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Government of Costa Rica

  • Spanish: Gobierno de la República de Costa Rica

Governs Costa Rica

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  • Minister of the Presidency pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Rodrigo Chaves as Minister of the Presidency presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Finance pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Rodrigo Chaves as Minister of Finance presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Indiana Trejos Gallo as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Government, Police and Public Security pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Gerald Campos Valverde as Minister of Government, Police and Public Security presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Carla Morales Rojas as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Foreign Trade pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Indiana Trejos Gallo as Minister of Foreign Trade presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • María del Milagro Solórzano León as Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Public Education pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • José Leonardo Sánchez Hernández as Minister of Public Education presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Health pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Alexander Sánchez Cabo as Minister of Health presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Labor and Social Security pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Mercedes Flores Badilla as Minister of Labor and Social Security presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Justice and Peace pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Gabriel Aguilar Vargas as Minister of Justice and Peace presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Public Works and Transport pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Efraím Zeledón Leiva as Minister of Public Works and Transport presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Environment and Energy pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Mónica Navarro del Valle as Minister of Environment and Energy presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Agriculture and Livestock pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Juan Gabriel Ramírez Guillén as Minister of Agriculture and Livestock presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Culture and Youth pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Jorge Rodríguez Vives as Minister of Culture and Youth presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Housing and Human Settlements pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Guillermo Carazo Ramírez as Minister of Housing and Human Settlements presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Paula Bogantes Zamora as Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Human Development and Social Inclusion pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Yorleny León Marchena as Minister of Human Development and Social Inclusion presidencia.go.cr · checked
  • Minister of Communication pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
  • Arnold Zamora Miranda as Minister of Communication presidencia.go.cr · checked
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    Directing international relations and commanding the public force through the President and the respective minister (Constitution arts. 139(3), 140).

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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: Government of Costa Rica
  • 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: Government of Costa Rica in Spanish
  • pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Foreign relations and public force
  • 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: Minister of the Presidency, Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Minister of Government, Police and Public Security, Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy and 14 more
  • 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: Rodrigo Chaves as Minister of the Presidency, Rodrigo Chaves as Minister of Finance, Indiana Trejos Gallo as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Gerald Campos Valverde as Minister of Government, Police and Public Security, Carla Morales Rojas as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy and 14 more

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