Alfredo González Flores
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Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917.
He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco Granados, his secretary for war and the navy. He was born in Heredia on 15 July 1877. he graduated from the Grammar school of Costa Rica in 1896 and received the title of lawyer in 1903.
He was delegated, First Designated to the Presidency and call to the exercise of the power 8 May [ 1914 by the Congress, as resulting from a pact between the two political groupings with greater number of votes: the Republican Party and the Duranista, because no of the three parties in fight obtained in the elections the absolute majority.
During his administration, it founded the Normal School of Heredia on 1915 and the Bank the International of Costa Rica (today National Bank). It created the Meetings of Agricultural Credit, that obtained the resurgence of the economic life, commercial and industrial of the country.
It established the General depots of Deposit, the system of Direct Tributación and the Law of the Tax of Charity.
It corresponded to him to govern during World War I, which brought serious consequences for the financial situation of the government and the country in general.
When refusing the banks to facilitate credit to him, created the Bank the International with being able to emit currency. From that moment, the State entered to compete with the private bank.
One considers an authority in financial questions and a great precursor of the dynamic democracy. He was trusted and to be so dedicated to the accomplishment of his administrative work, it did not pay attention to the warnings on disloyalty of his collaborators. On 27 January 1917, his own Secretary of the Army and Navy, Federico Tinoco, became strong in the quarters and it overthrew it.
González Flores followed the advice of its other ministers who thought about their personal security and left the country for the United States of America.
Later he was representing of Costa Rica in the outside, worked in benefit of the recognition of the rights of the country in different international forums.
He was founding and President of the National Meeting of Electricity. It exerted the Presidency of the Meeting of the Normal School of Heredia and the Herediana Municipality.
One declared Meritorious of the Mother country on 23 July 1954. He died in Heredia on 28 December 1962.
