Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier

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Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
President of Costa Rica

Term of office: 8 May 1990 to
8 May 1994

– Preceded by: Óscar Arias Sánchez

– Succeeded by: José María Figueres Olsen

Date of birth: 14 March 1949

Place of birth: Diriamba, Nicaragua

Party: PUSC

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (born in Diriamba, Nicaragua on March 14, 1949) served as President of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994.

His father was Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, who was president from 1940 to 1944.

After a corruption scandal, of which he was thought to be the mastermind, he was incarcerated in October 2004. He was recently released from jail and currently lives under domicile arrest awaiting trial for corruption charges.

External links

A quick summary of Calderón's incarceration: [Jurist Legal News Brief]
News Update: Calderón's Release 19 October 2005: [Teletica Report] (Spanish)

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