What is Óscar Arias?
{{Infobox_President | name = Óscar Arias Sánchez | image = OscarArias.jpg | order = [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President of Costa Rica]] | vicepresident = | term_start = 8 May 2006 | term_end = 8 May 2010 | predecessor = [[Abel Pacheco de la Espriella]] | successor = [[Laura Chinchilla]] | vicepresident2 = | term_start2 = 8 May 1986 | term_end2 = 8 May 1990 | predecessor2 = [[Luis Alberto Monge]] | successor2 = [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|09|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Heredia, Costa Rica|Heredia]], [[Costa Rica]] | party = [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] }} {{Nobelprize|Peace}}'''Óscar Arias Sánchez''' (born 13 September 1940 in [[Heredia]], [[Costa Rica]]) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. He received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in [[Central America]]. He is also a winner of the [[Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism]] and a trustee of [[Economists for Peace and Security]]. In 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the [[International Criminal Court]]'s TrustFund for Victims.<ref>[[Amnesty International]], 12 September 2003, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060415130813/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGIOR300072003?open&of=ENG-391 Amnesty International welcomes the election of a Board of Directors]''. Retrieved on 1 August 2007.</ref> He is also a member of the ''Club de Madrid''. It is a nonprofit organization. It is made up of 81 former leaders of democratic nations. They work to strengthen democracy.<ref>[http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/estructura/former_heads_of_state_and_government_1 Former Heads of State and Government | Club de Madrid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407155645/http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/estructura/former_heads_of_state_and_government_1 |date=2013-04-07 }}. Clubmadrid