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Rodrigo Chaves
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49th president of Costa Rica
Key facts
- President
- Laura Fernández Delgado
- Preceded by
- Laura Fernández Delgado
- Succeeded by
- Elián Villegas Valverde
- Vice president
- Stephan Brunner (until 2025), Mary Munive
- Born
- Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles , ( 1961-06-10 ) 10 June 1961 (age 65) , San José, Costa Rica
- Party
- Independent (2023–present)
- Other political affiliations
- PPSD (2020–2023)
- Spouse s
- Monika Hempel Nanne ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1996 ) , Signe Zeikate ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 )
- Alma mater
- University of Costa Rica (no degree), Ohio State University ( BS , MA , PhD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Costa Rica
- Place of birth
- Managua
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Costa Rica
- Educated at
- Ohio State University
- Employer
- World Bank
- Political party
- Social Democratic Progress Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Rodrigo Chaves, discurso posesión (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.85
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- date of birth
- 1961-06-10
- Commons category
- Rodrigo Chaves
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- Rodrigo Chaves
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Encyclopedic overview
Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles ( Spanish: [roˈðɾiɣo ˈtʃaβes ˈroβles]; born 10 June 1961) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who has served as Minister of the Presidency and Minister of Finance since 2026 and served as the 49th president of Costa Rica from 2022 to 2026. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during the presidency of Carlos Alvarado Quesada.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rodrigo Chaves” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.