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Benito Serrano Jiménez
Benito Serrano Jiménez (19 March 1850 – 23 December 1945) was a Costa Rican politician and judge. Serrano was born in San José, Costa Rica, to Anastasio Serrano y Valdivieso of Republic of New Granada, New Granada and Juanita Jiménez y Castro. He married Celina Thompson McQuillen from Great Britain. In 1876 he graduated with a law degree from the Universidad de Santo Tomas. During his career he served as Mayor of San José, Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Commerce and Public Instruction, Subpromotor prosecutor, Criminal Administrative Judge, Magistrate of the First Chamber of Appeals, and Magistrate of the Court of Cassation (Costa Rica), Court of Cassation. In 1915, Serrano was elected President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica to complete Alejandro Alvarado García's term. References 1850 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Costa Rican judges Politicians from San José, Costa Rica Lawyers from San José, Costa Rica Mayors of places in Costa Rica Supr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of . An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Unitary state, unitary Presidential system, presidential Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional republic. It has a long-standing and stable democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agricultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |