Abel Pacheco
| Abel Pacheco de La Espriella | |
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| 44th President of Costa Rica | |
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In office May 8, 2002 – May 8, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Óscar Arias |
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| Born |
December 22, 1933 San José |
| Political party | PUSC |
| Spouse(s) | Elsa María Muñoz Batha (?–?) Leila Rodríguez Stahl (m. 1975–Present) |
| Profession | Psychiatrist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Abel Pacheco de la Espriella (
i/əˈbɛl pəˈtʃeɪkoʊ/ ə-BEL pə-CHAY-koh; born 22 December 1933 in San José) was president of Costa Rica between 2002 and 2006, representing the Social Christian Unity Party (Partido Unidad Social Cristiana – PUSC). He ran on a platform to continue free market reforms and to institute an austerity program, and was elected, in a second electoral round, with 58% of the vote in April 2002.
Abel Pacheco and his first wife, Elsa María Muñoz Batha, had five children: Abel, Elsa, Yolanda, Sergio and Valeria. Pacheco married his second wife, Leila Rodríguez Stahl, a former Miss Costa Rica winner, on November 20, 1975. He and Rodríguez had one son, Fabian.
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