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Luis Guillermo Solís
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Costa Rican 47th president
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Luis Guillermo Solís is a Costa Rican politician, historian, diplomat, and university teacher. Born in San José in 1958, he is a member of the Citizens' Action Party and the National Liberation Party. He served as the President of Costa Rica and was a candidate in the 2014 Costa Rican general election. Solís is married to Mercedes Peñas Domingo and practices the Catholic Church. He speaks and writes in Spanish.
Solís holds degrees from the University of Costa Rica, the University of Michigan, and Tulane University of Louisiana. He has worked as a university teacher at the University of Costa Rica and received a Fulbright Scholarship. As an author, he has written seven works, including *El proceso de paz en Centroamérica*, *Political transition and the administration of justice in Nicaragua*, *De la guerra a la integración*, *Paz, integración y desarrollo*, and *Regional responsibilities and the United Nations system*.
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- Works
- 7
Top works
- El proceso de paz en Centroamérica
- Political transition and the administration of justice in Nicaragua
- De la guerra a la integración
- Paz, integración y desarrollo
- Regional responsibilities and the United Nations system
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Helio Fallas Venegas , Ana Helena Chacón
- Preceded by
- Laura Chinchilla
- Succeeded by
- Carlos Alvarado
- Born
- Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera , ( 1958-04-25 ) 25 April 1958 (age 68) , San José , Costa Rica
- Party
- National Liberation Party , (Before 2005) , Citizens' Action Party , (2009–present)
- Spouse
- Nancy Olive Worsfold Richards (m. 1987 div. 2006)
- Domestic partner
- Mercedes Peñas Domingo (2006–present)
- Education
- University of Costa Rica ( BA ), Tulane University ( MA )
- Occupation
- Political scientist historian professor politician academic administrator writer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Costa Rica
- Place of birth
- San José
- Spouse
- Mercedes Peñas Domingo
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- President of Costa Rica
- Educated at
- Tulane University of Louisiana
- Employer
- University of Costa Rica
- Political party
- National Liberation Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Luis Guillermo Solís, Costa Rica 03(cropped).JPG
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- date of birth
- 1958-04-25
- Commons category
- Luis Guillermo Solís
- name in native language
- Luis Guillermo Solís
- candidacy in election
- 2014 Costa Rican general election
- social media followers
- 302413
- P10632
- Luis Guillermo Solís
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Encyclopedic overview
Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera ( Spanish pronunciation: [lwis ɣiˈʝeɾmo soˈlis riˈβeɾa]; born 25 April 1958) is a Costa Rican political scientist, historian and politician who served as the 47th President of Costa Rica from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Citizens' Action Party, he has had an academic career spanning more than three decades.
Solís led the first round of the 2014 presidential election and went on to win the presidency by a landslide, receiving the highest number of votes ever obtained by a presidential candidate in Costa Rican history. His election marked the first time that a member of the PAC assumed the presidency. At the time of his election, he was a full professor at the University of Costa Rica, where he had taught since 1981.
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