Juan Mora Fernández

Head of state of Costa Rica from 1824 to 1833

Juan Mora Fernández (12 July 1784 – 16 November 1854) was a Costa Rican educator and statesman who served as the 1st Head of State of Costa Rica from 1824 to 1833. He was considered a liberal. Mora was indirectly elected as the first head of state in 1824 (provisional until 1825) and left office at the end of his second term.

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