Alberto Oreamuno Flores (9 August 1905 – 28 October 1980) was a

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n physician and politician, first Vice President of Costa Rica of the Second Republic. He was born in the province of Cartago, son of Nicolás Oreamuno and Adelfia Flores. His father was Minister of State, president of the

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and

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of the

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, and his brother José Rafael Oreamuno Flores was ambassador of Costa Rica in the United States. He studied at the National Institute of Honduras, at the Liceo de Costa Rica and at the Lafayette Lyceum in Weston, Pennsylvania, United States. He later went to the

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at the

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where he graduated with honors in 1929, obtaining the therapeutic medal for the best exam among 122 students. He made his internship at Frankford Hospital in the same city. He returned to Costa Rica in 1930 where he worked as a doctor of the United Fruit Company, then deputy director of the Hospital of Limón, Hospital Almirante and Clínica Bíblica. He also worked at the Armoides Hospital in

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, the Piera Hospital in

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and the Hospital San Juan de Dios of Costa Rica. He was also a councilor of the Municipal Council of Limón and deputy, and then served as vice president of Costa Rica in the administration of

Otilio Ulate Blanco Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco (August 25, 1891 – October 10, 1973) served as President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953. His French heritage comes from his mother, Ermida Blanco. He never married but had two daughters, Olga Mar ...

. He was also a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Honduras.

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1905 births 1980 deaths Vice presidents of Costa Rica {{CostaRica-politician-stub