José María Vicente Esteban Rafael de Jesús Calderón Muñoz, known as Rafael Calderón Muñoz (October 24, 1869 – June 15, 1943) was a

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

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and physician. He is cited as "one of the leaders of a circle of Catholic politicians with social concerns". Calderón Muñoz was vice president from 1940 until his death.

Biography

Born in San José, Costa Rica to Adolfo Calderón Calderón and María Muñoz y Vargas, he graduated in medicine, surgery and obstetrics at the

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, east of Brussels. Calderón Muñoz became a member of the Constituent Assembly in 1917. He was a member of the Senate and Consul of Costa Rica in Belgium. He was elected to the Constitutional Congress in 1930, and reelected ten years later. He was President of the First Legislature from 1918–1919, and 1931–1932. Calderón Muñoz held numerous administrative positions, including superintendent of Hospital San Juan de Dios and president of National Bank Insurance. Married to Ana María, they were the parents of President

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, in 1940, Calderón Muñoz became one of the vice presidents of the country along with

Teodoro Picado Michalski Teodoro Picado Michalski (10 January 1900 – 1 June 1960) was a Costa Rican politician who served as the president of Costa Rica from 1944 to 1948. Overview Picado governed Costa Rica immediately after the presidency of Rafael Angel Calderó ...

, Jorge Hine Saborío and Francisco Calderón Guardia, which he held until his death in 1943.

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