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Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia

President of Costa Rica
Term of office: 8 May 1940 to
8 May 1944
– Preceded by: León Cortés Castro
– Succeeded by: Teodoro Picado Michalski
Date of birth: 10 March 1900
Place of birth: San José
Date of death: 9 June 1970
Place of death: San José
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Rafael Ángel del Socorro Calderón Guardia was the president of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944.

In 1948, Ángel ran again as a presidential candidate. The result of the election was disputed, but the congress declared him the winner over Otilio Ulate Blanco. José Figueres Ferrer headed a popular revolt, and the government was overthrown. Calderón Guardia fled to Nicaragua (where he launched a failed invasion of Costa Rica), then fled to Mexico. In 1958, Calderón Guardia returned to Costa Rica and served as a parliamentary deputy. He founded the CCSS, social security and health administrations for Costa RIca. His son, Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, was president from 1990 to 1994.

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