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Óscar Arias Sánchez
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Óscar Arias Sánchez

Politician · born September 13, 1941

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Óscar Arias Sánchez is a Costa Rican politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was the president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010.

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  1. 44Became President of Costa RicaMay 8, 1986
  2. ~46Received the Nobel Peace Prize1987

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