Vicente Herrera Zeledón
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| Term of office: | 30 July 1876 to 11 September 1877 |
| – Preceded by: | Aniceto Esquivel Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenzwas President of Costa Rica for a brief period of three months in 1876 before being deposed in a coup d'état.... |
| – Succeeded by: | Tomás Guardia Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez General Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:from 1870 to 1876, and from 1877 to 1882.... |
| Date of birth: | 20 January 1821 |
| Place of birth: | San José San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... |
| Date of death: | 10 November 1888 |
| Place of death: | San José San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... |
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Vicente de las Mercedes Herrera Zeledón (20 January 1821-10 November 1888) was President of Costa Rica from 30 July 1876 to 11 September 1877.
He came to power in the coup d'état
Coup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
that deposed President Aniceto Esquivel
Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenzwas President of Costa Rica for a brief period of three months in 1876 before being deposed in a coup d'état....
and resigned in favor of Gen. Tomás Guardia
Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez
General Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez was President of Costa Rica on two occasions:from 1870 to 1876, and from 1877 to 1882....
the following year.