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Presidency of the Republic

  • Spanish: Presidencia de la República

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What it's for

The President is head of state and head of government at once. Costa Rica has no prime minister: the President governs with ministers whom the President freely appoints and removes. The President serves one four-year term and cannot be re-elected immediately.

Constitution of Costa Rica, arts. 130-139

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  • (set by law; may still move) General election · President of the Republic

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What it can do

  • Executive power

    The President and the ministers jointly exercise the Executive Power in the name of the people (Constitution art. 130).

  • Appointing ministers

    Freely appointing and removing the ministers of government (Constitution art. 139(1)).

  • Veto

    Vetoing bills passed by the Legislative Assembly (Constitution arts. 125-128).

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  • pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica (Political Constitution of 1949, as amended), read 2026-10-12: Executive (arts. 130-148), Legislative Assembly (arts. 105-121), Judiciary (arts. 152-158). Names from presidencia.go.cr, asamblea.go.cr and poder-judicial.go.cr. For: Presidency of the Republic
  • pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12. For: What it's for
  • presidencia.go.cr · checked Spanish official names from presidencia.go.cr, asamblea.go.cr, poder-judicial.go.cr and the Constitution (Spanish text), read 2026-10-12. For: Presidency of the Republic in Spanish
  • pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Executive power, Appointing ministers, Veto
  • pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: selection method, term and size of each office (arts. 106-107, 130-139, 158); minister offices follow the portfolios listed at https://www.presidencia.go.cr/gabinete/. For: President of the Republic, First Vice President, Second Vice President
  • presidencia.go.cr · checked Casa Presidencial, Gabinete page, read 2026-10-12 (ministers); inauguration 2026-05-08 and vice presidents per press (Forbes/Heraldo 2026-05-08, Observador 2026-05-05); Labor: Mercedes Flores Badilla replaced Roy Thompson (resigned 2026-06-30) per Delfino/CRHoy July 2026; Foreign Affairs: Manuel Tovar dismissed 2026-09-24, Indiana Trejos acting, Ana Elena Pinto Lizano designated from 2026-10-15 (La República, 2026-10-05). Fallback: press for dates and for vice presidents. For: Laura Fernández Delgado as President of the Republic, Francisco Gamboa as First Vice President, Douglas Soto as Second Vice President
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Senate of Peru / Chamber of Deputies of Peru, read 2026-10-12: presiding officers. Fallback: Wikipedia, official sites did not state the presidency. For: Douglas Soto as Second Vice President
  • pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution arts. 107, 138 and Electoral Code (Ley 8765), read 2026-10-12: general election on the first Sunday of February of the year the term ends (2030-02-03); date not yet convoked by TSE decree, so date_confirmed=false. Held 2026-02-01 (Fernández won in first round with 48.3%). For: General election, February 3, 2030

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