| Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | |
| Office: | 19th, 25th, 27th, President of Costa Rica |
| Term Start: | 8 May 1910 |
| Term End: | 8 May 1914 |
| Predecessor: | Cleto González (first term) |
| Successor: | Alfredo González Flores |
| Term Start2: | 8 May 1924 |
| Term End2: | 8 May 1928 |
| Predecessor2: | Julio Acosta García |
| Successor2: | Cleto González Víquez (second term) |
| Term Start3: | 8 May 1932 |
| Term End3: | 8 May 1936 |
| Predecessor3: | Cleto González Víquez (second term) |
| Successor3: | León Cortés Castro |
| Office4: | Deputy of the Constitutional Congress |
| Constituency4: | San José Province |
| Constituency5: | San José Province |
| Constituency6: | Cartago Province |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Cartago, Costa Rica |
| Death Place: | San José, Costa Rica |
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Romualdo Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (February 6, 1859 – January 4, 1945) served as president of Costa Rica on three occasions: 1910–1914, 1924–1928 and 1932–1936.[1]
The son of two-time president Jesús Jiménez, Ricardo Jiménez was one of the best known lawyers in Costa Rican history and a University of Santo Tomás graduate. Shortly before assuming power in 1910, the province of Cartago was hit by a powerful earthquake which destroyed most of the city and killed hundreds. One of his main struggles was the rebuilding of the biggest city in the country at the time. After the earthquake, Jiménez outlawed construction with adobe.[2] Another notable aspect of his first term was the consolidation of the country's external debt with a great part of the debt owed to France being repaid.
During his second term in office, he created the National Insurance Bank, The Bank of Mortgage Credit, the School of Agriculture and founded the Ministry of Health. He also began the electrification of the Pacific railway system and the creation of the Pacific port of Puntarenas. After his second term, he stepped away from the political scene for four years.
He was again elected President in 1932. During his last term in office he concentrated on the country's infrastructure and educational system. He built several large buildings for school housing, improved and built new roads throughout the country and constructed an aqueduct system that started in the central valley at Ojo de Agua that flowed into the Pacific Ocean at Puntarenas.[2] During his administration, the bridge from Filadelfia and Liberia was constructed, as was the Old National Theater. He died in San José on 4 January 1945.[2]