Luis Alberto Monge

Luis Alberto Monge
39th President of Costa Rica
In office
8 May 1982 – 8 May 1986
Vice PresidentAlberto Fait Lizano
Armando Aráuz Aguilar
Preceded byRodrigo Carazo Odio
Succeeded byÓscar Arias
Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica
In office
8 May 1970 – 8 May 1974
PresidentJosé Joaquín Trejos
Preceded byMiguel Ángel Rodríguez
Succeeded byWilburg Jiménez Castro
Personal details
Born
Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez

(1925-12-29)29 December 1925
Palmares, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Died29 November 2016(2016-11-29) (aged 90)
San José, Costa Rica
Political partyNational Liberation Party
Spouses
Flora Rojas Alvarez
(m. 1946; div. 1960)
(m. 1965; div. 1988)

Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (December 29, 1925 – November 29, 2016) was the President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986.[1] He also served as Costa Rica's first Ambassador to Israel from 1963 until 1966.[2]

  1. ^ El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
  2. ^ "Biografía: Doris Yankelewitz Berger". Cambio Politico. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2016-06-13.