Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
Juan Primitivo Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (born July 18, 1834 in San José (Costa Rica) ; † March 12, 1885 in Atenas Alajuela , Costa Rica ) was President of Costa Rica from August 10, 1882 to March 12, 1885 .
Life
His parents were Dolores Oreamuno y Muñoz de la Trinidad and Manuel José Fernández Chacón . His sister Pacífica Fernández Oreamuno was the wife of José María Castro Madriz . On December 25, 1861, he married Cristina Guardia Gutiérrez, the sister of Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez . In this marriage two children were born: Manuel married Dolores Pinto y Samayoa and Pacífica married Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro . He received a Bachelor of Philosophy from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala .
1856-1857 he took part in the campaigns against the Filibusteropiraten under William Walker and in the military coup , in which in 1870 his brother-in-law Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez , Bruno Carranza Ramírez brought into the presidency. During the presidency of his brother-in-law, he was in command of Alajuela and was promoted to division general .
In 1881 his brother-in-law Guardia appointed him his seventh deputy. Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez, the first deputy of his father-in-law Guardia, appointed him to the presidency on August 10, 1882.
Presidency
Under his presidency, military legislation was passed and Bishop Bernhard August Thiel was expelled.
In 1884 liberal laws were passed annulling the Concordat with the Holy See , expropriating real estate from Church cemeteries without compensation, and banning religious communities.
It was the civil marriage introduced. His brother José María Castro Madriz was the Gray Eminence of the anti-clerical presidency.
During his presidency, the Cost Ricas government defaulted on debt servicing for the railway construction on the San José Puerto Limón line . On April 21, 1884, the Soto-Keith Contract was signed by Treasury Secretary Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jorge Francisco Sáenz Carbonell, Los meses de don Aniceto: ascenso y caída de don Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz , EUNED, 2002, 232 p., P. 14
- ^ Clotilde María Obregón, Nuestros gobernantes: Verdades del pasado para comprender el futuro , Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 2002, 155 p., P. 93
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez |
Presidents of Costa Rica August 10, 1882 - March 12, 1885 |
Bernardo Soto y Alfaro |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fernández Oreamuno, Próspero |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fernández Oreamuno, Juan Primitivo Próspero |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of Costa Rica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Jose |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1885 |
| Place of death | Atenas Alajuela |