- Juan Manuel Cañas – October 29, 1821 to November 12, 1821
- Nicolás Carrillo y Aguirre – November 12, 1821 to December 1, 1821
- Pedro José de Alvarado y Baeza – December 1821 to January 1822
- Rafael Barroeta y Castilla – January 6 to April 13, 1822
- Santiago de Bonilla y Laya Bolívar – April 13 to July 15, 1822
- José María de Peralta y La Vega – July 15 to October 17, 1822
- José Rafael Gallegos Alvarado – October 17, 1822 to January 1, 1823
- José Santos Lombardo y Alvarado – January 1 to March 20, 1823
- Rafael Francisco Osejo – March 20 to March 29, 1823
- Joaquín de Oreamuno y Muñoz de la Trinidad – March 29 to April 5, 1823
- Gregorio José Ramírez y Castro – April 5 to April 16, 1823
- José María de Peralta y La Vega – April 16 to May 10, 1823
- Manuel Alvarado e Hidalgo – 1823 to 1824
- Eusebio Rodríguez y Castro – January 8 to February 12, 1824
- Manuel Alvarado e Hidalgo – February 12 to September 8, 1824
- Juan Mora Fernández – 1824 to 1825
- Juan Mora Fernández – 1825 to 1829
- Juan Mora Fernández – 1829 to 1833
- José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado – 1833 to 1837
- Manuel Fernández Chacón – elected (annulled)
- Nicolás Ulloa Soto – March 6, 1835 (resigned)
- Braulio Carrillo Colina – 1835 to 1837
- Joaquín Mora Fernández – March to April 1837
- Manuel Aguilar Chacón – 1837 to 1841
- Braulio Carrillo Colina – 1838 to 1842
- Francisco Morazán Quesada – April to September 1842
- Antonio Pinto Soares – September to November 1842
- José María Alfaro Zamora – November 1842 to June 1844
- Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla – June to November 1844
- José Rafael Gallegos Alvarado – November 1844 to June 1846
- José María Alfaro Zamora – June 1846 to November 1847
- Bruno Carranza Ramírez – November to December 1847
- José María Castro Madriz – 1847 to 1849
- Juan Rafael Mora Porras – 1849 to 1859
- José María Montealegre Fernández – 1859 to 1863
- Jesús Jiménez Zamora – 1863 to 1866
- José María Castro Madriz – 1866 to 1868
- Jesús Jiménez Zamora – 1868 to 1870
- Bruno Carranza Ramírez – April to August 1870
- Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez – 1870 to 1876
- Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz – April to July 1876
- Vicente Herrera Zeledón – July 1876 to May 1877
- Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez – May 1877 to July 1882
- Próspero Fernández Oreamuno – 1882 to 1885
- Bernardo Soto Alfaro – 1885 to 1889
- Carlos Durán Cartín – 1889 to 1890
- José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón – 1890 to 1894
- Rafael Iglesias Castro – 1894 to 1902
- Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra – 1902 to 1906
- Cleto González Víquez – 1906 to 1910
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno – 1910 to 1914
- Alfredo González Flores – 1914 to 1917
- Federico Tinoco Granados – 1917 to 1919
- Juan Bautista Quirós Segura – August to September 1919
- Francisco Aguilar Barquero – September 1919 to May 1920
- Julio Acosta García – 1920 to 1924
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno – 1924 to 1928
- Cleto González Víquez – 1928 to 1932
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno – 1932 to 1936
- León Cortés Castro – 1936 to 1940
- Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia – 1940 to 1944
- Teodoro Picado Michalski – 1944 to 1948
- José Figueres Ferrer – May to December 1948
- Otilio Ulate Blanco – 1949 to 1953
- José Figueres Ferrer – 1953 to 1958
- Mario Echandi Jiménez – 1958 to 1962
- Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich – 1962 to 1966
- José Joaquín Trejos Fernández – 1966 to 1970
- José Figueres Ferrer – 1970 to 1974
- Daniel Oduber Quirós – 1974 to 1978
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio – 1978 to 1982
- Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez – 1982 to 1986
- Óscar Arias Sánchez – 1986 to 1990
- Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier – 1990 to 1994
- José María Figueres Olsen – 1994 to 1998
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría – 1998 to 2002
- Abel Pacheco de la Espriella – 2002 to 2006
- Óscar Arias Sánchez – 2006 to 2010
- Laura Chinchilla Miranda – 2010 to 2014
- Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – 2014 to 2018
- Carlos Alvarado Quesada – 2018 to 2022
- Rodrigo Chaves Robles – 2022 to 2026 (current)
