Mayor of San José, Costa Rica

{{short description|Costa Rican political office}}

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| incumbent = Diego Miranda Méndez

| incumbentsince = 1 May 2024

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| residence = Municipal Building José Figueres Ferrer

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| termlength = Four years

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| constituting_instrument = Municipal Code of Costa Rica

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| formation = 1998

| first = Johnny Araya Monge

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| website = [https://www.msj.go.cr/SitePages/home.aspx Mayor's Office]

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The Mayor of San José is the general administrator and legal representative of the Municipality of San José, the capital of the Republic of Costa Rica and the largest and most populated municipality in the country. The position officially exists since the municipal reform of 1998 as part of the bipartisan agreements of the Figueres-Calderón Pact.{{cite news|title=Historia de la Municipalidad de San José|url=https://www.msj.go.cr/informacion_ciudadana/SitePages/historia_ayuntamiento.aspx|work=msj.go.cr|accessdate=15 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116101440/https://www.msj.go.cr/informacion_ciudadana/SitePages/historia_ayuntamiento.aspx|archive-date=16 November 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Nuestro gobierno local|url=http://wvw.nacion.com/zurqui/2000/junio/07/zurqui5.html|accessdate=9 April 2016|agency=La Nación|language=Spanish}} Before this the municipalities were administered by a figure similar to a general manager appointed by the Municipal Council and called Municipal Executive, but after the reform this figure disappears replaced by the popularly elected mayor.{{cite news|title=Historia del régimen municipal|url=http://semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/opinion/historia-del-rgimen-municipal/|accessdate=9 April 2016|agency=Semanario Universidad|language=Spanish}}{{cite web|title=Régimen Municipal|url=http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Defensoria_de_los_Habitantes/Informe%202001/Cap%C3%ADtulo%20II/Regimen%20Municipal.pdf|website=Defensoría de los Habitantes|accessdate=9 April 2016|language=Spanish}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The longest serving person in the office has been Johnny Araya Monge of the National Liberation Party, who was previously municipal executive for several consecutive periods and who has served for more than 22 years (if the time he was a municipal executive) is included.