Embassy of Costa Rica, London explained

The Embassy of Costa Rica in London is the diplomatic mission of Costa Rica in the United Kingdom.^[1] The mission was raised to the status of embassy in 1956, having previously been a legation.^[2]

María del Carmen Gutiérrez Chamberlain de Chittenden, ambassador from 1962, was the first woman ambassador accredited to the Court of St James's.

List of ambassadors

Ministers

• 1876?: Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
• 1882 to 1887: León Fernández Bonilla (non-resident)
• 1887 to 1898: Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro (resident in Paris)
• 1913 to 1919: Wenceslao de la Guardia y Fábrega
• 1950?: Luis Dobles Segreda (resident in?)
• 1954 to 1956: Virginia Prestinary de Gallegos

Ambassadors

• 1957 to ?: Humberto Pacheco Coto
• 1958 to 1962: Alfredo Alfaro Sotela
• 1962 to 1966: María del Carmen Gutiérrez Chamberlain de Chittenden
• 1966 to ?: Claudia Cascante de Rojas
• 1970 to 1974: Manuel Escalante Durán
• 1974 to 1977?: Eduardo Echeverría-Villafranca
• 1977 to 1978: Fernando Soto-Harrison
• 1978 to 1981: Carlos Manuel Gutiérrez-Cañas
• 1982 to 1986: Jorge Borbón Zeller^[3]
• 1986 to 1988: Marcelo Martén Sancho^{[4] [5]}
• 1989 to 1990: Miguel Yamuni Tabush
• 1990 to 199(3): Luís Rafael Tinoco Alvarado
• 199(5) to 1998: Jorge Borbón Zeller^[6]
• 1998 to ?: Rodolfo Gutiérrez Carranza^[7]
• 2007 to 2015: Pilar Saborío de Rocafort^[8]
• 2015 to 2018: José Enrique Castillo Barrantes^{[9] [10]}
• 2018 to present: Rafael Ortiz Fábrega

External links

• Official site

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Notes and References

1. News: The London Diplomatic List . 8 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf . 2013-12-11 .
2. News: Missions Raised To Embassy Status. 12 December 1956. The Times.
3. News: Court Circular. 21 July 1982. The Times.
4. News: Court Circular. 15 October 1986. The Times.
5. News: Court Circular. 4 August 1988. The Times.
6. News: Court Circular. 9 February 1995. The Times.
7. News: Court Circular. 18 December 1998. The Times.
8. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Costa Rica presents credentials. Press Releases. United Nations Information Service. 29 May 2017. 19 February 2015.
9. Web site: His Excellency J. Enrique Castillo. Diplomat Magazine. 29 May 2017.
10. Web site: New ambassadors from Australia, Honduras, South Sudan and Costa Rica. Government Offices of Sweden. 29 May 2017. September 2016.