Minister of Foreign Affairs (Costa Rica) explained

See also: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Costa Rica).

This is a list of foreign ministers of Costa Rica.

• 1844............ José María Castro Madriz
• 1844–1846: Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales
• 1846–1847: José María Castro Madriz
• 1847–1856: Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales
• 1856–1857: Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera
• 1857–1859: José Nazario Toledo
• 1859............ José María Castro Madriz
• 1859–1860: Jesús Jiménez Zamora
• 1861–1863: Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
• 1863–1868: Julián Volio Llorente
• 1868–1869: Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
• 1869............ Juan Rafael Mata Lafuente
• 1869–1870: Agapito Jiménez Zamora
• 1870–1873: Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera
• 1873............ José María Castro Madriz
• 1873–1874: Luis Diego Sáenz Carazo
• 1874–1875: Salvador Jiménez Blanco
• 1876............ Juan Rafael Mata Lafuente
• 1876............ Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez
• 1876–1877: Rafael Machado y Jáuregui
• 1877–1883: José María Castro Madriz
• 1883............ Eusebio Figueroa Oreamuno
• 1883–1885: José María Castro Madriz
• 1885–1886: Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
• 1886............ José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón
• 1887–1888: Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
• 1888............ Pedro Pérez Zeledón
• 1888–1889: Manuel de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno
• 1889............ Cleto González Víquez
• 1889............ Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias
• 1889–1890: Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
• 1890–1891: Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias
• 1891–1892: Pedro María de León-Páez Brown
• 1892............ Pedro Pérez Zeledón
• 1892–1894: Manuel Vicente Jiménez Oreamuno
• 1894–1898: Ricardo Pacheco Marchena
• 1898–1899: Pedro Pérez Zeledón
• 1902–1905: Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas
• 1906–1908: Luis Anderson Morúa
• 1909–1910: Ricardo Fernández Guardia
• 1910–1913: Manuel Castro Quesada
• 1914–1915: Manuel Castro Quesada
• 1915–1917: Julio Acosta García
• 1917–1918: Carlos Lara Iraeta
• 1918–1919: Tobías Zúñiga Montúfar
• 1919............ Guillermo Vargas Calvo
• 1919–1920: Andrés Venegas García
• 1920–1922: Alejandro Alvarado Quirós
• 1922............ José Andrés Coronado Alvarado
• 1924–1927: Juan Rafael Argüello De Vars
• 1927–1928: Ricardo Castro Béeche
• 1928–1929: Rafael Castro Quesada
• 1929–1930: Roberto Eustaquio Smyth Pumarejo
• 1930–1931: Octavio Béeche Argüello
• 1931–1934: Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas
• 1934–1936: Raúl Gurdián Rojas
• 1936–1937: Manuel Francisco Jiménez Ortiz
• 1937–1940: Tobías Zúñiga Montúfar
• 1940–1944: Alberto Echandi Montero
• 1944–1948: Julio Acosta García
• 1948............ José Figueres Ferrer
• 1948–1949: Benjamín Odio Odio
• 1949............ Gerardo Fernández Durán
• 1949–1950: Ricardo Toledo Escalante
• 1950–1952: Mario Echandi Jiménez
• 1952–1953: Fernando Lara Bustamante
• 1953–1956: Mario A. Esquivel Arguedas
• 1956–1957: Fernando Volio Sancho
• 1957–1958: Mario Gómez Calvo
• 1958–1962: Alfredo Vargas Fernández
• 1962–1964: Daniel Oduber Quirós
• 1965–1966: Mario Gómez Calvo
• 1966–1970: Fernando Lara Bustamante
• 1970–1976: Gonzalo Facio Segreda
  • 1976–1977: Wilburg Jiménez Castro 1977–1978: Gonzalo Facio Segreda
• 1978–1980: Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
• 1980–1982: Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada
• 1982–1983: Fernando Volio Jiménez
  • 1983............ Armando Arauz Aguilar 1984–1986: Carlos José Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
• 1986–1990: Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto
• 1990–1994: Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada
• 1994–1998: Fernando Naranjo Villalobos
• 1998–2002: Roberto Rojas López
• 2002–2006: Roberto Tovar Faja
• 2006–2010: Bruno Stagno Ugarte
• 2010–2011: René Castro
  • 2011............ Carlos Roverssi 2011–2014: Enrique Castillo
• 2014–2018: Manuel González Sanz
• 2018............ Epsy Campbell Barr
  • 2018–2019: Lorena Aguilar Revelo 2019–2020: Manuel Ventura
• 2020–2022: Rodolfo Solano
• 2022–present: Arnoldo André Tinoco

Sources

• Rulers.org – Foreign ministers A–D