Background
Oreamuno, Ricardo Jimenez was born in 1859 in Cartago. Son of Jesús Jimenez (president Costa Rica, 1863-1870) and Esmeralda Oreamuno (daughter Francisco M. Oreamuno, President Costa Rica, 1844-1850).
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Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno
Edit ProfileEducation
Educated College of San Luis Gonzaga, Cartago. School of Law of San Jose (degree of lawyer, 1884).
Career
Minister plenipotentiary to Mexico, 1885-1886. Minister of foreign affairs, treasury public instructor, 1889. President of Supreme Court of Justice, 1892.
Deputy to Constitutional Congress from 1902-1906.
1906-1910 and 1922-1926. President of same, 1909.
President Republic of Costa Rica, 1910-1914, 1914-1923, and 1932-1936.
Achievements
Membership
Member Real Academia Española de la lengua.
Connections
Married Maria Eugenia Calvo de Jimenez. Children: Esmeralda, Jimenez Calvo.
