José Joaquín Trejos Fernández

{{Short description|President of Costa Rica from 1966 to 1970}}

{{Family name hatnote|Trejos|Fernández|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Jose Juaquín Trejos Flores cropped.jpg

| image_upright = .9

| name = Joaquín Trejos

| order = 35th President of Costa Rica

| term_start = 8 May 1966

| term_end = 8 May 1970

| vicepresident = Jorge Vega Rodríguez
Virgilio Calvo Sánchez

| predecessor = Francisco Orlich

| successor = José Figueres Ferrer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|04|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = San José, Costa Rica

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|2|10|1916|04|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = San José, Costa Rica

| party = National Unification Party (Current Social Christian Unity Party){{cite web |url=http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/costaric.htm| publisher = Zárate's Political Collections| title= Political Leaders: Costa Rica|access-date= 2010-02-08}}

| alma_mater = University of Costa Rica{{cite web |url=http://www.guiascostarica.com/presi/presi35.htm | publisher = GuiasCostaRica.com| title= José Joaquín Trejos Fernández|access-date= 2010-02-08}}

| occupation = Diplomat

| signature = Firma Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez.jpg

}}

José Joaquín Antonio Trejos Fernández (18 April 1916{{spaced ndash}} 10 February 2010) was 35th President of Costa Rica from 1966 to 1970.[http://www.tse.go.cr/pdf/ifed/PresidentesCR-Cuadros.pdf El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica]

His parents were Juan Trejos Quirós and Emilia Fernández Aguilar. As a student he obtained degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Costa Rica. During Mario Echandi's administration he was part of Costa Rica's delegation in the United Nations.

Trejos defeated Daniel Oduber in the election that secured him the presidency.

Trejos died on 10 February 2010. In the months before his death he began to have problems, when he had an accident in December 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/11/pais2261432.html |title=Falleció el expresidente José Joaquín Trejos - EL PAÍS - nacion.com |access-date=2010-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214092850/http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/11/pais2261432.html |archive-date=2010-02-14}}