Ministry of Finance (Costa Rica)

Ministry of Finance of Costa Rica

Ministerio de Hacienda
Nogui Acosta Jaen, current minister
Agency overview
Formed	14 October 1825 [1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Costa Rica
Headquarters	Avenida 2, Calle 3. 10104, Catedral District, San José
Agency executive	Nogui Acosta Jaen, Minister
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Finance of (Spanish : Ministerio de Hacienda)) Costa Rica is the government ministry of Costa Rica in charge of governing the fiscal policy on public resources, according to the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.

History

An office of the Ministry of Finance

The agency was established on 14 October 1825 by executive decree LV. The name of the ministry was changed as Ministry of Economy and Finance as a result of new objectives and functions. New reorganization took effect in 1966 and caused the ministry to be renamed as Ministry of Finance. ^[1]

Ministers

• Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales, ?-1844-?
• Manuel José Carazo Bonilla, ?-1855-?
• Rafael García-Escalante Nava, ?-1857-?
• Salvador González Ramírez, ?-1872-? ^[2]
• Mauro Fernández Acuña, 1885–?
• Rafael Yglesias Castro, 1893–1894
• Felipe J. Alvarado, ?-1914-?
• Mariano Guardia Carazo, ?-1914-1916-?
• Manuel Francisco Jiménez Delgado, ?-1918-?
• Enrique Ortiz Rivera, ?-1918-?
• Aguilar Bolandi, ?-1919
• Carlos Brenes Ortiz, 1919
• Enrique Ortiz Rivera, 1919
• Franklin Jiménez Delgado, 1919–?
• Rafael Huete Sáenz, 1920–1921
• Nicolás Chavarría Mora, 1921–?
• Tomás Soley Güell, 1923–1928
• Juan Rafael Arias Bonilla, ?-1929-1930
• Tomás Soley Güell, 1930
• Luis Demetrio Tinoco Castro
• Everardo Gómez Rojas, ?-1939-?
• Alvaro Bonilla Lara, ?-1945-?
• Alfredo Hernández Volio, 1949–1953
• Jorge Rossi Chavarría, 1953–1956
• ?, 1956–1957
• Raúl Hess Estrada, 1957–1958 ^[3]
• Alfredo Hernández Volio, 1958–1959
• Jorge Borbón Castro, 1959–1962 ^[3]
• Raúl Hess Estrada, 1962–1963
• Bernal Jiménez Monge, 1963–1966 ^[3]
• Álvaro Hernández Piedra, 1966–1969 ^[3]
• Óscar Barahona Streber, 1969–1972
• Claudio Alpizar Vargas, 1972–1974
• Porfirio Morera Batres, 1974–1977 ^[3]
• Federico Vargas Peralta, 1977–1978
• Hernán Sáenz Jiménez, 1978–1981
• Carlos Muñoz Vega, 1981 ^[3]
• Emilio Garnier Borella, 1981–1982
• Federico Vargas Peralta, 1982–1984
• Porfirio Morera Batres, 1984–1986 ^[3]
• Fernando Naranjo Villalobos, 1986–1989
• Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora, 1989–1990
• Thelmo Vargas Madrigal  [ es ], 1990–1992
• Rodolfo Méndez Mata  [ es ], 1992–1994
• José Rafael Brenes Vega, 1994 ^[3]
• Fernando Herrero Acosta, 1994–1996 ^[4]
• Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, 1996–1998 ^[5]
• Leonel Baruch, 1998–2001 ^[6]
• Alberto Dent Zeledón, 2001–2002
• Jorge Bolaños Rojas, 2002–2003
• Alberto Dent Zeledón, 2003–2004
• Federico Carrillo Zürcher  [ es ], 2004–2005
• David Fuentes Montero, 2005–2006
• Guillermo Zúñiga Chaves  [ es ], 2006–2009
• Jenny Philips Aguilar, 2009–2010
• Fernando Herrero Acosta, 2010–2012
• Luis Liberman, acting, 2012
• Edgar Ayales Esna, 2012–2014
• Helio Fallas Venegas, 2014–2018
• Rocío Aguilar Montoya, 2018–2019
• Rodrigo Chaves Robles, 2019–2020 ^[7]
• Elián Villegas Valverde, 2020–2022 ^[8]
• Nogui Acosta Jaen, 2022–current ^[9]

See also

• Central Bank of Costa Rica

References

1. "HISTORIA DEL MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA". April 5, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-04-05.
2. "Calendario manual y guía de forasteros en Madrid". 1872.
3. Emilio Gerardo Obando Cairol. "El Banco Central de Costa Rica, su historia y su gente | Inversores institucionales". Scribd.
4. "NACIONALES". wvw.nacion.com. 22 May 2023.
5. Leitón, Por Patricia (21 March 2021). "Fallece Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez, exministro de Hacienda y expresidente del Banco Central, por efectos colaterales de la covid-19". La Nación (in Spanish).
6. "Leonel Baruch". Carao Ventures.
7. González, Karla Pérez (October 30, 2019). "Nombran a funcionario del Banco Mundial como nuevo ministro de Hacienda".
8. "Ministerio de Hacienda – República de Costa Rica". www.hacienda.go.cr.
9. "Nogui Acosta Jaén". congreso.cgr.go.cr. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

External links

• Ministry of Finance