José María Alfaro Zamora

José María Alfaro Zamora ( born March 20, 1799 in Alajuela, † June 11, 1856 ibid ) was 1842-1844 and 1846-1847 Head of State of Costa Rica and from 1 May 1847 to May 8, 1847 for its President.

Life

His parents were Maria Damiana Zamora y Flores and Juan Antonio Alfaro y Arias. On 19 May 1825 he married María Josefa Sandoval y Jiménez. In this marriage was a daughter who died in childhood and Calixto Alfaro Sandoval born.

He was Latifundist and distributors. He left cultivate coffee, operated a sawmill in Itiquís, near Alajuela and was involved in a timber trade in Jinotepe.

From 1825 to 1827 he was Nachrückparlamentsabgeordneter Alajuela. In 1828 he was deputy mayor of Alajuela. From 1834 to 1836 he was a deputy, Heredia because he was landlord there. In 1841 he was Jefe del Departamento Político Occidental ( West Zone ). From 1841 to 1842 he was Kammergerichtsrat.

Jefe de Estado 1842-1844

Antonio Pinto Soares managed to overthrow Moranzán and let füssilieren. On September 11, 1842 started off with a circle of illustrious Antonio Pinto Soares to Jefe de Estado, which appointed José María Alfaro Zamora to his successor on 27 September 1842.

In this period, the road from San José to Puntarenas was built and which was from the Casa de Enseñanza de Santo Tomás, the Universidad de Santo Tomás ( 1843-1888 ). 1844 a constitution was issued. The newspaper was founded Mentor costarricense. In the elections of 1844, he received many votes but Francisco María Bonilla Oreamuno became president. On November 29, 1844, he handed over his position as Jefe de Estado to Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, who had been elected for the term 1844-1848.

Jefe de Estado 1846-1847

On 7 June 1846 he was plunging Francisco María Bonilla Oreamuno by a military coup. In this tenure of Puntarenas Puerto free port and 1847 a constitution was issued. Also in the elections of 1847 votes were cast for him but President José María Castro Madriz was.

President

According to the Constitution of 1947, he was named president from 1 to 8 May 1847. On May 8, 1847, he exchanged the titles with the Deputy Minister José María Castro Madriz and was chairman of the parliament.

Still in 1847 he resigned from these two offices. When he was accused of involvement in a conspiracy, he was imprisoned in Térraba, and deported for a few months to Panama.

In 1852 he was elected judge of the Supreme Court, a position which he held until his death from cholera.