The Ministry of Finance of 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 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. Ministers Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales, ?-1844-? Manuel José Carazo Bonilla, ?-1855-? Rafael García-Escalante Nava, ?-1857-? Salvador González Ramírez, ?-1872-? 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 Alfredo Hernández Volio, 1958–1959 Jorge Borbón Castro, 1959–1962 Raúl Hess Estrada, 1962–1963 Bernal Jiménez Monge, 1963–1966 Álvaro Hernández Piedra, 1966–1969 Óscar Barahona Streber, 1969–1972 Claudio Alpizar Vargas, 1972–1974 Porfirio Morera Batres, 1974–1977 Federico Vargas Peralta, 1977–1978 Hernán Sáenz Jiménez, 1978–1981 Carlos Muñoz Vega, 1981 Emilio Garnier Borella, 1981–1982 Federico Vargas Peralta, 1982–1984 Porfirio Morera Batres, 1984–1986 Fernando Naranjo Villalobos, 1986–1989 Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora, 1989–1990 Thelmo Vargas Madrigal, 1990–1992 Rodolfo Méndez Mata, 1992–1994 José Rafael Brenes Vega, 1994 Fernando Herrero Acosta, 1994–1996 Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, 1996–1998 Leonel Baruch, 1998–2001 Alberto Dent Zeledón, 2001–2002 Jorge Bolaños Rojas, 2002–2003 Alberto Dent Zeledón, 2003–2004 Federico Carrillo Zürcher, 2004–2005 David Fuentes Montero, 2005–2006 Guillermo Zúñiga Chaves, 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 Elián Villegas Valverde, 2020– See also Central Bank of Costa Rica References External links Ministry of Finance Government of Costa Rica Costa Rica 1825 establishments in Costa Rica Organizations established in 1825 Government agencies established in the 1820s 1825 in politics