Adolfo Díaz
Adolfo Díaz Recinos | |
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President of Nicaragua | |
In office 14 November 1926 – 1 January 1929 | |
Vice President | Vacant |
Preceded by | Sebastián Uriza |
Succeeded by | José María Moncada |
In office 9 May 1911 – 1 January 1917 | |
Vice President | Fernando Solórzano |
Preceded by | Juan José Estrada |
Succeeded by | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas |
Vice President of Nicaragua | |
In office 29 August 1910 – 9 May 1911 | |
President | Juan José Estrada |
Preceded by | Office Reestablished |
Succeeded by | Fernando Solórzano |
Personal details | |
Born | Alajuela, Costa Rica | 15 July 1875
Died | 29 January 1964 San José, Costa Rica | (aged 88)
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Politician |
Adolfo Díaz Recinos (15 July 1875 in
Díaz became Vice President of Nicaragua in 1910.[2] After he became president in 1911, Díaz was forced to rely on U.S. Marines to put down a Liberal revolt, which resulted in a contingent of Marines remaining in Nicaragua for over a decade. In return, in 1914, he signed the Bryan–Chamorro Treaty, which granted the United States exclusive rights to build an inter-oceanic canal across Nicaragua.
After his term as president ended, Díaz briefly lived in the United States. However, he returned to the presidency in 1926, after a coup by General
In 1936, after Anastasio Somoza García seized power, Díaz took up permanent residency in the United States. He lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, primarily in New York City but also in Miami and New Orleans, before moving to Costa Rica, where he died in 1964.
References
- ^ "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
- ^ History of Vicepresidency Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine