List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

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President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
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Incumbent
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez
since 1 May 2022
Term length One year
Inaugural holder Manuel Aguilar Chacón
Formation1824

The president of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is the presiding officer of that legislature.

PresidentTenure Party
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Federal Republic of Central America
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Manuel Aguilar Chacón 1824 November – 1825 January
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Agustín Gutiérrez y Lizaurzábal 1824 September – November
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Cecilio Umaña Fallas1825 April – May
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Manuel Alvarado Hidalgo1825 January – February
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Manuel Alvarado Alvarado1825 February – April
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Pedro Zeledón Mora 1825 June – November
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Félix Romero Castro1825 November – December
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José María Arias Zamora1826 January – February
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Joaquín Rivas Ramírez1826 March – May
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Francisco Javier Alfaro Zamora1826 May – August
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José Antonio Castro Ramírez1827 May – June
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Braulio Carrillo Colina 1828 March
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José Joaquín Flores Pérez1828 September
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Manuel María Peralta del Corral1829 November – 1830 February
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Luciano Alfaro Arias1830 May – June
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José María Esquivel Azofeifa1830 May – June
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Rafael Francisco Osejo 1831 January – April
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José Gabriel Campo Guerrero1831 July – August
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José Nereo Fonseca González1831 May – June
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José Francisco Peralta del Corral1832 setiembre – December
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José Andrés Rivera1834 March – April
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Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava 1836 August – December
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Francisco Javier Sáenz Ulloa1836 January – February
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Miguel Alfaro Saborío1837 January – February
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José Julián Blanco Zamora1837 March – April
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Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla 1837 March – April
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Félix Sancho Alvarado1837 September – 1838 May
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Free State of Costa Rica
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Juan Mora Fernández 1843 August – December
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Juan de los Santos Madriz Cervantes1843 June – August
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Félix Sancho Alvarado1844 January – May
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo 1844 July – November
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José María Castro Madriz 1845 November 1844 – December
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Juan Rafael Reyes Frutos1846 December – 1846 February
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla 1846 March – June
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Nazario Toledo 1846 September – 1847 May
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José María Alfaro Zamora 1847 May – September
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First Costa Rican Republic
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Juan Rafael Mora Porras 1847 November – 1848 June
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla 1848 September – 1849 December
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Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla 1850 January – 1856 May
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Rafael García-Escalante Nava1857 October – 1858 August
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José María Castro Madriz 1859 October – December
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Julián Volio Llorente 1860 – 1863
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla 1860 – 1861
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo 1861 – 1862
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Manuel José Carazo Bonilla 1862 – 1863
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Napoleón Escalante Navas1863 May – August
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Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo 1863 May – August
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Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales 1864 – 1867
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente 1864 – 1865
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José María Montealegre Fernández 1867 – 1868
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente 1867 – 1868
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Juan José Ulloa Solares 1869 January – February
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Francisco Echeverría Alvarado1869 May – 1870 April
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Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava 1869 – 1876
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Víctor Guardia Gutiérrez 1882 – 1883
Juan Manuel Carazo Peralta.jpg
Juan Manuel Carazo Peralta1883 – 1886
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Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz 1886 – 1889
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Manuel Aragón Quesada1889 – 1890
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente 1890 – 1892
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Carlos Durán Cartín 1892
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Pedro María León-Páez y Brown 1894 – 1900
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Francisco María Iglesias Llorente 1900 – 1903
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno 1900 – 1903
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Mauro Fernández Acuña 1904 – 1905
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Federico Tinoco Iglesias1905 – 1908
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Juan Bautista Quirós Segura 1905 – 1908
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Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno 1909 – 1910
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Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias 1910 – 1913
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Máximo Fernández Alvarado 1913 – 1914
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Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas1914 – 1916
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Máximo Fernández Alvarado 1916 – 1917
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Daniel Núñez Gutiérrez1917 – 1918
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Leonidas Pacheco Cabezas1917 April – June Peliquista Party
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José Astúa Aguilar1917 – 1918 Peliquista Party
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Rafael Calderón Muñoz 1917 – 1918 Peliquista Party
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Francisco Faerron Suárez1918 – 1919 Peliquista Party
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José Astúa Aguilar1919 Peliquista Party
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Arturo Volio Jiménez1920 – 1925 Republican Party
