Manuel Aguilar Chacón

Manuel Aguilar Chacón ( born August 12, 1797 in San José (Costa Rica), † May 15 1845 in Sonsonate ( Departamento ), El Salvador ) was from April 17, 1837 to May 27, 1838 Jefe de Estado of Costa Rica.

Life

His parents were Josefa de la Luz Chacón y Aguilar and Miguel Antonio Aguilar y Fernández who after his wife had died priest.

Manuel Aguilar Chacón married on August 4, 1824 in León ( Nicaragua), Inés Cueto y García de la Llana (* 1806 in León ( Nicaragua); † August 11, 1861 in Alajuela ), the daughter of Teodora García de la Llana and Luis de Cueto y Cortés de la Quintana.

In marriage, Aguilar - Cueto four children were born:

Manuel Aguilar Chacón studied law at the University of León ( Nicaragua), he graduated in 1820 and in 1821 Licenciado, admitted in court lawyer.

Manuel Aguilar Chacón 1824 judges in Costa Rica. He was a member and chairman of the Constituent Assembly from 1824 to 1825 and from 1825 to 1827 Minister General. In 1926 he was rector of the Casa de Enseñanza de Santo Tomás in 1826th In 1828, he was Member of Parliament for San José, 1828, he was elected to the Parliament of the Central American Confederation, the mandate could not perceive 1832-1833 he was a deputy in the Central American Parliament.

In 1830 he was elected by Parliament as President of the Supreme Court, he did not participate in the election.

1833 as he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Central American Confederation in Guatemala City, voted, supported by the Cabildo of San José and Alajuela, the majority of the Cabildo for him as Jefe de Estado. However, Parliament chose Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado to Jefe de Estado.

Manuel Aguilar Chacón returned on 21 November 1833 to Costa Rica and in 1835 he was again a deputy for San José chosen for the legislative period 1835-1837 in the Parliament of the Province of Costa Rica which he chaired in 1835.

In March 1835, the designated representative of the Jefe de Estado, Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado, Nicolás Ulloa Soto refused his office, Manuel Aguilar Chacón, Parliament chose to Jefe de Estado who refused to accept the choice.

Jefe de Estado

In the elections for Jefe de Estado 1837, he was next to Braulio Carrillo Colina candidate. With the support of the Cabildo of Alajuela, Cartago and Heredia Manuel Aguilar Chacón was elected in the elections Jefe de Estado 1837 for the term 1837-1841. His deputy was Juan Mora Fernández. Both joined their offices on April 17, 1837 in Heredia, which at that time was the seat of the government of Costa Rica to the Ley de Ambulancia on. During his reign the health care, public education has been improved and reorganized the Supreme Court. Where the focus was on the seat of government.

The followers of Braulio Carrillo Colina Evaristo were opposed to his government. In March 1838 Manuel Aguilar Chacón submitted his resignation, which was rejected by Parliament.

Braulio Carrillo Colina Evaristo coup itself on May 27, 1838 the power.

Manuel Aguilar Chacón first went into exile in El Salvador and later to Guatemala

In 1843 he was Ambassador of Guatemala to Costa Rica, and then he worked as a lawyer.

1845 sent him the government of Costa Rica as a delegate to a Dieta unionista centro americana as a Central American committee which was provided in Sonsonate, 1846, was called.

Manuel Aguilar Chacón went to Sonsonate but the conference did not take place. Instead, he picked up pneumonia from which he died.