José Concepción Pinto Castro

Costa Rican politician
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IntroCosta Rican politician
PlacesCosta Rica
isPolitician Judge
Work fieldLaw Politics
Gender
Male
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Biography

José Concepción Pinto Castro (1829–1898) was a Costa Rican politician.
His parents were General Antonio Pinto Soares and María del Rosario Castro y Ramírez. He married Aurelia Montealegre Fernández, daughter of Mariano Montealegre Bustamante, in 1859.
He graduated in law from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and served as secretary to President Rafael Carrera of Guatemala.
He was Magistrate and Prosecutor for the Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica, Governor of San José Province in 1859 and 1870, supply member for San José in the Constituents Assembly from 1869 and Chief of the National Seal.
He actively participated in charitable activities. He was one of the founding members of the Brotherhood of Charity of San José and presided over the Board of Charity of San José.

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