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León Cortés Castro 1925 – 1926 Republican Party
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Arturo Volio Jiménez1926 – 1929 Republican Party
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Alejandro Alvarado Quirós 1929 – 1930 Republican Party
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Oscar Rohrmoser Carranza1929 – 1930 Republican Party
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Rafael Calderón Muñoz 1931 – 1932 National Republican Party
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Arturo Volio Jiménez1932 – 1935 National Republican Party
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Ricardo Castro Beeche 1935 – 1936 National Republican Party
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Juan Rafael Arias Bonilla 1936 – 1938 National Republican Party
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Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 1938 – 1940 National Republican Party
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Otto Cortés Fernández 1940 – 1941 Democratic Party
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Teodoro Picado Michalski 1941 – 1944 National Republican Party
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José Albertazzi Avendaño 1944 – 1945 National Republican Party
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Rafael Ángel Grillo Ocampo1944 – 1945 National Republican Party
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Francisco Fonseca Chamier1946 – 1948 National Republican Party
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Marcial Rodríguez Conejo1949 – 1952 National Union Party
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Abelardo Bonilla Baldares 1952 – 1953 National Union Party
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Otto Cortés Fernández 1956 – 1958 National Liberation Party
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Álvaro Montero Padilla1958 – 1960 National Union Party
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Fernando Lara Bustamante 1960 – 1961 National Union Party
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Mario Leiva Quirós1961 – 1962 National Union Party
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Carlos Espinach Escalante1962 – 1963 National Liberation Party
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Rafael París Steffens1963 – 1964 National Liberation Party
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Rodolfo Solano Orfila1964 – 1965 National Liberation Party
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Rafael París Steffens1965 – 1966 National Liberation Party
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Rodrigo Carazo Odio 1966 – 1967 National Liberation Party
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Hernán Garrón Salazar 1967 – 1968 National Liberation Party
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Fernando Volio Jiménez 1968 – 1969 National Liberation Party
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José Luis Molina Quesada 1969 – 1970 National Liberation Party
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Daniel Oduber Quirós 1970 – 1973 National Liberation Party
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Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez 1973 – 1974 National Liberation Party
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Alfonso Carro Zúñiga1974 – 1977 National Liberation Party
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Elías Soley Soler1977 – 1978 National Liberation Party
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Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto 1978 – 1979 Unity Coalition
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Ramón Aguilar Facio1979 – 1980 Unity Coalition
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Rafael Grillo Rivera1980 – 1981 Unity Coalition
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Cristian Tattenbach Iglesias1981 – 1982 Unity Coalition
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Hernán Garrón Salazar 1982 – 1983 National Liberation Party
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Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla 1983 – 1984 National Liberation Party
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Bernal Jiménez Monge 1984 – 1985 National Liberation Party
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Guillermo Vargas Sanabria1985 – 1986 National Liberation Party
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Rosemary Karspinsky Dodero1986 – 1987 National Liberation Party
Fernando Volio Jimenez.jpg
Fernando Volio Jiménez 1987 – 1988 National Liberation Party
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José Luis Valenciano Chaves1988 – 1989 National Liberation Party
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Allen Arias Angulo1989 – 1990 National Liberation Party
Juan Jose Trejos Fonseca.jpg
Juan José Trejos Fonseca 1990 – 1991 Social Christian Unity Party
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría 1991 – 1992 Social Christian Unity Party
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Roberto Tovar Faja 1992 – 1993 Social Christian Unity Party
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Danilo Chaverri Soto1993 – 1994 Social Christian Unity Party
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Alberto Cañas Escalante 1994 – 1995 National Liberation Party
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti 1995 – 1996 National Liberation Party
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Jorge Walter Coto Molina 1996 – 1997 National Liberation Party
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Saúl Weisleder Weisleder 1997 – 1998 National Liberation Party
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Luis Fishman Zonzinski 1998 – 1999 Social Christian Unity Party
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Carlos Vargas Pagán1999 – 2000 Social Christian Unity Party
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Rina Contreras López2000 – 2001 Social Christian Unity Party
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Ovidio Pacheco Salazar2001 – 2002 Social Christian Unity Party
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Rolando Laclé Castro2002 – 2003 Social Christian Unity Party
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Mario Redondo Poveda 2003 – 2004 Social Christian Unity Party
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Gerardo González Esquivel2004 – 2006 Social Christian Unity Party
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Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernández 2006 – 2010 National Liberation Party
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Luis Gerardo Villanueva Monge 2010 – 2011 National Liberation Party
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Juan Carlos Mendoza García 2011 – 2012 Citizens' Action Party
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Víctor Emilio Granados Calvo 2012 – 2013 Accessibility without Exclusion
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Luis Fernando Mendoza Jiménez2013 – 2014 National Liberation Party
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Henry Mora Jiménez 2014 – 2015 Citizens' Action Party
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Rafael Ortiz Fábrega 2015 – 2016 Social Christian Unity Party
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti 2016 – 2017 National Liberation Party
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Gonzalo Alberto Ramírez Zamora2017 – 2018 Costa Rican Renewal Party
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Carolina Hidalgo Herrera 2018 – 2019 Citizens' Action Party
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Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez 2019 – 2020 National Liberation Party
Eduardo-newton-cruickshank-smith 42004133842 o.jpg Eduardo Cruickshank Smith 2020 – 2021 National Restoration Party
Silvia-vanessa-hernandez-sanchez 41328004884 o.jpg Silvia Hernández Sánchez 2021 – 2022 National Liberation Party
Rodrigo Arias Sanchez.png Rodrigo Arias Sánchez 2022 – 2024 National Liberation Party

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