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Óscar Arias

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Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˈaɾjas]; born 13 September 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. Arias was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his proposal of a negotiated solution to the Central American crisis. He sought the support of the Contadora group for his plan, which involved the removal of all foreign powers from the region, an end to aid for antigovernment guerrillas in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and the implementation of democratic principles and a compromise peace for social reconstruction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Arias is the 2,261st most popular politician (up from 2,652nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Costa Rica and the most popular Costa Rican Politician.

Oscar Arias is a Costa Rican politician who served as president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Óscar Arias ranks 2,261 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Gustav Heinemann, Sergey Bubka, Ephialtes of Trachis, Géza II of Hungary, and Michel Barnier. After him are Danjong of Joseon, Dorgon, Robert Ritter von Greim, Léon Bourgeois, Moinuddin Chishti, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.

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Among people born in 1940, Óscar Arias ranks 48. Before him are Julie Christie, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, James Caan, Abdurrahman Wahid, Patrick Stewart, and Kip Thorne. After him are Terry Gilliam, Nancy Sinatra, Dario Argento, Richard Williamson, Anna Karina, and Andrzej Żuławski.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias ranks 1 out of 134. After him are Chavela Vargas (1919), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1922), Keylor Navas (1986), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Christiana Figueres (1956), Rodrigo Chaves Robles (1961), Juan Mora Fernández (1784), and Harry Shum Jr. (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In Costa Rica

Among politicians born in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias ranks 1. After him are Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Rodrigo Chaves Robles (1961), Juan Mora Fernández (1784), José María Castro Madriz (1818), Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915), and Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900).

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