Máximo Fernández Alvarado (1858–1933) was a Costa Rican

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. Born in Desamparados in 1858, he graduated as a Bachelor in Philosophy and Letters at the

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at fourteen years old and as a

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in the same institution in 1881 with merit. He occupied several important positions, among them these are Secretary of State, Deputy and President of the Constitutional Congress 1913–1914 and 1916–1917. He founded the Partido Republicano, an ideology that combined doctrines of

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and

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, and was a candidate to the presidency in Costa Rican elections of 1902, 1906 and 1913. On several occasions he was exiled for political reasons. He also published a poetic anthology. He died in

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in 1933.

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1858 births 1933 deaths People from Desamparados (canton) Government ministers of Costa Rica Presidents of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica Costa Rican exiles Costa Rican liberals {{CostaRica-politician-stub