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Óscar Arias

1940 - Today

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Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˈaɾjas]; born 13 September 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. Arias was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his proposal of a negotiated solution to the Central American crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Óscar Arias has received more than 386,550 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Óscar Arias is the 2,679th most popular politician (up from 3,028th in 2019), the most popular biography from Costa Rica and the most popular Costa Rican Politician.

Oscar Arias is a Costa Rican politician who served as president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Óscar Arias ranks 2,679 out of 15,577Before him are Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Rayhana bint Zayd, Nebra, William Wilberforce, Odilo Globočnik, and Violant of Hungary. After him are Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Robert de Craon, Wilhelm Cuno, Razia Sultana, Amyntas III of Macedon, and Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Óscar Arias ranks 60Before him are Nancy Pelosi, Denis Law, James Cromwell, Jean-Luc Nancy, Vicente Fernández, and Raul Julia. After him are Al Jarreau, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Mina, Jacques Rancière, Paolo Borsellino, and Annie Ernaux.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias ranks 1 out of 104After him are Chavela Vargas (1919), José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Keylor Navas (1986), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), José María Figueres (1954), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), and Adolfo Díaz (1875).

Among POLITICIANS In Costa Rica

Among politicians born in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias ranks 1After him are José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), José María Figueres (1954), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), and Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900).