José Figueres Ferrer Biography

José Figueres Ferrer biography

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NAME: José Figueres Ferrer
OCCUPATION: World Leader
BIRTH DATE: September 25, 1906
DEATH DATE: June 08, 1990
EDUCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Ramón, Costa Rica
PLACE OF DEATH: San José, Costa Rica

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Moderate socialist Costa Rican statesman José Figueres Ferrer served as president of a governing junta and later as constitutional president of Costa Rica.

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José Figueres Ferrer was born September 25, 1906 in San Ramón, Cost Rica. He served as president of a governing junta in from 1948 to 1949 and as constitutional president from 1953to 1958 and from 1970 to 1974. Figueres's second constitutional term as president (1970–1974) was controversial, namely because he invited fugitive U.S. financier Robert Vesco to live and invest in Costa Rica in 1972.