Cleto González Víquez
Cleto González Víquez (born October 13, 1858 in Barva Heredia , Costa Rica ; † September 23, 1937 in San José , Costa Rica) was from May 8, 1906 to May 8, 1910 and from May 8, 1928 to May 8, 1932 President of Costa Rica.
Life
His parents were Aurora Víquez Murillo and Cleto González Pérez. He married on May 12, 1889 Adela Herrán Bonilla (1861-1932), daughter of ladenia Bonilla y Gutiérrez and Ramón Herrán y López.
Cleto González was a lawyer, Mayor of San José, President of the Bar Association, President of the Junta de Caridad de San José
In 1885, Cleto González was the embassy secretary of the Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro government in Washington and in 1886 in Guatemala City .
In 1886, Cleto González was State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry. From 1887 to 1888, Cleto González was government minister in the government cabinet of Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro . In 1889, Cleto González was the representative of the Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro government in Nicaragua. In 1889 Cleto González was Foreign Minister. From 1892 and 1916 to 1917 MP for San José. From 1902 to 1906 Cleto González was second deputy to the President Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra . From 1902 to 1903 Cleto González was Minister of Finance and Trade in the government cabinet of Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra. From 1904 to 1905 Cleto González was district administrator of the municipality of San José.
Presidency May 8, 1906–8. May 1910
The Consul General of Costa Rica, Juan J. Ulloa, reports in a letter to the editor to The New York Times on the second round of the elections of April 1, 1906: Of the 512 electors who represent the different parts of Costa Rica, 427 are for Cleto González Víquez voted and 24 for Máximo Fernández Alvarado, 9 for Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro and 8 for Tobías Zúñiga Castro 44 did not vote.
During this reign the construction of the railway to Puntarenas continued.
From November 14 to December 20, 1907, the government took part in the Central American Peace Conference in Washington . In May 1907, a picture of Cleto González appeared in The New York Times on this subject alongside the pictures of José Santos Zelaya , Pedro José Escalón , Manuel José Estrada Cabrera , Pedro José Escalón, Manuel Bonilla and Manuel José Estrada Cabrera.
In 1910 the railway line from San José to Puntarenas on the Pacific was completed.
On May 4, 1910, an earthquake destroyed Cartago and places in the province of Cartago (Province) such as Paríso and Tres Ríos in La Unión Canton, killing around 1,750 people.
From 1917 to 1920, Cleto González was an assessor at the Supreme Court.
In 1920 Cleto González was a delegate of the Costa Rican government at the Conferencia Centroamericana de San José .
From 1922 to 1923 Cleto González was District Administrator of the Municipios of San José.
Presidency May 8, 1928–8. May 1932
He signed a labor law. In 1928 a Ministry of Agriculture was established. In 1928 a state electricity supply company was founded, the Servicio Nacional de Electricidad . The railway line to the Pacific was electrified. In early December 1928 Herbert C. Hoover came on a state visit on a goodwill tour.
The League Civica made opposition to the electricity monopoly of the Electric Bond and Share Co. .
Presidential elections were held on February 14, 1932. Four parties could be elected. On the morning of February 15, 1932, the candidate of the Partido Union Republicana Lic. Manuel Castro Quesada stormed the Buena Vista barracks with a group to prevent the presidency of Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.
The parliament then did not elect a president, but instead appointed Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno as the president's deputy.
Individual evidence
- ^ The New York Times , April 13, 1906, Juan J. Ulloa : The Costa Rican Election
- ^ The New York Times , May 19, 1907, A JOINT REPUBLIC : The New Nation Would Have 160,000 Square Miles and a Population of 4,200,000.
- ↑ Fernández Guardia, León., Céspedes Marín, Amando. "The Cartago earthquake 6h. 47m. 35s. May 4th, 1910" A. Lehmann, Printer, 1910, 52 pp.
- ↑ Clotilde María Obregón, Nuestros gobernantes: Verdades del pasado para comprender el futuro , Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 2002, 155 pp., 101.
- ↑ Time , Dec. 10, 1928, National Affairs: Fifteenth Crossing
- ↑ Obregón, 2002, p. 115
References
- ↑ es: Barva (cantón)
- ^ Es : Adela Herrán
- ^ Es : Cancilleres de Costa Rica
- ^ Es : Máximo Fernández Alvarado
- ↑ en: La Unión Canton
- ^ Es : Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica
- ↑ en: Goodwill tour
- ^ Es : Manuel Castro Quesada
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno |
Presidents of Costa Rica May 8, 1906 - May 8, 1910 May 8, 1928 - May 8, 1932 |
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | González Víquez, Cleto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of Costa Rica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heredia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1937 |
| Place of death | San Jose |