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José María Figueres

1954 - Today

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José María Figueres Olsen (born 24 December 1954) 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 defeated by Rodrigo Chaves. Figueres started his career as an engineer working in agribusiness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José María Figueres has received more than 238,624 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). José María Figueres is the 12,757th most popular politician (up from 13,771st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Costa Rica (up from 25th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Costa Rican Politician.

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  • 22

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  • 2.42

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  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José María Figueres ranks 12,757 out of 15,577Before him are Gyula Kállai, Fatima Jinnah, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Mikhail Katkov, Rodney Williams, and Pia Kjærsgaard. After him are Yuriy Boyko, Colville Young, Mirza Ibrahimov, Sandra Kalniete, José Tadeo Monagas, and Titus Aebutius Elva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, José María Figueres ranks 227Before him are François Van der Elst, Koen Lenaerts, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Annette Haven, Jan Theuninck, and Akemi Iwata. After him are Jaume Bartumeu, Joep Lange, Ken Stott, Mario Testino, Graziano Rossi, and Francis Buchholz.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, José María Figueres ranks 10 out of 104Before him are Keylor Navas (1986), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940). After him are Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), and Christiana Figueres (1956).

Among POLITICIANS In Costa Rica

Among politicians born in Costa Rica, José María Figueres ranks 7Before him are Óscar Arias (1940), José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940). After him are Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), and Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926).