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Figueres became a national hero, winning the first election under the new constitution in 1953.
* December 1 – José Figueres Ferrer abolishes the army in Costa Rica, making it the first country in history to do so
He had his first public exhibition at the Municipal Theater in Figueres in 1919.
From the first marriage of his father, Figueres has an older brother, Marti, and a sister, Muni.
In 2010, Figueres joined the Carbon War Room as its first Chairman.
His excellent play continued during his second year with the Figueres, bringing considerable attention from several first division clubs.
The first historic surge of great demographic fragmentation ), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1969 ( volume III in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).

Figueres and was
His book, The Outline of History was read by José Figueres Ferrer in 1920 while at MIT, the Costa Rican revolutionary and 3-time president, who took the book to heart, and permanently abolished the military of Costa Rica in 1948, and banned the military in the Constitution.
From 2006 to 2010 the head of the secretariat was Yvo de Boer ; on May 17, 2010 his successor, Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica has been named.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marqués de Dalí de Pubol ( May 11, 1904January 23, 1989 ), known as Salvador Dalí (), was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech was born on May 11, 1904, at 8: 45 am GMT in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain.
The old theater was bombed in the Spanish Civil War and remained in a state of ruin for decades until Dalí and the mayor of Figueres decided to rebuild it as a museum dedicated to the town's most famous son in 1960.
Monturiol Estarriol was born in the city of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.
On February 27, 1963, Juan Bosch and Armando González Tamayo took possession as the new President and Vice President of the Dominican Republic, in a ceremony that was attended by important democratic leaders and personalities, like Luis Muñoz and José Figueres.
The legion was compelled to surrender near Figueres, and Carrel was taken prisoner by his former general, Damas.
This failed invasion was an attempt on overthrowing the government of José Figueres ( 1953 – 1958 ).
José María Figueres is the son of José Figueres Ferrer ( affectionately known as don Pepe ), who was a three-time president of Costa Rica.
José María Figueres Olsen was elected President of Costa Rica for four years at the age of 39, the nation's youngest president in the 20th century.
Figueres reformed and reorganized many public institutions including the closing of some of them, such as Banco Anglo Costarricense ( which was plagued with corruption charges ) and the National Railway System ( INCOFER ) which after being re-organized several times was again insolvent.
President Figueres ' Government was controversial to some.
In 1991, when Figueres was seen as a possible contender for the presidency, brothers David and José Romero published a book accusing Figueres of having participated in the extrajudicial execution of a drug dealer named Jose Joaquin Orozco, known as " Chemise ".
In the middle of Figueres ’ presidential campaign, anonymous allegations arguing Figueres was not Catholic were widely spread and picked up by the media.
To dispel the strong rumors Monsenor Román Arrieta, Archbishop of San José and President of the Episcopal Conference was obliged to pronounce himself acknowledging José María Figueres had been baptized a Roman Catholic.
It was reported that Figueres had earned nearly US $ 900 thousand for three years of consultancy work on telecommunications with Alcatel initiated two years after his presidency, and while already working in Europe.
Figueres was never summoned nor charged by the Attorney General's office ( fiscalía ).
While leading the ICT Task Force, in mid 2000 Figueres was appointed Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, and independent international organization dedicated to improving the state of the world by bringing together world leaders to establish alliances that can influence industry, regional and global agendas.
Andre Schneider, the World Economic Forum ’ s spokesman said that Figueres acknowledged violating the rules of the forum by not declaring that he was being retained as a consultant when he took the post and while he was working at the forum.

Figueres and Catalan
Figueres (, Catalan for fig trees, ) is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
* Figueres Council: Figueres Council ( Catalan )
Figueres was the eldest of the four children of a Catalan doctor and his wife, a teacher, who had recently immigrated from Catalonia to San Ramón in west-central Costa Rica.
Antoni Pitxot () ( born 1934 in Figueres, Catalonia ) is a Catalan Spanish painter who was a longtime friend and collaborator of Salvador Dalí.
Alexandre Deulofeu Torres ( 20 September 1903, in L ' Armentera – 27 December 1978, in Figueres ) was a Catalan ( Spanish ) politician and philosopher of history.
* ( Birth, greatness and death of civilisations ), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1970 ( volume I in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).
* ( Great errors of History ), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1971 ( volume II in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).
* ( Empires at war, part I ( Persian, Macedonian, Carthaginian, Roman and Byzantine )), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1972 ( volume IV in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).
* ( Empires at war, second part ( Teutonic, Anglosaxon, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Viking, Lithuanian, Swedish, Muscovite )), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1973 ( volume V in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).
The political and social process ), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1974 ( volume VI in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).
* ( Catalonia, mother of European culture ), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1977 ( volume VII in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).
* ( The second imperial surge in Europe ), Figueres, Editorial Emporitana, 1977 ( volume VIII in Catalan of Mathematics of History ).

Figueres and parents
( born May 23, 1974 ) is a Spanish singer born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain of Andalusian parents.

Figueres and .
In 1917-19, Federico Tinoco Granados ruled as a dictator, and, in 1948, José Figueres Ferrer led an armed uprising in the wake of a disputed presidential election.
In 1949, José Figueres Ferrer abolished the army ; and since then, Costa Rica has been one of the few countries to operate within the democratic system without the assistance of a military.
Also involved in scandals has been José María Figueres, former President from PLN and former head of the World Economic Forum.
However, in fall 2004, three former Costa Rican presidents ( Jose Maria Figueres, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, and Rafael Angel Calderon ) were investigated on corruption charges related to the issuance of government contracts.
After extensive legal proceedings Calderon and Rodriguez have been sentenced ; however, the inquiry on Figueres has since been dismissed by the competent judicial party and no charges were ever raised against him.
On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war in that year.
In a ceremony in the Cuartel Bellavista, Figueres broke a wall with a mallet symbolizing the end of Costa Rica's military spirit.
José Figueres Ferrer breaking a wall of the Cuartel Bellavista symbolizing the abolition of the Military.
President Figueres promoted a higher profile for Costa Rica in regional and international fora.
The work under the UNFCCC is facilitated by a secretariat in Bonn, Germany, which from July 2010 is headed by Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres.
* July 25 – José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica ( d. 1990 )
Figueres recovered starting from the 1950s, consolidating its economy around the tourism industry.
File: Face of Dali 1025. jpg | A surrealist tribute to Salvador Dali at the base of the Rambla, Figueres.
Situated in the north-east corner of Catalonia, Figueres is about from Girona, from Barcelona, from Perpignan, and from Girona-Costa Brava Airport.
Figueres has been connected since December 2010 to the high-speed rail network with the start of services connecting Figueres to Perpignan via LGV, allowing direct TGV services to Paris.
* Virtual tour of Figueres on Virtourist. com

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