Luis Guillermo Solís
Luis Guillermo Solís | |
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| 47th President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 8 May 2014 – 8 May 2018 | |
| Vice President | Helio Fallas Venegas Ana Helena Chacón |
| Preceded by | Laura Chinchilla |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Alvarado |
| President pro tempore of CELAC | |
| In office 8 May 2014 – 28 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Chinchilla |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Correa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera 25 April 1958 San José, Costa Rica |
| Political party | National Liberation Party (Before 2005) Citizens' Action Party (2009–present) |
| Spouse | Nancy Olive Worsfold Richards (m. 1987 div. 2006) |
| Domestic partner | Mercedes Peñas Domingo (2006–present) |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | University of Costa Rica Tulane University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [lwis ɣiˈʝeɾmo soˈlis riˈβeɾa]; born 25 April 1958) is a Costa Rican politician and educator who was the 47th President of Costa Rica from 2014 to 2018. He is a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC).
Solís led the field in the 2014 presidential election, and won the presidency in a landslide election, earning more votes than any presidential candidate in the history of the nation. Solís has a long academic and political career, culminating in his election as the first President of Costa Rica to be a member of the PAC. Since May 2017, Luis Guillermo Solis has been under fire after a report accused him of corruptly expediting the legal process of Chinese cement imports in favor of businessman and owner of Sinocem, Juan Carlos Bolaños, in a case known as Cementazo. In May 2018 the Public Prosecutor of Costa Rica dismissed the charges against him.