Jesús Jiménez Zamora
Jesús Jiménez | |
|---|---|
| 4th and 6th President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 1 November 1868 – 27 April 1870 | |
| Preceded by | José María Castro Madriz |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Carranza Ramírez |
| In office 8 May 1863 – 8 May 1866 | |
| Preceded by | José María Montealegre Fernández |
| Succeeded by | José María Castro Madriz |
| First Designate to the Presidency | |
| In office 8 May 1868 – 1 November 1868 | |
| President | José María Castro Madriz |
| Preceded by | José María Montealegre Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Eusebio Figueroa Oreamuno |
| In office 1861–1862 | |
| President | José María Montealegre Fernández |
| Preceded by | Francisco Montealegre Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Julián Volio Llorente |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 August 1859 – 29 April 1860 | |
| President | José María Montealegre Fernández |
| Preceded by | José María Castro Madriz |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Yglesias Llorente |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora 18 June 1823 |
| Died | 12 February 1897 (aged 73) Cartago, Costa Rica |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Esmeralda Oreamuno Gutiérrez
(m. 1850) |
| Relations | Francisco Oreamuno Bonilla (father-in-law) |
| Children | 7, including Manuel and Ricardo |
| Parent(s) | Ramón Jiménez y Robredo Joaquina Zamora y Coronado |
Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (June 18, 1823 – February 12, 1897) was a Costa Rican physician and politician who served as the 4th and 6th President of Costa Rica from 1863 to 1866, and from 1868 to 1870[1]
He was popularly elected in 1863, but dissolved Congress two months into his term of office. During his presidency he granted asylum to former Salvadoran President Gen. Gerardo Barrios, as a result of which the other four Central American governments broke off diplomatic relations with Costa Rica.
He passed on the presidency democratically to José María Castro Madriz at the end of his mandate in 1866, only to overthrow him in a coup d'état two years later and assume the office of president for a second time. This second mandate, in turn, came to an end in a coup on 27 April 1870.
Jesús Jiménez was the father of three-time President Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.
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