Jesús Jiménez Zamora
Jesús Jiménez | |
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7th President of Costa Rica | |
In office November 1, 1868 – April 27, 1870 | |
Preceded by | José María Montealegre |
Succeeded by | José María Castro |
5th President of Costa Rica | |
In office May 8, 1863 – May 8, 1866 | |
Preceded by | José María Castro Madriz |
Succeeded by | Bruno Carranza |
Personal details | |
Born | Cartago, Costa Rica | June 18, 1823
Died | February 12, 1897 Cartago, Costa Rica | (aged 73)
Children | Ricardo Jiménez |
Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora was President of Costa Rica on two occasions: 1863 to 1866, and 1868 to 1870.
He was popularly elected in 1863, but dissolved Congress two months into his term of office. During his presidency he granted asylum to former Salvadoran President Gen. Gerardo Barrios, as a result of which the other four Central American governments broke off diplomatic relations with Costa Rica.
He passed on the presidency democratically to José María Castro Madriz at the end of his mandate in 1866, only to overthrow him in a coup d'état 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.