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Oscar Arias Sanchez

"The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, towards others as well as ourselves." Oscar Arias Sanchez, noble peace prize winner and an inspiration to many people, had many ideas and goals to help his country as best as he could. Even though he did go through a lot, he still mananged to be elected as the president of Costa Rica in 1986 to stop the wars. He came from a good family and he studied in many schools and colleges which really helped him be a hard-working person. He made a diffenece to for the people of his country and thats why he deserved the noble peace prize and stands out as inspiring person.


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1972-appointement as minister of planning and economy 1973-arias married to Margareta Penon Gongora 1974-doctorate degree in political science from the University of Essex 1975-election as head of the party 1986-elected as the president of Costa Rica 1987-drafted a peace plan to resolve regional crisis 1990-arias stepped down from power 2006-re-elected as the president of Costa Rica