Federico Tinoco Granados
Politician
1868 – 1931
Who was Federico Tinoco Granados?
General José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados was a President of Costa Rica.
After a career in the army, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of President Alfredo González. On January 27, 1917 he and his brother José Joaquín seized power in a coup d'état and established a repressive military dictatorship that attempted to crush all opposition. Though his government won support from the upper classes because it turned back the austerity measures adopted by President González, and declared war on the German Empire in May 1918, it failed to win the recognition of the United States, where President Woodrow Wilson supported the deposed government. Popular sentiment against Tinoco, which began on June 13, 1919, quickly came to a head, and his brother was assassinated in early August. On August 13 Tinoco resigned in favor of Juan Bautista Quirós and went into exile in Europe. He died in Paris in 1931.
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- Born
- Nov 21, 1868
Costa Rica - Also known as
- General José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados
- Gen. Federico Tinoco
- Nationality
- Costa Rica
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 7, 1931
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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