Juan Bautista Quirós Segura

Juan Bautista Quirós Segura (born January 18, 1853 in San Juan de Tibás, † November 7, 1934 in San José ) was President of Costa Rica from August 20 to September 2, 1919 .

Life

His parents were Mercedes Segura and Pablo Quirós y Jiménez. The first time he married Teresa Aguilar Guzmán († 1899), the granddaughter of Manuel Aguilar Chacón . The second time he married on November 4, 1900 Clementina Quirós Fonseca (1880-1953), the daughter of Florinda Fonseca Guzmán and José Quirós Montero.

He became a general and was a farmer and businessman and made a fortune. He was later an MP, Third Vice President, Chairman of a Constituent Assembly, Minister for Development and Bank Director of Banco Internacional de Costa Rica .

On August 9, 1919 Juan Bautista Quirós Segura was deputy to President Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados . On August 12, 1919 Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados transferred the official business to Juan Bautista Quirós Segura. His first official act was the restoration of public freedoms and the release of political prisoners.

Julio Acosta García was in exile in Nicaragua. When Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados left Costa Rica on August 12, 1919 from the US observation of Puerto Limón , Acosta was proclaimed President of Costa Rica in New York and commissioned Francisco Aguilar Barquero to arrange free elections.

On August 20, 1919, the parliament approved the resignation of Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados.

On August 27, 1919, Minister of War General José Joaquín Tinoco Granados was killed.

Government cabinet

Finance Minister: Manuel Argon
Minister of War: Victor Manuel Quirós
Foreign Minister: Guillermo Vargas
Interior Minister: Alejandro Aguilar
Minister of Education: Salustio Camacho.

His presidency was not recognized by the US government. Faced with the possibility of armed intervention, he gave the presidency to Francisco Aguilar Barquero on September 2, 1919. Under this he was minister of war for a short time.

Under the government of Julio Acosta García , he was guardian of the correct use of public funds on the recommendation of him and by appointment by Parliament.

Individual evidence

predecessor	Office	successor
Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados	President of Costa Rica August 20 - September 2, 1919	Francisco Aguilar Barquero

personal data
SURNAME	Quirós Segura, Juan Bautista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Costa Rican politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Juan de Tibas
DATE OF DEATH	November 7, 1934
Place of death	San Jose

[nyt19190815-1] The New York Times , Aug. 15, 1919, NEW COSTA RICA PRESIDENT; Tinoco Escaped from Limon , Julio Acosta has been named Provisional President of the republic. He has designated Francisco Aguilar Barquero to arrange for the holding of free

[nyt19190818-2] The New York Times , August 18, 1919, [1] , Federico Tinoco, for the last two and a half years President of Costa Rica, in a statement to the correspondent on his arrival here today, said he believed the assassin of his brother, Jose Joaquin Tinoco, had come from Nicaragua, and that the assassination had been planned in Nicaragua and Washington.