Ruler · 1858 – 1937

Cleto González Víquez

Lived 1858 – 1937; politician. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 1906 – 1910 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 1858 – 1937; 79 years
In office: 8 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 13th and 21st of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

9 before

Bernardo Soto Alfaro1885 – 1889

José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón1890 – 1894

Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra1902 – 1906

Cleto González Víquez1906 – 1910

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1910 – 1914

Alfredo González Flores1914 – 1917

Federico Tinoco Granados1917 – 1919

Juan Bautista Quirós Segura1919

Francisco Aguilar Barquero1919 – 1920

Julio Acosta García1920 – 1924

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1924 – 1928

Cleto González Víquez1928 – 1932

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1932 – 1936

León Cortés Castro1936 – 1940

Teodoro Picado Michalski1944 – 1948

21 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1906 – 1910 · 4 years · came to it aged 48 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1910; they died in 1937

In 1906, González Víquez was elected President for the first time.

Reigned 1928 – 1932 · 4 years · came to it aged 70 · term 2 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1932; they died in 1937

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