Laura Chinchilla
| Laura Chinchilla | |
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| 46th President of Costa Rica | |
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In office 8 May 2010 – 8 May 2014 |
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| Vice President | Alfio Piva |
| Preceded by | Óscar Arias |
| Succeeded by | Luis Guillermo Solís |
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda 28 March 1959 San José, Costa Rica |
| Political party | National Liberation Party |
| Spouse(s) | José María Rico (2000–present) |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater |
University of Costa Rica Georgetown University |
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda (Spanish: [ˈlawɾa tʃinˈtʃiʎa miˈɾanda]; born 28 March 1959) is a Costa Rican politician who was President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was the governing PLN candidate for President in the 2010 general election, where she won with 46.76% of the vote on 7 February. She was the eighth woman president of a Latin American country and the first woman to become President of Costa Rica. She was sworn in as President of Costa Rica on May 8, 2010.
She currently teaches at Georgetown University and is a member of the board of the Inter-American Dialogue.
Chinchilla was born in Carmen Central, San José in 1959. Her father was Rafael Ángel Chinchilla Fallas (a former comptroller of Costa Rica) and her mother was Emilce Miranda Castillo. She married Mario Alberto Madrigal Díaz on 23 January 1982 and divorced on 22 May 1985. She had a son, José María Rico Chinchilla, in 1996 with José María Rico Cueto, a Spanish lawyer who also holds Canadian citizenship; Chinchilla married him on 26 March 2000.
Chinchilla graduated from the University of Costa Rica and received her master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University. Prior to entering politics, Chinchilla worked as an NGO consultant in Latin America and Africa, specializing in judicial reform and public security issues. She went on to serve in the José María Figueres Olsen administration as vice-minister for public security (1994–1996) and minister of public security (1996–1998). From 2002 to 2006, she served in the National Assembly as a deputy for the province of San José.
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