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Currently Costa Rica is a presidential republic where the president holds both the position of head of state and head of government. It has been suggested to move to a parliamentary system . One of the first to propose it over the year 2001 was the then President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría , as a way to solve the problem of political ...
Social Democratic: De facto: Came to power in the Civil War. Returned power to elected president after re-organizing the government. 31: Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891–1973) 8 November 1949 8 November 1953 National Union: 1948: 32: José Figueres Ferrer (1906–1990) 8 November 1953 8 May 1958 National Liberation: 1953: Second term. Presidential ...
The politics of Costa Rica take place in a framework of a presidential, representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and their cabinet, and the President of Costa Rica is both the head of state and head of government. Legislative power is vested in the Legislative Assembly. The ...
After 1869, Costa Rica established a democratic government. [3] After the Costa Rican Civil War in 1948, the government drafted a new constitution, guaranteeing universal suffrage and the dismantling of the military. Today, Costa Rica is a democracy that relies on technology and eco-tourism for its economy.
Free State of Costa Rica: Juan Mora Fernández: 1843 August – December Juan de los Santos Madriz Cervantes 1843 June – August Félix Sancho Alvarado 1844 January – May Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo: 1844 July – November José María Castro Madriz: 1845 November 1844 – December Juan Rafael Reyes Frutos 1846 December – 1846 February
The First Costa Rican Republic is the name given to the historical period between the proclamation of the Republic of Costa Rica in the 1848 reformed Constitution and the official decree by then President José María Castro Madriz on 31 August 1848 and the Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 which ended with the enactment of the current 1949 Constitution on 7 November 1949 starting the Second Costa ...
The Political Constitution of Costa Rica of 1859 was issued on December 27.1 It was in force until November 1, 1868 and also, partially, from August to October 1870.. [ 1 ] The pronouncement of August 14, 1859 proclaimed José María Montealegre Fernández as Provisional President of the Republic.
The Founding Junta of the Second Republic was a de facto government which existed in the Republic of Costa Rica from May 8, 1948, to November 8, 1949, with the overthrow of the constitutional president Teodoro Picado Michalski, by a group of revolutionaries headed by José Figueres Ferrer.