Otilio Ulate Blanco

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Otilio Ulate Blanco President of Costa Rica Term of office:  8 November 1949 to 8 November 1953 – Preceded by:   José Figueres Ferrer (first term) – Succeeded by:  José Figueres Ferrer (second term) Date of birth: 25 August 1891 Place of birth: Alajuela Date of death: 27 October 1973 Place of death: San José Party:

Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco served as President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953.

His disputed election in 1948, whereby he was denied victory by the legislature in favor of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, was the direct cause of José Figueres Ferrer's armed uprising of that year and the ensuing 40-day civil war.

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