Alfredo González Flores
Alfredo González Flores ( born June 15, 1877 in Heredia, Costa Rica; † December 28, 1962 ibid ) was 1914-1917 President of Costa Rica.
Life
His parents were Elemberta Flores and Domingo González Pérez. In 1897 he took part in the movement against President Rafael Yglesias Castro and was in 1905 supporters of Máximo Fernández Alvarado. In 1898 he made a trip to the UK, where he was informed about economics and expertise accumulated.
From 1910 to 1914 he was a member of the Partido Nacional Republicano for the province of Heredia. He brought bills for a mortgage bank and a Banco Nacional de Seguros, a social insurance, an in Parliament. The Banco Nacional de Seguros, today's Instituto Nacional de Seguros, was founded in 1924.
On 14 May 1922 he married Delia Morales Gutiérrez in Heredia, daughter of Braulio Morales Cervantes. He studied law at the Escuela de Derecho and entered on September 1, 1922 as a lawyer to the bar in one.
Presidential May 8 1914-27. January 1917
He was first deputy of the President Cleto González Víquez. Presidential elections were held in 1913, should have received in which Máximo Fernández Alvarado 25,000 votes and Carlos Durán Cartín 17,800 votes.
The two candidates in the presidential elections gave up the deputy office. The parliament elected Alfredo González Flores as a deputy to the presidency, in which he led the government. Second and third alternates were: Domingo González Pérez y Aguilar Francisco Barquero. During his tenure, he founded the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica and decreed Steuergesestzgebung.
To his tax legislation introducing a Impuesto sobre la renta (income tax ), a Impuesto a las tierras incultas belonged ( control for fallow land ) and a Impuesto a la plusvalia de propiedades ( VAT).
Contrato Pinto Greulich
The Contrato Pinto - Greulich was a petroleum production license in the region of Talamanca. Other candidates made higher concession offers, but useful expenses by Dr. Leo J Greulich in Costa Rica and Washington S. Valentine left the ratification law happen to this Treaty the Parliament.
President Alfredo González Flores vetoed the law on the ratification of the Pinto - Greulich - contracts with the Compañía Nacional Petrolera.
For training for teaching the Escuela Normal was founded in Heredia. In elections have given solles first irregularities, especially in the parliamentary elections in 1915, which helped that only members of the Partido Nacional Republicano were elected.
Alfredo González Flores resided at the Castillo Azul. During his tenure, the electrification of the railway line was completed in Puntarenas San Jose, an agricultural school, a post office and the Ministry of Health were established. The slaughterhouse was moved from Ojo de Agua, a seaside resort in the municipality of Belén, to Puntarenas. Alfredo González Flores suggested the construction of a jetty in the port of Puntarenas.
On January 27, 1917 Alfredo González Flores was overthrown by his War and Navy Minister Alberto Federico Tinoco Granados and was able to flee to the U.S. Embassy. From 1917 to 1920 he was in the U.S. in exile. In 1920 he published El petróleo y la política de Costa Rica. In 1923 he represented Costa Rica in litigation Caso Tinoco against Great Britain.
The Altenheim Asilo de Ancianos Alfredo y Delia Gonzales Flores in Heredia was built on a plot, which had donated the couple Gonzales Flores for this purpose.