Rafael Barroeta y Castilla

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Rafael Barroeta y Castilla (born October 5, 1766 San Miguel (El Salvador) , † August 13, 1826 in San José (Costa Rica) ) was President of Costa Rica .

Life

His parents were Ana Gertrudis Castilla y Andurrián and Juan Antonio Barroeta e Iturrio.

He studied law at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala . In January 1792 he was appointed lawyer for the poor at the Real Audiencia , an office which he held until February 1794 when he was appointed relator at the Real Audiencia on behalf of José del Barrio González .

In 1801 he married Bárbara Enríquez Díaz Cabeza de Vaca y Palacios from Nicaragua. Bárbara Enríquez Díaz Cabeza de Vaca y Palacios was the sister of Alejandro Díaz Cabeza de Vaca, who was President of Guatemala in 1824 .

At the end of 1805 he got a job as Assessor Letrado (graduate of a university, with a law degree) of the governor in Costa Rica, the poorest province of New Spain , and moved there with his family. In 1805 he was the governor of Bagaces . In 1811 he was given command of the province of Costa Rica on behalf of Governor Juan de Dios de Ayala y Toledo. In 1818 and 1819 he was Alcalde of Cartago and in 1820 he was Alcalde of San José (Costa Rica).

In 1821 he was a member of the Junta de Legados de los Pueblos , a government delegated by the Cabildos . He sat before the Junta de Electores which ruled Costa Rica from January 6th to 13th, 1822. For the remainder of 1822 he was a member of the Junta Superior Gubernativa , which he chaired from January to March 1822. He was also a member of the second Junta Superior Gubernativa , which ruled Costa Rica from January to March 1823.

He was a supporter of the annexation of Central America to the Mexican empire of Agustín de Itúrbide . The Junta de Legados de los Pueblos sent delegates to the Congreso Constituyente de México in 1821 .

In 1823 he had to resign from his political offices because of old age dementia .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica, BARROETA CASTILLA, Rafael
predecessor Office successor
Pedro José de Alvarado y Baeza Presidents of Costa Rica
January 13, 1822 - January 1, 1823 		José Santos Lombardo y Alvarado
personal data
SURNAME Barroeta y Castilla, Rafael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Central American President
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH San Miguel (El Salvador)
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1826
Place of death San José (Costa Rica)