Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica

The Ministry of the Presidency 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.

Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica
Incumbent
Marcelo Prieto Jiménez
since 16 April 2020
Inaugural holderMario Quirós Sasso

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
Ministers of the Presidency
No. Minister Period Party President
1
Mario Quirós Sasso1962-1966[6][7][8] National Liberation Party
Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich
2
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría1966-1970 National Unification Party
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández
3
Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez1970-1974 National Liberation Party
José Figueres Ferrer
4
Wilburg Jiménez Castro1975-1976[9] National Liberation Party
Daniel Oduber Quirós
4
Fernando Volio Jiménez1977-1978
5
José Rafael Cordero Croceri1978-1982[10][11] Unity Coalition Rodrigo Carazo Odio
6
Fernando Berrocal Soto1982-1984[12][13] National Liberation Party
Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez
7
Danilo Jiménez Veiga1984-1986[12]
8
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez1986-1990[14] National Liberation Party
Óscar Arias Sánchez
9
Rodolfo Méndez Mata1990-1991[15] Social Christian Unity Party
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
10
Rolando Laclé Castro1991-1994[14][16]
11
Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco1994-1996[17] National Liberation Party
José María Figueres Olsen
12
Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz1996-1994
13
Roberto Tovar Faja1998-1999[14] Social Christian Unity Party
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
14
Danilo Chaverri Soto1999-2002[14]
15
Ricardo Toledo Carranza2002-2006 Social Christian Unity Party
Abel Pacheco de la Espriella
16
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez2006-2010[14] National Liberation Party
Óscar Arias Sánchez
17
Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz2010-2011 National Liberation Party
Laura Chinchilla Miranda
18
Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez2011-2014
19
Melvin Jiménez Marín2014-2015[14] Citizens' Action Party
Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera
20
Sergio Alfaro Salas2015-2018
21
Rodolfo Piza Rocafort2018-2019 Social Christian Unity Party
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
22
Víctor Morales Mora2019-2020 Citizens' Action Party
23
Marcelo Prieto Jiménez2020-IncumbentNational Liberation Party

References
  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). ISBN 9789968314428. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  8. Directorio de Relaciones Oficiales No (in Spanish). 1965. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  9. Jiménez Castro, Wilburg (2000). Evolución del pensamiento administrativo en la educación costarricense (in Spanish). ISBN 9789968310918. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  10. Carazo Odio, Rodrigo (1989). Carazo; tiempo y marcha (in Spanish). ISBN 9789977644820. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  11. "Intercambio de figuras importantes: visitas de costarricenses a Corea" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  12. "El presidente de Costa Rica cambia 4 ministros y mantiene el equilibrio de su Gobierno". El País. 1984. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  13. "Fernando Berrocal Soto" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  14. 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.
  15. "Presidente Constitucional 1998 - 2002" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  16. Ortiz de Zárate, Roberto. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría. CIDOB (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  17. Centro Iberoamericano de Arbitraje. "Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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