Manuel Aguilar Chacón
Manuel Aguilar Chacón (born August 12, 1797 in San José (Costa Rica) , † May 15, 1845 in Sonsonate (Departamento) , El Salvador ) was Jefe de Estado of Costa Rica from April 17, 1837 to May 27, 1838 .
Life
His parents were Josefa de la Luz Chacón y Aguilar and Miguel Antonio Aguilar y Fernández, who became a priest after his wife died.
Manuel Aguilar Chacón married on August 4, 1824 in León (Nicaragua), Inés Cueto y García de la Llana (* 1806 in León (Nicaragua), † August 11, 1861 in Alajuela ), the daughter of Teodora García de la Llana and Luis de Cueto y Cortés de la Quintana.
Four children were born in the marriage of Aguilar-Cueto:
- Mauro Antonio de Jesús (* 1826), married to Rosa Guzmán y Guzmán, daughter of Juan José Guzmán ,
- Juan Manuel (* 1828 † childhood),
- Inés Antonia de Jesús (* 1830; † 1895), married to Juan Rafael Mora Porras ,
- Manuel Antonio de Jesús (1832-1860).
Manuel Aguilar Chacón studied law at the University of León (Nicaragua) , he graduated in 1820 and became Licenciado in 1821, admitted to the bar.
In 1824 Manuel Aguilar Chacón became a judge in Costa Rica. He was a member and chairman of the Constituent Assembly from 1824 to 1825 and Minister General from 1825 to 1827. In 1926 he was rector of the Casa de Enseñanza de Santo Tomás in 1826. In 1828 he was a member of parliament for San José, in 1828 he was elected to the parliament of the Central American Confederation , could not exercise the mandate from 1832 to 1833 he was a member of the Central American Parliament.
In 1830 he was elected President of the Supreme Court by Parliament and did not accept the election.
In 1833, when he was a member of the Parliament of the Central American Confederation in Guatemala City, supported by the Cabildos of San José and Alajuela , the majority of the Cabildos voted for him as Jefe de Estado . But the parliament elected Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado to the Jefe de Estado .
Manuel Aguilar Chacón returned to Costa Rica on November 21, 1833 and in 1835 he was re-elected to the parliament of the province of Costa Rica for the legislature of 1835-1837, which he presided over in 1835.
When in March 1835 the designated deputy of the Jefe de Estado , Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado , Nicolás Ulloa Soto, refused his office, the parliament elected Manuel Aguilar Chacón to Jefe de Estado who refused to accept the election.
Jefe de Estado
In the elections to the Jefe de Estado in 1837 he was a candidate alongside Braulio Carrillo Colina. With the support of the Cabildos of Alajuela , Cartago and Heredia , Manuel Aguilar Chacón was elected Jefe de Estado in the 1837 elections for a term of office from 1837 to 1841. His deputy was Juan Mora Fernández . Both took office on April 17, 1837 in Heredia, which after the Ley de Ambulancia was the seat of government of Costa Rica at that time. During his reign, health care, public education was improved and the Supreme Court reorganized. The focus was on the seat of government.
The supporters of Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina opposed his government. In March 1838, Manuel Aguilar Chacón submitted his resignation, which was rejected by parliament.
Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina put himself to power on May 27, 1838.
Manuel Aguilar Chacón went into exile first in El Salvador and later in Guatemala
In 1843 he became Guatemalan Ambassador to Costa Rica and then worked as a lawyer.
In 1845 the government of Costa Rica sent him as a delegate to a Dieta unionista centroamericana as a Central American body which was planned in Sonsonate 1846 was called.
Manuel Aguilar Chacón went to Sonsonate but the conference did not take place. Instead he got pneumonia from which he died.
Web links
- Information about Manuel Aguilar Chacón on the Costa Rica Tourist Office (in Spanish)
- Information about Manuel Aguilar Chacón on mcnbiografias.com (in Spanish)
- Family background
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presidentes de la Asamblea Legislativa ( Memento of March 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Mora Fernández |
President of Costa Rica April 17, 1837-27. May 1838 |
Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aguilar Chacón, Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of Costa Rica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Jose , Costa Rica |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1845 |
| Place of death | Sonsonata , El Salvador |