The Embassy of Costa Rica in

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in the

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. The mission was raised to the status of embassy in 1956, having previously been a legation. María del Carmen Gutiérrez Chamberlain de Chittenden, ambassador from 1962, was the first woman ambassador accredited to the

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List of ambassadors

Ministers

* 1876?: Francisco María Iglesias Llorente *1882 to 1887: León Fernández Bonilla (non-resident) *1887 to 1898:

Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro (July 4, 1847 – August 1, 1930) was a Costa Rican diplomat and historian. De Peralta y Alfaro was born in Taras, Cartago, Costa Rica, on July 4, 1847. He was the only Costa Rican to ever be given the design ...

(resident in Paris) * 1913 to 1919: Wenceslao de la Guardia y Fábrega *1950?: Luis Dobles Segreda (resident in?) *1954 to 1956: Virginia Prestinary de Gallegos *

Ambassadors

* 1957 to ?: Humberto Pacheco Coto *1958 to 1962: Alfredo Alfaro Sotela *1962 to 1966: María del Carmen Gutiérrez Chamberlain de Chittenden *1966 to ?: Claudia Cascante de Rojas *1970 to 1974: Manuel Escalante Durán *1974 to 1977?: Eduardo Echeverría-Villafranca *1977 to 1978: Fernando Soto-Harrison *1978 to 1981: Carlos Manuel Gutiérrez-Cañas *1982 to 1986: Jorge Borbón Zeller *1986 to 1988: Marcelo Martén Sancho *1989 to 1990: Miguel Yamuni Tabush *1990 to 199(3): Luís Rafael Tinoco Alvarado *199(5) to 1998: Jorge Borbón Zeller *1998 to ?: Rodolfo Gutiérrez Carranza *2007 to 2015: Pilar Saborío de Rocafort * 2015 to 2018: José Enrique Castillo Barrantes *2018 to present: Rafael Ortiz Fábrega *

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External links

Official site

Diplomatic missions of Costa Rica Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster Bayswater {{coord missing, London

List of ambassadors

Ministers

Ambassadors

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