<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 6 (5 with Richards) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> University of Costa Rica Tulane University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor </Td> </Tr> <P> Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera (born 25 April 1958) is a Costa Rican politician who has been President of Costa Rica since 2014 . He is a member of the center - left Citizens' Action Party (PAC). Solís led the field in the 2014 presidential election, and he was effectively handed the presidency after the runner - up in the first round, San José mayor Johnny Araya Monge, ceased active campaigning . 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 . </P> <P> Solís was born in San José, Costa Rica, to Vivienne Rivera Allen, an educator, and Freddy Solís Avendaño, an uneducated shoemaker . Both his parents lived in Turrialba, and as such many residents consider him Turrialban . His family has Afro - Caribbean and Chinese roots, coming from Jamaica to Costa Rica in the early 1900s . Solís grew up in San Pedro de Montes de Oca and Curridabat, neighborhoods of San José . He attended Methodist High School in San José, where he was president of the student body, before studying history at the University of Costa Rica, where he earned a degree with academic honors in 1979 . He earned a master's degree in Latin American Studies at Tulane University in New Orleans . </P>

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