Ruler · 1837 – 1917

José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón

Lived 1837 – 1917; politician. President of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 1890 – 1894.

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Lived: 1837 – 1917; 80 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Costa Rica
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Costa Rica

Costa Rica · the 11th of 45 dated reigns · 1825 – 2026

7 before

Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez1882

Próspero Fernández Oreamuno1882 – 1885

Bernardo Soto Alfaro1885 – 1889

José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón1890 – 1894

Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra1902 – 1906

Cleto González Víquez1906 – 1910

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1910 – 1914

31 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 1890 – 1894 · 4 years · came to it aged 53

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1894; they died in 1917

Rodríguez was elected president in 1889 under the Constitutional Democratic Party by a significant majority, marking the beginning of a transitional period in Costa Rican politics that would eventually lead to a series of imposed governments.

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