Cleto González Víquez

Cleto González Víquez ( born October 13, 1858 in Barva [ wp 1] Heredia, Costa Rica; † September 23, 1937 in San José, Costa Rica ) was from May 8, 1906 - May 8, 1910 and by May 8, 1928 - May 8, 1932 President of Costa Rica.

Life

His parents were Víquez Aurora Murillo and Cleto González Pérez. He married on May 12, 1889 Adela Herrán Bonilla ( 1861-1932 ) [ wp 2], daughter of Lastenia Bonilla y Gutiérrez and Ramón López y Herrán.

Cleto González was a lawyer, mayor of San José, President of the Bar Association, President of the Junta de Caridad de San José

1885 was Cleto González Secretary Bernardo Soto Alfaro Ramón government in Washington and 1886 in Guatemala City.

1886 Cleto González was State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1887-1888 was Cleto González government ministers in the Cabinet of Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro. 1889 Cleto González was steward of the government Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro in Nicaragua. 1889 was Cleto González Foreign Minister [ wp 3]. From 1892 and 1916-1917 Member of Parliament for San Jose. From 1902 to 1906 Cleto González was second deputy of the President Ascension Esquivel Ibarra. From 1902 to 1903 Cleto González was finance and trade ministers in the Cabinet of Ascension Esquivel Ibarra. From 1904 to 1905 Cleto González was Chief Executive of the Municipalities of San Jose.

Presidential May 8 1906-8. May 1910

The Consul General of Costa Rica, Juan J. Ulloa reported in a letter to the New York Times about the second round of elections on April 1, 1906: Of the 512 electoral votes, which have to represent the different parts of Costa Rica 427 for Cleto González Víquez voted and 24 for Máximo Fernández Alvarado [ wp 4], 9 for Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro and 8 for Tobías Zúñiga Castro 44 did not vote on.

In this reign the construction of the railway was continued to Puntarenas.

From 14 November to 20 December 1907, the government participates in the Central American Peace Conference in Washington. In May 1907, an image Cleto González in The New York Times next to the pictures of José Santos Zelaya José Pedro Escalón, Manuel José Estrada Cabrera, Pedro José Escalón, Manuel Bonilla and Manuel José Estrada Cabrera was on this topic appeared.

1910, the railway from San Jose to Puntarenas, was completed on the Pacific.

On 4 May 1910, a quake Cartago and places in the province of Cartago (Province) as Pariso and Tres Ríos destroyed in La Unión Canton [ wp 5] and killed about 1,750 people.

From 1917 to 1920 Cleto González was assessor to the Supreme Court [ wp 6].

1920 Cleto González was a delegate of the Government of Costa Rica at the Conferencia Centroamericana de San José.

From 1922 to 1923 Cleto González was Chief Executive of the Municipalities of San Jose.

Presidential May 8 1928-8. May 1932

He signed a labor law. 1928 Department of Agriculture was established. 1928 State electricity company was founded the Servicio Nacional de Electricidad. The railway line to the Pacific was Electrified. In early December 1928, Herbert C. Hoover on a goodwill tour [ wp 7] on a state visit.

The League Civica made ​​opposition to the electricity monopoly of the Electric Bond and Share Co..

Presidential elections were held on 14 February 1932. There were four parties are elected. On the morning of 15 February 1932, the candidate of the Partido Union, Republican Lic Manuel Castro Quesada [ wp 8] stormed to prevent a group the barracks Buena Vista for the presidency of Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.

The Parliament then elected a president but called Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno as deputy to the president to the presidency.