After the war, Figueres ruled for a year and a half as head of a provisional government junta which abolished the military and oversaw the election of a Constitutional Assembly in December, which subsequently produced the new 1949 constitution.
Nakon rata, Figueres je vladao jednu i pol godinu kao šef hunte privremene vlade, koja je raspustila vojsku i nadgledala izbore za parlament, koji je donio novi ustav Kostarike 1949. godine.