Juan Bautista Kyros Segura ( Spanish: Juan Bautista Quirós Segura , January 18, 1853 , Tibas , Costa Rica - November 7, 1934 , San Jose ) - President of Costa Rica from August 13 to September 19, 1919 . His government was not recognized by the United States, and he was forced to resign.
| Juan Bautista Quiros | |||||||
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| Juan Bautista Quirós | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Federico Tinoko Granados | ||||||
| Successor | Francisco Aguilar Barkero | ||||||
| Birth | January 18, 1853 Thibas , Costa Rica | ||||||
| Death | November 7, 1934 (81 years old) San Jose (Costa Rica) | ||||||
| Father | Pablo Quiros Jimenez | ||||||
| Mother | Mercedes Segura Masis | ||||||
| Spouse | 1.Teresa Aguilar Guzman 2 Clementine Kyros Fonseca | ||||||
| Activities | military, politician | ||||||
Biography
Quiros was born in San Juan de Thibas, Costa Rica , on January 18, 1853 in the family of General Pablo Quiros Jimenez and Mercedes Segura Masis. His first wife was Teresa Aguilar Guzman (d. 1899), the granddaughter of the then head of state, Manuel Aguilar Chacon . November 4, 1900, he married Clementine Fonseca (1880-1953), daughter of Jose Quiros Montero and Florinda Fonseca Guzman.
Kyros chose a military career for himself and received the rank of army general of Costa Rica. He was also a farmer and entrepreneur, which ultimately allowed him to get rich and start political activity.
During the second administration of Rafael Iglesias, Castro Quiros served as Minister of Commerce, Minister of War, and Treasurer. He was later president of the Constitutional Congress and president of the International Bank of Costa Rica.
On August 19, 1919, when the fall of President Federico Tinoko Granados’s regime was imminent, Congress declared Quiros the first presidential contender. On August 12, Tinoko officially handed over the reins of government to Kyros. Kyros's first initiatives were to restore civil liberties and release political prisoners.
President
Kyros officially took office on August 20, 1919 after Federico Tinoko's resignation was approved. His term was due to end on May 8, 1923, but despite his government taking a very cautious approach, the United States government refused to recognize Kyros as the legitimate head of state. Faced with the danger of US armed intervention, Quiros decided to resign as president and was replaced by Francisco Aguilar Barkero on September 20.
Under President Aguilar, Quiros was a Minister of War for a short time, and President Julio Acosta Garcia recommended that Congress appoint him the first head of the Control Office, which was responsible for overseeing the government.
Quiros died in San Jose on November 7, 1934.
Literature
- Fernández Morales, Jesús Manuel (2010). Las Presidencias del Castillo Azul. p. 532. ISBN 9789977473994 .
- Quirós Aguilar, Ernesto (1948). Los Quirós en Costa Rica.
- Obregón, Clotilde María (2000). El proceso electoral y el poder ejecutivo en Costa Rica: 1808-1998. Universidad de Costa Rica. pp. 266-267. ISBN 9789977676180 .