Juan Mora Fernàndez | |
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 Portrait of Fernández by Lorenzo Fortino | |
| Head of state of Costa Rica | |
| In office 1824/1825–1833 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Montealegre Bustamante (1824–1825),José Rafael de Gallegos y Alvarado (1825–1829) |
| President ofSupreme Court of Costa Rica | |
| In office 1850–1854 | |
| Preceded by | Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Ramírez Hidalgo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1784 |
| Died | 16 November 1854(1854-11-16) (aged 70) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Juan Mora Fernández (July 12, 1784 – November 16, 1854) was a Costa Rican teacher and principal who served asCosta Rica's first elected head of state.[1] He was considered aliberal. Mora was elected as the first head of state in 1824 (provisional until 1825).[2]
He is remembered for institutingland reform, and he followed a progressive course. As a consequence of his land reform structure, he inadvertently created an elite class of powerfulcoffee barons. Under his tenure he signed the Acta de Indepencia. The barons eventually overthrew one of his later successors,José María Alfaro Zamora.
From 1850 to 1854 he was Magistrate and President of theSupreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica; he died shortly after he resigned. The first printing press arrived in Costa Rica under his tenure.[3]
Juan Mora Fernàdez was born on July 12, 1788, inSan José, Costa Rica, to Mateo Mora Valverde and Lucia Encarnación Fernàndez. He attended his primary school in San José and studiedLatin grammar andphilosophy inLeón, Nicaragua. He also became a teacher and a principal in a primary school inAlajuela. He became secretary at the city hall at San José, participated actively for the struggle of independence, joined the Junta Superior Gebernativa between 1821 and 1824. He also became a head of Congress and the Supreme Court of Justice.[4]
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