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Agapito Jiménez Zamora

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Agapito Jiménez Zamora (May 24, 1817 – September 17, 1879) was a Costa Rican politician. He was an alternate member of the House of Representatives (1844–1846) and the Constituent Assembly of 1846–1847, deputy substitute for Carthage (1848–1849), Deputy owner by Carthage (1849–1852), Minister Conjuez of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica (1858–1859), alternate member for San José in the House of Representatives (1860–1862), he was first appointed to the Presidency (1863–1864), and was appointed a second time for the Presidency (1869–1870) and Governor of the Province of San José (May 1869). His brother was Jesus Jimenez Zamora at the time the president of Costa Rica and his nephew was Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno, three times president of Costa Rica. Through her grandchildren Emilia Jimenez Salvatierra and Federico Jimenez Salvatierra and four generations down was born Luis Amador Jiménez, former minister of Public Works and Transportation of Costa Rica 2022-24 o[1]

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  1. ^ Diaz-Arias, David, et al. Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica. United States, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. 156.