Jesús Jiménez Zamora
Jesús Jiménez Zamora ( born June 18, 1823 in Cartago Costa Rica, † February 12, 1897 ibid ) was twice President of Costa Rica.
Life
Zamora married on 25 January 1850 in Cartago Oreamuno Esmeralda Gutierrez, daughter of Francisco María Bonilla Oreamuno. The couple had seven children, among others, Manuel de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno (1854-1916), 1889 Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, and Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno. He became a doctor at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
When his colleague José María Montealegre Fernández 1859 coup to power, he was a delegate for 1856 Cartago in the Constituent Assembly. In the Cabinet of Montealegre, he was Foreign Minister and Minister of Public Education. From this office he resigned in 1860. From 1860 to 1861 he was Deputy President and from 1862 to 1863 a member of parliament.
Presidency 1863 - 1866
In the elections in April 1863, he was elected President for the term 1863-1866. Shortly after taking office he was unconstitutionally dissolve parliament and elect a new parliament. He granted Gerardo Barrios asylum, which is why four Central American governments einstellten diplomatic relations with his government. 1865, defines a boundary between Costa Rica and Colombia in Bogota in the Tratado Castro Valenzuela.
Presidency November 1, 1868 - April 27, 1870
In May 1865, Jiménez Deputy President. On November 1, 1868, he left José María Castro Madriz wegputschen. He ended the dominance of the commander of the barracks of San José and called a Constituent Assembly, which in 1869 adopted a constitution in which the primary education became compulsory explained by reimbursement by the state.
In the elections in April 1869, he was elected for the term 1869-1872 President. He led a repressive regime, including press censorship, some members of the opposition left Costa Rica. In this regime, the Colegio San Luis Gonzaga was founded in Cartago. On April 27, 1870 coup Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez and said Bruno Carranza Ramírez president. Jimenez retired to Cartago, as his Genger threatened to put him on trial, he fled the area now Panama.
Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez The government announced an amnesty under which he returned to Costa Rica.