🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Laura Fernández Delgado
President · 115 days in office
Tenure records
Longest-serving
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
4,383 days · 3 terms
Shortest-serving
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
21 days
Average tenure
1,335 days
Laura Fernández Delgado: 91% below average
Recent presidents by days in office
Is a leader's tenure getting longer or shorter in Costa Rica?
Across 43 completed terms, the average president of Costa Rica has served 1,335 days (about 3.7 years). That has stayed fairly steady: the last five completed terms averaged 1,461 days.
One completed term Average tenure per decade
All presidents of Costa Rica
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 |  Laura Fernández Delgado | May 8, 2026 | Incumbent | 115 |
| 44 |  Rodrigo Chaves | May 8, 2022 | Incumbent | 1,576 |
| 43 |  Carlos Alvarado Quesada | May 8, 2018 | May 8, 2022 | 1,461 |
| 42 |  Luis Guillermo Solís | May 8, 2014 | May 8, 2018 | 1,461 |
| 41 |  Laura Chinchilla | May 8, 2010 | May 8, 2014 | 1,461 |
| 40 |  Óscar Arias Sánchez | May 8, 2006 | May 8, 2010 | 1,461 |
| 39 |  Abel Pacheco | May 8, 2002 | May 8, 2006 | 1,461 |
| 38 |  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría | May 8, 1998 | May 8, 2002 | 1,461 |
| 37 |  José María Figueres Olsen | May 8, 1994 | May 8, 1998 | 1,461 |
| 36 |  Rafael Ángel Calderón | May 8, 1990 | May 8, 1994 | 1,461 |
| 35 | Óscar Arias Sánchez | May 8, 1986 | May 8, 1990 | 1,461 |
| 34 |  Luis Alberto Monge | May 8, 1982 | May 8, 1986 | 1,461 |
| 33 |  Rodrigo Carazo Odio | May 8, 1978 | May 8, 1982 | 1,461 |
| 32 |  Daniel Oduber Quirós | May 8, 1974 | May 8, 1978 | 1,461 |
| 31 |  José Figueres Ferrer | May 8, 1970 | May 8, 1974 | 1,461 |
| 30 |  José Joaquín Trejos Fernández | May 8, 1966 | May 8, 1970 | 1,461 |
| 29 |  Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich | May 8, 1962 | May 8, 1966 | 1,461 |
| 28 |  Mario Echandi Jiménez | May 8, 1958 | May 8, 1962 | 1,461 |
| 27 | José Figueres Ferrer | Nov 8, 1953 | May 8, 1958 | 1,642 |
| 26 |  Otilio Ulate Blanco | Nov 7, 1949 | May 8, 1953 | 1,278 |
| 25 | José Figueres Ferrer | May 8, 1948 | Nov 8, 1949 | 549 |
| 24 |  Teodoro Picado Michalski | May 8, 1944 | Apr 20, 1948 | 1,443 |
| 23 |  León Cortés Castro | May 8, 1936 | May 8, 1940 | 1,461 |
| 22 |  Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | May 8, 1932 | May 8, 1936 | 1,461 |
| 21 |  Cleto González Víquez | May 8, 1928 | May 8, 1932 | 1,461 |
| 20 | Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | May 8, 1924 | May 8, 1928 | 1,461 |
| 19 |  Julio Acosta García | May 8, 1920 | May 8, 1924 | 1,461 |
| 18 |  Francisco Aguilar Barquero | Sep 2, 1919 | May 8, 1920 | 249 |
| 17 |  Juan Bautista Quirós Segura | Aug 12, 1919 | Sep 2, 1919 | 21 |
| 16 |  Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados | Jan 27, 1917 | Aug 12, 1919 | 927 |
| 15 |  Alfredo González Flores | May 8, 1914 | Jan 27, 1917 | 995 |
| 14 | Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | May 8, 1910 | May 8, 1914 | 1,461 |
| 13 | Cleto González Víquez | May 8, 1906 | May 8, 1910 | 1,461 |
| 12 |  Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra | May 8, 1902 | May 1, 1906 | 1,454 |
| 11 |  José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón | May 8, 1890 | May 8, 1894 | 1,461 |
| 10 |  Bernardo Soto Alfaro | Mar 12, 1885 | Nov 7, 1889 | 1,701 |
| 9 |  Próspero Fernández Oreamuno | Aug 10, 1882 | Mar 12, 1885 | 945 |
| 8 |  Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez | Jul 6, 1882 | Aug 10, 1882 | 35 |
| 7 |  Juan Rafael Mora Porras | Nov 26, 1849 | Aug 14, 1859 | 3,548 |
| 6 |  José Rafael Gallegos | Jan 1, 1845 | Jan 1, 1846 | 365 |
| 5 |  Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia | May 8, 1840 | May 8, 1844 | 1,461 |
| 4 |  Braulio Carrillo Colina | May 28, 1838 | Apr 11, 1842 | 1,414 |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo Colina | May 5, 1835 | Mar 8, 1837 | 673 |
| 2 | José Rafael Gallegos | Mar 1, 1833 | Mar 1, 1835 | 730 |
| 1 |  Juan Mora Fernández | Jan 1, 1825 | Jan 1, 1833 | 2,922 |
Officeholder history via Wikidata. Multiple rows for one person indicate separate terms.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is the President of Costa Rica?
- Laura Fernández Delgado has been President of Costa Rica since May 8, 2026.
- Who is the longest-serving President of Costa Rica?
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno, with 4,383 days in office across 3 terms.
- Are leaders serving longer or shorter terms in Costa Rica?
- Across 43 completed terms, the average president of Costa Rica has served 1,335 days (about 3.7 years). That has stayed fairly steady: the last five completed terms averaged 1,461 days.