Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno was a Costa Rican lawyer and politician who served as president from 1910 to 1914, 1924 to 1928, and 1932 to 1936.

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Costa Rica: A Central American country bordered by Nicaragua and Panama, with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jiménez held national office in a country whose institutions and political life took shape during his career.
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno's first presidency: Jiménez's first presidential administration in Costa Rica, from 1910 to 1914. It began the sequence of three nonconsecutive presidencies.
Cleto González Víquez: A Costa Rican lawyer and politician who served two terms as president, from 1906 to 1910 and 1928 to 1932. González Víquez's administrations bracketed Jiménez's first and second terms.
Federico Tinoco dictatorship: Costa Rica's authoritarian regime under Federico Tinoco Granados from 1917 to 1919. Tinoco's rule contrasts with the constitutional civilian presidencies Jiménez held.
Costa Rican Civil War of 1919: A brief armed uprising that overthrew Federico Tinoco's dictatorship in Costa Rica. The uprising followed Jiménez's first presidency and restored civilian constitutional government.
Rafael Yglesias Castro: A Costa Rican politician who served as president from 1894 to 1902. Yglesias was a prominent predecessor whose political era helped shape the environment Jiménez entered.
León Cortés Castro: A Costa Rican politician who served as president from 1936 to 1940. Cortés succeeded Jiménez after his third presidency.
Costa Rican liberal state: The political order in Costa Rica shaped by liberal ideas and institutions from the late nineteenth century into the twentieth. Jiménez governed within this order, while later reforms challenged its social and economic limits.
Great Depression in Costa Rica: The economic contraction and social hardship experienced in Costa Rica during the global Great Depression. The crisis formed the economic backdrop to Jiménez's third administration.
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra: A Costa Rican lawyer and politician who served as president from 1902 to 1906. Esquivel's presidency immediately preceded the political generation in which Jiménez rose.