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Ministry of the Presidency
Agency overview
Formed24 December 1961 (1961-12-24)
JurisdictionCosta Rica
Annual budget₡12,164,000,000 (2023)
Minister responsible
Child agencies
Websitehttps://www.presidencia.go.cr/

The Ministry of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio de la Presidencia) is a ministry of the Republic of Costa Rica created on 24 December 1961 through Law 2980.[1] Its work prescribed by law consists in providing support to the President of the Republic, serving as a liaison between the Presidency and the other branches of government, civil society and the various ministries.

Being one of the most political ministries, since it has to coordinate with the social and political organizations, with the Legislative Assembly and with the opposition groups, it is usually put in charge of one of the closest collaborators of the President. The Costa Rican intelligence agency, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, reports to the Ministry of the Presidency,[2] which has generated controversy.[3][4]

Said portfolio is one of the most important in the Costa Rican presidential cabinet. The Minister of the Presidency has among its functions to coordinate inter-ministerial and inter-institutional work, to be an interlocutor between the President and the Parliament together with other tasks similar to those that in other countries fall on a Chief of Cabinet or Prime Minister, so usually a person of extreme confidence of the President is appointed. It is not unusual, too, that a few former presidential ministers have been later elected presidents of the Republic. The Minister of the Presidency, however, is not head of government, as Costa Rica's Constitution establishes that the President is both head of state and head of government.[5]

The headquarters of the Ministry of the Presidency are located in Casa Presidencial in Zapote District, San José.

List of ministers

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Ministers of the Presidency
No. Minister Period Party President
1
Mario Quirós Sasso 1962-1966[6][7][8] National Liberation Party
Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich
2 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría 1970[9] National Unification Party
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández
3
Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez 1970-1974[10] National Liberation Party
José Figueres Ferrer
4
Wilburg Jiménez Castro 1975-1976[11] National Liberation Party
Daniel Oduber Quirós
4
Fernando Volio Jiménez 1977-1978
5
José Rafael Cordero Croceri 1978-1982[12][13] Unity Coalition
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
6
Fernando Berrocal Soto 1982-1984[14][15] National Liberation Party
Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez
7
Danilo Jiménez Veiga 1984-1986[14]
8
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez 1986-1990[16] National Liberation Party
Óscar Arias Sánchez
9
Rodolfo Méndez Mata 1990-1991[17] Social Christian Unity Party
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
10
Rolando Laclé Castro 1991-1994[16][18]
11
Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco 1994-1996[19] National Liberation Party
José María Figueres Olsen
12
Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz 1996-1998
13
Roberto Tovar Faja 1998-1999[16] Social Christian Unity Party Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
14
Danilo Chaverri Soto 1999-2002[16]
15
Ricardo Toledo Carranza 2002-2006 Social Christian Unity Party
Abel Pacheco de la Espriella
16
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez 2006-2010[16] National Liberation Party
Óscar Arias Sánchez
17
Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz 2010-2011 National Liberation Party
Laura Chinchilla Miranda
18
Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez 2011-2014
19
Melvin Jiménez Marín 2014-2015[16] Citizens' Action Party
Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera
20
Sergio Alfaro Salas 2015-2018
21
Rodolfo Piza Rocafort 2018-2019 Social Christian Unity Party
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
22
Víctor Morales Mora 2019-2020 Citizens' Action Party
23
Marcelo Prieto Jiménez 2020-2021 National Liberation Party
24
Geannina Dinarte Romero 2021-2022 Citizens' Action Party
25
Natalia Díaz Quintana 2022-present United We Can
Rodrigo Chaves Robles

References

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  1. ^ Pallavicini, Violeta. El funcionamiento del alto gobierno en Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. ^ "Reglamento de Organización y Funcionamiento de la Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (Reglamenta la Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional indicada en el artículo 13 de la Ley N° 7410)" (in Spanish). SCIJ. 27 May 1994. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ Cambronero., Natasha (21 October 2016). "Defensora pide verificar si DIS tiene archivos de ciudadanos". La Nación. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ Murillo, Álvaro; Vizcaíno, Irene (23 June 2008). "Dirección de Inteligencia espía sin ningún control" (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ "CONSTITUCION POL Í TICA DE COSTA RICA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Georgetown University. 7 November 1949. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ^ Rossi, Jorge (2002). La "traición" de los leales (in Spanish). EUNED. ISBN 9789968311991. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  7. ^ López Alfaro, Salvador; Fumero Paniagua, Gerardo (2005). TLC con Estados Unidos: desafío al modelo solidario de Costa Rica (in Spanish). EUNED. ISBN 9789968314428. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  8. ^ Directorio de Relaciones Oficiales No (in Spanish). 1965. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Columnista: Miguel Angel Rodríguez". www.larepublica.net. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  10. ^ "Luis Alberto Monge". plndigital. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  11. ^ Jiménez Castro, Wilburg (2000). Evolución del pensamiento administrativo en la educación costarricense (in Spanish). EUNED. ISBN 9789968310918. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  12. ^ Carazo Odio, Rodrigo (1989). Carazo; tiempo y marcha (in Spanish). EUNED. ISBN 9789977644820. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Intercambio de figuras importantes: visitas de costarricenses a Corea" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  14. ^ a b "El presidente de Costa Rica cambia 4 ministros y mantiene el equilibrio de su Gobierno". El País. 1984. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Fernando Berrocal Soto" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d e f Roverssi, David (2015). "Permanencia de un mismo Ministro de la Presidencia durante toda una administración no ha sido común en últimos 20 años" (in Spanish). Sinart. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Presidente Constitucional 1998 - 2002" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  18. ^ Ortiz de Zárate, Roberto. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Centro Iberoamericano de Arbitraje. "Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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