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His presidency was marked by an extensive public works program, including the construction of numerous public schools and the former La Sabana International Airport, leading contemporaries to refer to his government as the gobierno del cemento y la varilla.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 December 1882","date":"1882-12-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Alajuela","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37104"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"3 March 1946","date":"1946-03-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"San José","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3070"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Costa Rica","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q800"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Republican Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6064303"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Costa Rica (8 May 1936 – 8 May 1940)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27977064","start":"1936-05-08","end":"1940-05-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Cort%C3%A9s_Castro","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166"],"faq":[{"q":"When was León Cortés Castro born?","a":"León Cortés Castro was born on 8 December 1882 in Alajuela."},{"q":"What positions has León Cortés Castro held?","a":"Positions held by León Cortés Castro include: President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)."}],"related":[{"name":"Laura Fernández","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/laura-fernandez"},{"name":"Rodrigo Chaves","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rodrigo-chaves"},{"name":"Otilio Ulate Blanco","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/otilio-ulate-blanco"},{"name":"Óscar Arias","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/oscar-arias"},{"name":"Laura Chinchilla","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/laura-chinchilla"},{"name":"José María Figueres","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-figueres"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/leon-cortes-castro-303de470b9.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Tomás Povedano","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Povedano_-_Le%C3%B3n_Cort%C3%A9s_Castro,_pte_CR_(adjusted).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): León Cortés Castro","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Cort%C3%A9s_Castro","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q889166","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889166","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Povedano - León Cortés Castro, pte CR (adjusted).jpg by Tomás Povedano (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Povedano_-_Le%C3%B3n_Cort%C3%A9s_Castro,_pte_CR_(adjusted).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article León Cortés Castro, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Povedano - León Cortés Castro, pte CR (adjusted).jpg — Tomás Povedano, Public domain.","cite":"\"León Cortés Castro\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/leon-cortes-castro. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:42:23Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/leon-cortes-castro","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/leon-cortes-castro","ne":null}}