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Head of State elections were held in Costa Rica in 1844. They were the first in which direct suffrage was used to elect the Head of State, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of 9 April 1844. A method that was abolished by the next election returning to indirect suffrage until 1913.
Designated by Congress as no clear candidate won in 1913: De facto Deposed by Tinoco in a coup d'état. 21: Federico Tinoco Granados (1868–1931) 27 January 1917 13 August 1919 Peliquista: Took power after coup, was sole candidate in the 1917 election: First and second term. Overthrown by popular uprising. 22: Juan Quirós Segura (1853–1934 ...
Head of State elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 January 1829. Juan Mora Fernández was re-elected in his position by the majority of electors. The elections in this period were conducted in two levels, first all Costa Ricans capable of voting according to the Constitution (men able to read and write, among other things) who cast a public vote chose the Electores according to the ...
General elections were held in Costa Rica between 2 and 9 December 1849. They were the first presidential elections after the Reformed Constitution of 1848 created the title of "President". Previously the equivalent office was called "Head of State".
Liberia ( Spanish pronunciation: [li.ˈβe.ɾja]) is a district and the largest city in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, located 215 kilometres (134 mi) northwest of the national capital, San José. [1] [2] Part of the Liberia canton, it is a major center for the country's tourism industry. Liberia has been nicknamed la ciudad blanca (the ...
Head of State elections were held in Costa Rica on 20 May 1825. In the election liberal Juan Mora Fernández was re-elected as Head of State, a position that he occupied provisionally by mandate of the Congress. The elections in this period were held in two levels, first voted by citizens exercising their public vote who thus chose the electors ...
Head of State elections were held in Costa Rica between 3 and 16 February 1833. Manuel Aguilar Chacón , supported by liberal groups from San Jose and Alajuela , obtained 21 electoral votes cast by the second-degree electors elected by universal male suffrage weeks before. [1]
Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s ...