In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chinchilla and the second or maternal family name is Miranda.
Laura Chinchilla
46th President of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 2010 – 8 May 2014
Vice President
Alfio Piva Luis Liberman
Preceded by
Óscar Arias
Succeeded by
Luis Guillermo Solís
First-Vice President of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 2006 – 8 October 2008
President
Óscar Arias
Preceded by
Lineth Saborío Chaverri
Succeeded by
Alfio Piva
President pro tempore of CELAC
In office 28 January 2014 – 8 May 2014
Preceded by
Raúl Castro
Succeeded by
Luis Guillermo Solís
Minister of Justice and Grace
In office 8 May 2006 – 8 October 2008
President
Óscar Arias
Preceded by
Patricia Vega Herrera
Succeeded by
Viviana Martín Salazar
Minister of Public Security
In office 30 March 2008 – 14 April 2008
President
Óscar Arias
Preceded by
Fernando Berrocal Soto
Succeeded by
Janina del Vecchio Ugalde
In office 12 November 1996 – 8 May 1998
President
José María Figueres
Preceded by
Bernardo Arce Gutiérrez
Succeeded by
Juan Rafael Lizano Sáenz
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office 1 May 2002 – 30 April 2006
Preceded by
Guido Monge Fernández
Succeeded by
Evita Arguedas Maklouf
Constituency
San José (13th Office)
Vice Minister of Public Security
In office 8 May 1994 – 12 November 1996
President
José María Figueres
Succeeded by
Óscar Albán Chipsen
Personal details
Born
Laura Chinchilla Miranda
(1959-03-28) 28 March 1959 (age 65) San José, Costa Rica
Political party
National Liberation Party (until 2022) Independent (2022-present)
Spouses
Mario Alberto Madrigal Díaz
(m. 1982; div. 1985)
José María Rico
(m. 2000; died 2019)
Children
1
Alma mater
University of Costa Rica
Georgetown University
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda (Spanish:[ˈlawɾatʃinˈtʃiʝamiˈɾanda]; born 28 March 1959[1]) is a Costa Rican political scientist and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice.[2] She was the governing PLN candidate for president in the 2010 general election, where she won with 46.76% of the vote on 7 February.[3] She was the eighth woman president of a Latin American country and the first and so far only woman to become President of Costa Rica.[4] She was sworn in as President of Costa Rica on 8 May 2010.[5][6]
After leaving office, she taught at Georgetown University in 2016.[7] Chinchilla is co-chair of the Inter-American Dialogue think tank and the vice-president of Club de Madrid. Chinchilla previously served as a Fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.[8]
^de Miguel, Veronica (14 August 2012). "Laura Chinchilla: Is honesty enough for Costa Rica?". VOXXI. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^"Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of Foreign Governments". The Central Intelligence Agency of America. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^"2010 Presidential election results" (in Spanish). Supreme Court of Elections. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^"Costa Rica to inaugurate first female president Saturday". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, República de Costa Rica. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
^Economist.com
^Skard, Torild (2014) "Laura Chinchilla" in Women of power - Half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0, pp. 238-40
^"Laura Chinchilla - GU Politics". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^"Laura Chinchilla (GRD '89)". Institute of Politics and Public Service. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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