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note PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN COSTA RICA 818. 000 818100 1627 STATE NOV 5 1940 DIVISION OF According to the Constitution of Costa Rica (Article 100. should the office of the President of the Republic become vacant on account of the death or resignation of the President or other cause, the Vice Presidents (designados) in the order of their appointment shall hold that office during the uncompleted term of the presidential period. The presidential designados elected by the Costa Rican Congress on May are, in order, as follows. 1) Rafael Calderon Munoz (2) Jorge Hine Saborio (3) Francisco Calderon Guardia.
The first presidential designado. Rafael Calderon Munoz. 18 the father of the President. He is an old man and now lives in California, where he is understood to be undergoing medical treatment. For all practical purposes, he would probably not figure in the succession, although he is by law the one who should take over. portal Wie la The second designado. Jorge Hine Saborio. 1s the Director of the Bank of Costa Rica. The files do not appear to contain much about him. The author of the letter to Mr. Welles, Fernandez Mon tufar, states that Jorge NICATIONS AN PS FF SE 28 110 13 DEC 1940 FILED Hines