About Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia was a Costa Rican physician and politician who served as the 29th President of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944. The founder of Calderonism, he had previously represented San José in the Constitutional Congress from 1934 to 1940. He became the first Central American president to primarily focus his attention on poverty and deteriorating social conditions. Calderón also founded the CCSS, a national social security retirement program, extremely advanced for its time. After finishing his studies in Belgium, Calderón Guardia became a medical doctor and practicing surgeon, which he would remain for most of his life, even after serving as president.
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