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Otilio Ulate Blanco

1891 - 1973

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Luis Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco (August 25, 1891 – October 10, 1973) served as President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953. His French heritage comes from his mother, Ermida Blanco. He never married but had two daughters, Olga Marta Ulate Rojas (1937–2007) and Maria Ermida Ulate Rojas (1938) with Haydee Rojas Smith (British origins) 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 44-day Costa Rican Civil War. Blanco started his career in politics as a journalist, director of local newspaper La Tribuna and owner of Diario de Costa Rica, principal newspaper at the time, where he directed his major political campaigns. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otilio Ulate Blanco is the 13,944th most popular politician (down from 13,893rd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 16th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Costa Rican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otilio Ulate Blanco ranks 13,944 out of 19,576. Before him are Tshering Tobgay, Stephen I of Croatia, Alger Hiss, Vjekoslav Bevanda, Ho Ching, and Martin Bangemann. After him are Kamran Mirza, Godfrey Binaisa, Eric Shinseki, Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Miroslav of Croatia, and Casimir Oyé-Mba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Otilio Ulate Blanco ranks 201. Before him are Franz Babinger, Mary Browne, Alexander Gorbatov, Anatoly Pepelyayev, Emil Julius Gumbel, and Eva Kotchever. After him are Mae Busch, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Karl Allmendinger, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Harry Cohn, and Virgilio Fossati. Among people deceased in 1973, Otilio Ulate Blanco ranks 185. Before him are Hendrik Isemborghs, Gustaf Molander, Lauritz Melchior, Emil Voigt, James Anderson, and Alexander Gorbatov. After him are Nikolay Kamov, Åke Borg, David Murray, Masayuki Mori, Leonid Stein, and Yves Giraud-Cabantous.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Otilio Ulate Blanco ranks 20 out of 134. Before him are Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), and José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916). After him are Adolfo Díaz (1875), Luis Alberto Monge (1925), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), Giannina Facio (1955), Julio Acosta García (1872), and Roberto Gayón (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Costa Rica

Among politicians born in Costa Rica, Otilio Ulate Blanco ranks 14. Before him are Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), and José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916). After him are Adolfo Díaz (1875), Luis Alberto Monge (1925), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), Julio Acosta García (1872), José María Figueres (1954), and Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814).

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