List of presidents of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica

List of presidents of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica.^[1]

Presidents of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica
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Incumbent Fernando Cruz Castro since 1 August 2018
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Manuel Barberena
Formation	25 January 1825

President	Term	Notes
Manuel Barberena		Elected in 1825, refused the position
José Simeón Guerrero de Arcos y Cervantes	1826–1827	Elected in 1825; began term in 1826
Agustín Gutiérrez y Lizaurzábal	1829–1830	Elected in 1829, position ended in 1830 as a new Court was elected according to constitutional reform
Manuel Aguilar Chacón		Elected in 1830, declined
José Sacasa y Méndez	1830–1831	Elected in 1830, resigned in 1831
José Simeón Guerrero de Arcos y Cervantes	1831–1832	Elected in 1831, suspended in 1832
Atanasio Gutiérrez y Lizaurzábal	1832–1833	Elected in 1832, position ended in 1833 as a new Court was elected according to constitutional reform
José Simeón Guerrero de Arcos y Cervantes	1833–1836	Elected in 1833, abandoned in 1836 and Court was dissolved
Luz Blanco y Zamora	1836–1839
Pedro César y Urroz	1839–1841
Luz Blanco y Zamora	1841–1842
José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado		Elected in 1842, refused to take office
Nicolás Ulloa Soto		Elected in 1842, refused to take office
Manuel Mora Fernández	1842	Position ended after Coup d'état that year
Ramón Castro y Ramírez	1843–1844
Santos Velázquez y Tinoco		Elected in 1845, refused to take office
Luz Blanco y Zamora	1845–1846
Eusebio Prieto y Ruiz	1846–1847	Appointed by Senate in 1846
Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo	1847–1850	Elected as Court Regent in 1847
Juan Mora Fernández	1850–1854	Regent 1850–1856
Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo	1854–1856
Vicente Herrera Zeledón	1856–1860
José María Castro Madriz	1860–1866
Manuel Alvarado y Barroeta	1866–1868	Interim
José Gregorio Trejos Gutiérrez	1868–1869
Juan José Ulloa Solares	1869–1870	Regent between 1869–1873; President of the Supreme Court after 1870 when the Court was reorganized
José María Castro Madriz	1870–1873
Vicente Sáenz Llorente	1873–1876
Eusebio Figueroa Oreamuno	1876–1878
Miguel Macaya de la Esquina	1878–1880
Rafael Orozco González	1880–1886
José Antonio Pinto Castro	1886–1887	Appointed by Congress 1886–1890; died in office
Vicente Sáenz Llorente	1887–1888	Interim
José Rodríguez Zeledón	1888–1889	Elected to end Pinto's period, resigned in 1889
Vicente Sáenz Llorente	1889–1890	Interim
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno	1890–1892	Resigned before time in 1892 due to President Rodríguez's dissolution of Congress
Ramón Carranza Ramírez	1892–1894	Interim
Manuel Vicente Jiménez Oreamuno	1894–1898
José Rodríguez Zeledón	1898–1902
Pedro María León-Páez y Brown		Refused the position
Manuel Vicente Jiménez Oreamuno	1902–1904
Alejandro Alvarado García	1904–1912
Pedro Pérez Zeledón		Refused the position
Alejandro Alvarado García	1912–1915	Resigned one year before ending his term
Benito Serrano Jiménez	1915–1916
Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias	1916–1917
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra	1917–1920
Nicolás Oreamuno Ortiz	1920–1934
Octavio Béeche Argüello	1934–1935
Luis Dávila Solera	1935–1938
Víctor Guardia Quirós	1938–1945
Enrique Guier Sáenz	1945–1948
José María Vargas Pacheco	1948	May 8–11; Appointed by ruling Junta; resigned soon after
Gerardo Guzmán Quirós	1948–1949	Appointed by ruling Junta
Jorge Guardia Carazo	1949–1955
Fernando Baudrit Solera	1955–1975	Died in office
Fernando Coto Albán	1975–1983
Ulises Odio Santos	1983–1986
Miguel Blanco Quirós	1986–1990
Edgar Cervantes Villalta	1990–1999
Luis Paulino Mora Mora	1999–2013	Died in office
Zarela Villanueva Monge	2013–2017	First female President of the Supreme Court
Carlos Chinchilla Sandí	2017–2018
Fernando Cruz Castro	2018–

Legend:

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Incumbent

References

1. "Historia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)