Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava

Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava
Bonilla in 1836
Second Designate to the Presidency
In office
30 July 1876 – 23 September 1877
PresidentVicente Herrera Zeledón
Preceded byBraulio Morales Cervantes
Succeeded byRafael Barroeta Baca
President of the Constitutional Congress
In office
1 May 1872 – 30 July 1876
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVíctor Guardia Gutiérrez (1882)
Deputy of the Constitutional Congress
In office
1 May 1872 – 30 July 1876
ConstituencySan José Province
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1 May 1866 – 1 November 1868
ConstituencySan José Province
Vice Head of State of Costa Rica
In office
May 1841 – 11 April 1842
PresidentBraulio Carrillo Colina
Preceded byMiguel Carranza Fernández
Succeeded byJuan Mora Fernández
Personal details
BornManuel Antonio José Ramón Bonilla Nava
(1806-10-15)15 October 1806
Cartago, Province of Costa Rica, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Spanish Empire
Died23 December 1880(1880-12-23) (aged 74)
San José, Costa Rica
PartyIndependent
RelationsBraulio Carrillo Colina (uncle-in-law)

Manuel Antonio José Ramón Bonilla Nava (15 October 1806 – 23 December 1880) was a Costa Rican politician.[1][2]

He was born in Cartago. His parents were Félix de Bonilla y Pacheco and Catalina de Nava López del Corral, the daughter of the Spanish Governor José Joaquín de Nava y Cabezudo. In San José, Costa Rica, May 16, 1830 he married Jesús Carrillo y Morales, the daughter of Basilio Carrillo Colina and Jacinta Morales y Saravia, the niece of Braulio Carrillo Colina, head of state from 1835 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1842.

In 1841 he was elected as Deputy Chief of State and Minister General, positions he held until the fall of the government of Braulio Carrillo Colina on April 12, 1842. He was temporarily in charge of the head of the State from April 8 to 12, 1842.

References

  1. ^ "Family tree of Manuel Antonio BONILLA NAVA". Geneanet. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  2. ^ "Expresidentes y expresidentas de la Asamblea Legislativa - Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava 3". www.asamblea.go.cr. Retrieved 2023-07-19.