José María Figueres
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José María Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican businessman and politician, who served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. He also ran for president in the 2022 presidential election but was defe
Figueres in 2012
José Figueres Ferrer
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José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer was a Costa Rican farmer, revolutionary leader, and statesman who served as the 32nd and 36th President of Costa Rica from 1953 to 1958 and from 1970 to 1974. He wa
José María Figueres
…On 27 March 2012, Sir Richard Branson announced that he was appointed as the new President of the Carbon War Room. José María Figueres is the son of José Figueres Ferrer (known as Don Pepe), who was a three-time President of Costa Rica. His mother, Karen Olsen Beck, an American social worker born to Danish immigrant…
Portrait by José Claro Ascarreta
Firma Jose Don Pepe Figueres Ferrer
Monument to José Figueres Ferrer commemorating his abolishing of Costa Rica's army in 1948, Plaza de la Democracia, San José