Maria Castro (1816-1892) | 08.05.1866-01.09.1868 | |
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Jésús Jiménez Zamora (2nd time) | 01.09.1868-27.04.1870 |
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Bruno Carranza Ramírez (1822-1891) | 28.04.1870-08.08.1870 |
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Tomás Guardia Gutierrez(1832-1882) | 08.08.1870-21.11.1873 |
| Salvador González | 21.11.1873-01.12.1873 | |
| Rafael Barroeta | 02.12.1873-28.02.1874 | |
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Tomás Guardia Gutierrez (2nd time) | 28.02.1874-19.05.1876 |
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Aniveto Esquivel Saenz (1824-1876) | 19.05.1876-20.07.1876 |
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Vicente Herrera Zeledon (1821-1877) | 30.07.1876-11.09.1876 |
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Tomás Guardia Gutierrez (3rd time) | 17.09.1876-07.07.1882 |
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Próspero Fernández (1834-1885) | 20.07.1882-12.03.1885 |
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Bernardo Soto y Alfaro (1854-1931) | 13.03.1885-07.11.1889 |
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Carlos Durán Cartin (1852-1924) | 07.11.1889-08.05.1890 |
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José Joaquín Rodriguez Zeledon (1838-1917) | 08.05.1890-08.05.1894 |
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Rafaes Iglesias I Castro (1861-1924) | 08.05.1894-08.05.1902 |
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Ascensión Esquivel (1848-1927) | 08.05.1902-08.05.1906 |
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Cleto González Viquez (1858-1937) | 08.05.1906-08.05.1910 |
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (1859-1945) | 08.05.1910-08.05.1912 |
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Cleto González Viquez (2nd time) | 08.05.1912-08.05.1914 |
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Alfredo González Flores | 08.05.1914-27.01.1917 |
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Frederico Tinoco Granados (1870-1931) | 11.04.1917-06.05.1919 |
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Julio Acosta Garcia (1876-1954) | 07.05.1919-13.08.1919 |
| Juan Bautista Quirós | 13.08.1919-08.08.1920 | |
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Julio Acosta Garcia (2nd time) | 08.05.1920-08.05.1924 |
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (2nd time) | 08.05.1924-08.05.1928 |
| Cleto González Viquez (3rd time) | 08.05.1928-08.05.1932 | |
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Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno (3rd time) | 08.05.1932-08.05.1936 |
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León Cortés Castro (1882-1946) | 08.05.1936-08.05.1940 |
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Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia (1900-1971) | 08.05.1940-08.05.1944 |
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Teodoro Picardo Michalski (1901-1960) | 08.05.1944-24.04.1948 |
| Santos León Herrera | 24.04.1948-03.05.1948 | |
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José Figueres Ferrer (1907-1990) | 03.05.1948-16.01.1949 |
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Otilio Ulate Blanco (1896-1973) | 16.01.1949-26.05.1952 |
| Alberto Oreamuno Flores | 26.09.1952-06.1953 | |
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José Figueres Ferrer (2nd time) | 06.1953-08.05.1958 |
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Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915) | 08.05.1958-08.05.1962 |
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Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich (1907-1969) | 08.05.1962-08.05.1966 |
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José Tréjos Fernández (1916) | 08.05.1966-08.05.1970 |
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José Figueres Ferrer (3rd time) | 08.05.1970-08.05.1974 |
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Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921-1991) | 08.05.1974-08.05.1978 |
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Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926) | 08.05.1978-08.05.1982 |
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Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez (1926) | 08.05.1982-08.05.1986 |
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Oscar Arias Sánchez (1941) | 08.05.1986-08.05.1990 |
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Rafael Angél Calderón Fournier (1949) | 08.05.1990-08.05.1994 |
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José Maria Figueres Olsen (1954) | 08.05.1994-08.05.1998 |
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Miguel Angel Rodríguez Echeverría (1940) | 08.05.1998-08.05.2002 |
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Abel Pacheca de la Espriella (1933) | 08.05.2002- |
