José María Castro Madriz
José María Castro Madriz | |
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Portrait by Aquiles Bigot | |
| 1st and 5th President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 8 May 1866 – 1 November 1868 | |
| Preceded by | Jesús Jiménez Zamora |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Jiménez Zamora |
| In office 8 May 1847 – 16 November 1849 | |
| Vice President | José María Alfaro Zamora Juan Rafael Mora Porras Manuel José Carazo Bonilla |
| Preceded by | José María Alfaro Zamora |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Mora Porras (Acting) |
| 18th and 22nd President of the Supreme Court | |
| In office 21 October 1870 – 25 November 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Juan José Ulloa Solares |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Sáenz Llorente |
| In office 29 April 1860 – 8 May 1866 | |
| Preceded by | Vicente Herrera Zeledón |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Alvarado y Barroeta |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 16 August 1883 – 11 March 1885 | |
| President | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Preceded by | Eusebio Figueroa Oreamuno |
| Succeeded by | Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra |
| In office 8 October 1877 – 2 April 1883 | |
| President | Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Preceded by | Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Eusebio Figueroa Oreamuno |
| In office 25 November 1873 – 1 December 1873 | |
| President | Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera |
| Succeeded by | Luis Diego Sáenz Carazo |
| In office 14 August 1859 – 17 August 1859 | |
| President | Juan Rafael Mora Porras |
| Preceded by | Nazario Toledo Murga |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Jiménez Zamora |
| In office 7 June 1846 – 8 May 1847 | |
| President | José María Alfaro Zamora |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Calvo Rosales |
| Succeeded by | Joaquín Calvo Rosales |
| In office 9 April 1844 – 29 November 1844 | |
| President | José María Alfaro Zamora |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Joaquín Calvo Rosales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1818 San José, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 4 April 1892 (age 73) San José, Costa Rica |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 13 |
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| Education | National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León (DCL, PhD) |
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José María Castro Madriz (1 September 1818 – 4 April 1892) was a Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat and statesman who served as President of Costa Rica from 1848 to 1849, and again from 1866 to 1868. On both occasions he was prevented from completing his term of office by military coups. During his first presidency, on 31 August 1848, he proclaimed Costa Rica a sovereign republic, formally ending its remaining ties to the defunct Federal Republic of Central America.