Costa Rican Constitution of 1869

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Jesús Jiménez Zamora.

1860 Constitution was the Constitution of Costa Rica for two years, between 1869 and 1871. [1]

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History

The pronouncement of November 1, 1868, proclaimed Jesús Jiménez Zamora as provisional president. [2] On November 3, Jiménez called elections for a Constituent Assembly, which began its sessions on January 1, 1869, under the presidency of Juan José Ulloa Solares. A commission of constituents drafted the project for the new Constitution, for which the text of the Constitution of 1859 served as a model, to which only a few slight adjustments and additions were made. The new Fundamental Charter was approved by the constituent body. February 18, 1869, although it was not put into effect until April 18 of that year. [2]

Under the rule of the Constitution of 1869, the president Jiménez Zamora was popularly elected as constitutional president for the period 1869-1872. However, the validity of the new Charter ended on April 27, 1870, when President Jiménez was overthrown by a military coup and the constitutional order was broken yet again. [2]

Content

The Political Constitution of 1869 consisted of 149 articles distributed in thirteen titles. [3]

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References

  1. Arce Gómez, Celín (1889). Constitución Política de Costa Rica. EUNED. ISBN   9789968313568.
  2. 1 2 3 Castro Vega, Oscar (2003). Rodrigo Facio en la constituyente de 1949. EUNED. ISBN   9789968312776.
  3. Constitución Política de Costa Rica de 1859 (PDF). Escuela de Historia, Universidad de Costa Rica . Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.