Also involved in scandals has been José María Figueres, former President from PLN and former head of the World Economic Forum.

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.

* July 25 – José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica ( d. 1990 )

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.

* José María Figueres ( MPA ‘ 91 )-former President of Costa Rica, CEO of the World Economic Forum

In 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laurate and President Óscar Arias ( 1986 – 1990 ), appointed Figueres to overhaul the ailing National Railway System, INCOFER.

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.

President Figueres ' Government was controversial to some.

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.

President Figueres has received numerous international awards for his work and adherence to the tenets of Sustainable Development.

Upon leaving government in 1998 President Figueres founded Entebbe – Fundacion Costa Rica para el Desarollo Sostenible ( Costa Rican Foundation for Sustainable Development ).

Since 2008, Figueres has served as Chairman of the Global Fairness Initiative, taking on the role from its Founding Chairman, President Bill Clinton.

José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer ( 25 September 1906 – 8 June 1990 ), served as President of Costa Rica on three occasions:

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After the civil war Figueres became President at the head of a provisional junta known as the " Junta Fundadora " ( Founding Council ) that held power for 18 months.

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José Figueres with the help of " La Legion del Caribe " of which Fidel Castro was a prominent member ( See Dr. Rosendo Argüello " Quienes y Como Nos Traicionaron "), led the revolution, defeating the Costa Rican Army, loyal to Calderón and President Picado.

In Costa Rica, Vesco donated $ 2. 1 million to Sociedad Agricola Industrial San Cristobal, S. A., a company founded by President José Figueres.

Agee stated that President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica, President Luis Echeverría Álvarez ( 1970 – 1976 ) of Mexico and President Alfonso López Michelsen ( 1974 – 1978 ) of Colombia were CIA collaborators or agents.

Ambassadors David Manning, then-British ambassador to the United States, visited his office, and met with People's Republic of China Premier Zhu Rongji in 1999, Costa Rica Presidents José María Figueres and Oscar Arias Sánchez, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Panama's President Martin Torrijos, well as U. S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

* 1950s-70s-José Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two attempts on his life

He was later promoted to Vice President / General Manager.

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Shapiro ( following the end of the 2010 season ) would be promoted to team President, with current President Paul Dolan becoming the new Chairman / CEO, and longtime Shapiro assistant Chris Antonetti filling the GM role.

moved to Pittsburgh in 1971 when he was promoted to Senior Vice President for the North America and Pacific region, and by 1973, R. Burt Gookin and Jack Heinz made him COO and President.

Because Hanson was the first president elected under the Articles of Confederation, one of his grandsons later promoted him as the first President of the United States.

The idea that Hanson was the forgotten first President of the United States was further promoted in a 1932 biography of Hanson by journalist Seymour Wemyss Smith.

Constitutionally barred from running in the December 2002 presidential elections, Moi unsuccessfully promoted Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first President, as his successor.

United States President Woodrow Wilson and his adviser Colonel Edward M. House enthusiastically promoted the idea of the League as a means of avoiding any repetition of the bloodshed of the First World War, and the creation of the League was a centrepiece of Wilson's Fourteen Points for Peace.

In 1992, he was promoted to Corporate Vice President of ADM, in addition to being President of the BioProducts Division.

In March 2008, Whitacre was promoted to the company's Chief Operating Officer ( COO ) and President of operations.

Because of its popularity and recognition, the campus was visited by President Barack Obama on February 10, 2011, where he praised the development in wireless technology and promoted a National Wireless Initiative to bring high-speed Internet to 98 % of the U. S. by 2016.

Reaganomics (; ( a portmanteau of Reagan and economics attributed to Paul Harvey ) refers to the economic policies promoted by the U. S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.

In the 1950s the President of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, criticized on pragmatic grounds the type of Arab nationalism then promoted by Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, which was a widely-popular ideology at the time in the Arabic-speaking countries.

With these victories, President Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers.

In Tacoma, Washington, the President read a letter that promoted his efforts in fighting for a 12-hour work day.

Nominated by President Franklin Roosevelt to be Army Chief of Staff, Marshall was promoted to General and sworn in on September 1, 1939, the day German forces invaded Poland.

In 1946 Paley named Stanton President of CBS and promoted himself to Chairman.

As a social activist, Bono became a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, promoted National Coming Out Day, campaigned for the reelection of Bill Clinton for US President, campaigned against the Defense of Marriage Act, and served as Entertainment Media Director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

His boss is telling Ray that he has been promoted to Vice President, and offers to buy him a drink.

In 1850, Sherman was promoted to the substantive rank of Captain and married Thomas Ewing's daughter, Eleanor Boyle (" Ellen ") Ewing, in a Washington ceremony attended by President Zachary Taylor and other political luminaries.

President Lincoln, however, was impressed by Sherman while visiting the troops on July 23 and promoted him to brigadier general of volunteers ( effective May 17, 1861, with seniority in rank to Ulysses S. Grant, his future commander ).

The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson at Ohio University and subsequently promoted by him and fellow Democrats in Congress in the 1960s.