Abel Pacheco

Abel Pacheco de La Espriella
Pacheco in 2005
44th President of Costa Rica
In office
8 May 2002 – 8 May 2006
Vice PresidentLineth Saborío Chaverri
Luis Fishman Zonzinski
Preceded byMiguel Ángel Rodríguez
Succeeded byÓscar Arias
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office
1 May 1998 – 30 April 2002
Preceded byAlberto Cañas Escalante
Succeeded byÉdgar Mohs Villalta
ConstituencySan José (1st Office)
Personal details
Born (1933-12-22) 22 December 1933 (age 90)
San José, Costa Rica
Political partyPUSC
Spouse(s)Elsa María Muñoz Batha (?–?)
(m. 1975)
ProfessionPsychiatrist

Abel Pacheco de la Espriella (/əˈbɛl pəˈk/ ə-BEL pə-CHAY-koh; born 22 December 1933) is a Costa Rican politician who was president of Costa Rica between 2002 and 2006,[1] representing the Social Christian Unity Party (Partido Unidad Social Cristiana – PUSC).[2] 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.

  1. ^ El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
  2. ^ Pacheco assumes presidency. The Salt Lake Tribune. May 9, 2002, PageA2. [1]