Laura Virginia Fernández Delgado is a Costa Rican politician and political scientist. She became president of Costa Rica in 2026 after winning the presidential election as the candidate of the Sovereign People’s Party (PPSO). She won 48.53% of the vote in the first round.

Before becoming president, Fernández served as minister of national planning and economic policy from 2022 to 2025 and minister of the presidency from 2024 to 2025.

As president, Fernández inaugurated Costa Rica’s High-Containment Center against Organized Crime, a 5,100-inmate prison modeled on El Salvador’s CECOT. The prison is part of Costa Rica’s focus on combating drug trafficking and organized crime.