Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (June 18, 1823 – February 12, 1897) was

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on two occasions: 1863 to 1866, and 1868 to 1870.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
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n governments broke off diplomatic relations with Costa Rica. He passed on the presidency democratically to

José María Castro Madriz José María Castro Madriz (1 September 1818 – 4 April 1892) was a Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician. He served twice as President of Costa Rica, from 1847 to 1849, and from 1866 to 1868. On both occasions he was prevented ...

at the end of his mandate in 1866, only to overthrow him in a

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two years later and assume the office of president for a second time. This second mandate, in turn, came to an end in a coup on 27 April 1870. Jesús Jiménez was the father of three-time President

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Romualdo Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (February 6, 1859 – January 4, 1945) served as president of Costa Rica on three occasions: 1910–1914, 1924–1928 and 1932–1936. He was one of the best known lawyers in Costa Rican history and a Univers ...

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