# Minister of Foreign Affairs (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 (acting)
* 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 (acting)
* 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 (acting)
* 2011–2014: Enrique Castillo
* 2014–2018: Manuel González Sanz
* 2018............ Epsy Campbell Barr
* 2018–2019: Lorena Aguilar Revelo (acting)
* 2019–2020: Manuel Ventura
* 2020–2022: Rodolfo Solano
* 2022–present: Arnoldo André Tinoco

## Sources

* Rulers.org – Foreign ministers A–D