Rafael Moya Murillo

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José Rafael Moya Murillo (born October 24, 1799 in San Antonio de Heredia, today San Antonio de Belén, Costa Rica ; † November 15, 1864 in Heredia ) was Jefe de Estado of Costa Rica from December 7, 1844 to May 1, 1845 .

Life

On September 9, 1824, he married for the first time in Heredia , Micaela Casimira Solares y Sandoval. The second time he married in Heredia on November 19, 1841, María Josefa Salinas Solares, the niece of his first wife.

He was an entrepreneur mainly devoted to agriculture and was one of the first major cafetaleros in Heredia. In addition, he dealt with mining and trade.

In 1844 he became a member of parliament and as senior president he sat from November 29, 1844 to April 30, 1845 for Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla of the state. His legislative term ended on April 30, 1845, and on April 26, 1845, parliament initiated proceedings against him for removal from office.

From May 1, 1845 to April 30, 1846 the next senior, José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado, took over the office.

In April 1847 and December 1849 he was a presidential candidate.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lowell Gudmundson, Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom , LSU Press, 1986, 224 pp., 71
  2. Jorge Francisco Sáenz Carbonell, Los años del voto directo: Don Francisco María Oreamuno y la Constitución de 1844 , EUNED, 1992, 276 p., P. 66
predecessor Office successor
Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla President of Costa Rica
December 7, 1844–1. May 1845
Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado