José Rafael Gallegos

Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado ( born October 31, 1784 in Cartago, Costa Rica, † August 14 1850 in San José (Costa Rica), Costa Rica ) was a head of state of Costa Rica.

Life

His parents were Lucía de Guadalupe Alvarado Guevara and Felipe Gallegos y Trigo. Mother's side he had José Santos Lombardo y Alvarado to half-brother.

In his first marriage he married Teresa Ramo y Palacios ( ~ † 1820), daughter of Concepción Palacios y Santa María and Francois Rameau Mercadel. From this marriage the children of José Felipe and José de Jesús Gallegos y Ramo come. The adopted daughter Josefa Victoria died at a young age.

On November 3, 1822 he married his second time, namely María Ignacia Sáenz y Ulloa ( 1800-1873 ), the daughter of María Cayetana Ulloa y Guzmán Portocarrero y Alvarado and Manuel Sáenz. The children of this marriage are Guadalupe ( she married Mariano Montealegre Fernández [ wp 1] ), Felícitas, Josefa Victoriana ( she married Francisco Montealegre Fernández [ wp 2] ), Manuela, Rafael Gallegos Sáenz, Ignacia, Juan de Dios and Teresa Bernardina de Jesús Gallegos y Sáenz.

Business activities

He was a latifundists of vast estates, was on which sugar cane and coffee grown; besides, he was a salesman, co-owner of the mines Monte del Aguacate. and owner of a large fortune, which he had acquired from the cultivation of sugar cane in Tres Ríos and coffee.

President of the Junta Gubernativa

In his professional life he was a teacher of a school in San Jose. In 1821 he became the first mayor of San Jose.

In January 1822 he became a member of the Junta Superior de Gubernativa Costa Rica and of 17 October 1822 to January 1, 1823, he sat in front of this governmental body. On February 1, January 1, 1823 a new junta Gubernativa took power. You sat in front of his half-brother José Santos Lombardo y Alvarado.

In 1824 he was set up by conservative groups for candidates for the deputy to the President, but was narrowly beaten by Juan Mora Fernández.

In 1825 he was elected as Vice President [ wp 3] for the term of office from 1825 to 1829 and 1829 he was elected for another four years in this office. During his tenure as vice president, he sat in front of the Consejo del Estado representativo and was on several occasions Executive President.

Head of state

In the presidential elections in 1833, he received one more vote than the second candidate. Since none of the candidates had achieved an absolute majority, he was elected by Parliament as President. His deputy was Manuel Fernández Chacón. He ruled against an opposition with a sarcastic press. Vicente Castro Ramírez moved the magazine La Tertulia. Parliament decided to relocate the seat of government every four years in another of the four major cities of Costa Rica with the Ley de la Ambulancia. He resigned in March 1833 from his office. The Parliament adopted on 4 March 1834 and revoked his resignation on March 6, 1834 he was elected president.

After the presidency

In 1842 he was appointed President of the Supreme Court, but he declined the office. In 1844 he was elected to the Parliament, which he chaired. On 1 May 1845 he was appointed representative of Francisco María Bonilla Oreamuno head of state. The rebels from the June 7, 1846 asking for his help in parliament, which he refused.