Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

Legislative Assembly Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica
Type
Type	unicameral
Leadership
President	Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, PLN since 1 May 2022
Vice president	Rosaria Brown Young, PNR since 1 May 2024
First Secretary	Carlos Felipe García Molina, PUSC since 1 May 2024
Structure
Seats	57
Political groups	Government (8)   PPSD (8) Opposition (49)   PPSD (1) [1]   PLN (19)   PUSC (9)   PNR (7)   FA (6)   PLP (5)   Independents (3)
Committees	6 ordinary standing Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Economical Affairs Committee Government and Administration Committee Budget Affairs Committee Judicial Affairs Committee Social Affairs Committee 14 special standing Honors Committee Municipal Affairs and Local Participatory Development Committee Law Drafting Committee International Relations and Foreign Trade Committee Constitutionality Consultations Committee Income and Public Spending Committee Security and Drug Trafficking Committee Women's Affairs Committee Youth, Childhood and Teenagers Committee Appointments Committee Environment Committee Tourism Committee Human Rights Committee Science, Technology and Education Committee
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation Modified Hare quota Closed list
Last election	6 February 2022
Meeting place
Session room of the Asamblea Legislativa building.
Website
http://www.asamblea.go.cr/

Politics of Costa Rica
Constitution Abortion law LGBT rights
Executive President (list) Rodrigo Chaves Robles Vice Presidents Stephan Brunner Mary Munive
Legislature Legislative Assembly (History) President: Rodrigo Arias Sánchez
Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice President: Fernando Cruz Castro
Administrative divisions Provinces and comarcas Cantons Districts Local government Indigenous territories
Elections Recent elections General: 2014 2018 2022 2007 CAFTA referendum Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Minister: Rodolfo Solano Diplomatic missions of / in Costa Rica Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) forms the unicameral legislative branch of the Costa Rican government. The national congress building is located in the capital city, San José, specifically in Carmen district of the San José canton.

The Legislative Assembly is composed of 57 deputies, (Spanish: diputados), who are elected by direct, universal, popular vote on a closed party list proportional representation basis, by province, for four-year terms. A 1949 constitutional amendment prevents deputies from serving for two successive terms, though a deputy may run for an Assembly seat again after sitting out a term. Currently a proposal to switch to a Mixed-member proportional representation based on the German system is under discussion.^[2]