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José María Figueres

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José María Figueres Olsen (born 24 December 1954) is a Costa Rican businessman and politician, who served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. He also ran for president in the 2022 presidential election but was defeated by Rodrigo Chaves. Figueres started his career as an engineer working in agribusiness. After a decade, he entered public service as Minister of Foreign Trade and then Minister of Agriculture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José María Figueres is the 15,231st most popular politician (up from 15,370th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Costa Rica and the 19th most popular Costa Rican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José María Figueres ranks 15,231 out of 19,576. Before him are Ion Emanuel Florescu, Rexhep Mitrovica, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Dmitry Shemyaka, Esau de' Buondelmonti, and Volkan Bozkır. After him are Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Carlos Humberto Romero, Manuel Franco, Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, and Jimmy Morales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, José María Figueres ranks 365. Before him are Tina Knowles, George Galloway, Alberto Malesani, Antonio Olmo, Bob Weinstein, and Lawrence Summers. After him are Mumia Abu-Jamal, Keith Campbell, Oscar Larrauri, Rick Warren, K. Chandrashekar Rao, and Mustafa Barghouti.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, José María Figueres ranks 27 out of 134. Before him are Adolfo Díaz (1875), Luis Alberto Monge (1925), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), Giannina Facio (1955), Julio Acosta García (1872), and Roberto Gayón (1905). After him are Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814), León Cortés Castro (1882), Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1907), Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921), Paulo Wanchope (1976), and Bryan Ruiz (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In Costa Rica

Among politicians born in Costa Rica, José María Figueres ranks 19. Before him are José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Luis Alberto Monge (1925), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), and Julio Acosta García (1872). After him are Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814), León Cortés Castro (1882), Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1907), Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921), and Carlos Alvarado Quesada (1980).

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