Juan Mora Fernández

Juan Mora Fernández ( born July 12, 1784 in San Jose, † November 16, 1854 in San José ) was a Costa Rican politician.

Mora Fernández was September 8, 1824 to March 9, 1833 to the President of Costa Rica, the first year of it temporarily. In 1825 he was elected by a large majority of the National Assembly and thus the first elected head of state. The most important event in his tenure was a land reform, which meant that a class of a few powerful coffee barons formed.

After his presidency Mora Fernández still held different offices - among other things he was twice short-term vice president. Most recently, he was from 1850 until his death in 1854 President of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica.

Senda Ignorada

In colonial New Spain, the ownership was codified to a large extent on ejidos, which were not the real estate market. This form of property and the property of the church secularized and privatized liberals like Mora.

1983 turned the director Ingo Niehaus the feature film Senda Ignorada. The film shows the trials of Juan Mora Fernández carry out a land reform. From 1820 to 1821, as Alcalde of San Jose, he distributed ejidal lands free individuals to cultivate with the support coffee. In the film a group terminated dealer representing the aspiring middle class, by treachery reform.