Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría (born 9 January 1940) is a Costa Rican economist, lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002 and was briefly Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 2004.

He stepped down and returned to his country to face allegations of financial wrongdoing during his presidential tenure in Costa Rica. On 27 April 2011 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison for corruption.

In December 2012, he was exonerated by an appeals court.https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/12/21/world/americas/ap-lt-costa-rica-former-president.html?hp&_r=0

Related pages
List of scientists from North America

References

Category:1940 births
Category:Living people
Category:Presidents of Costa Rica
Category:Economists
Category:Costa Rican businesspeople
Category:Costa Rican lawyers
Category:Secretaries General of the Organization of American States