In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Calderón and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.
José María Vicente Esteban Rafael de Jesús Calderón Muñoz, known as Rafael Calderón Muñoz (October 24, 1869 – June 15, 1943) was a Costa Ricanpolitician and physician.[1][2] He is cited as "one of the leaders of a circle of Catholic politicians with social concerns".[3] Calderón Muñoz was vice president from 1940 until his death.
Biography
Born in San José, Costa Rica to Adolfo Calderón Calderón and María Muñoz y Vargas,[4] he graduated in medicine, surgery and obstetrics at the Catholic University of Leuven, east of Brussels.[1][5] Calderón Muñoz became a member of the Constituent Assembly in 1917. He was a member of the Senate and Consul of Costa Rica in Belgium. He was elected to the Constitutional Congress in 1930, and reelected ten years later. [1] He was President of the First Legislature from 1918–1919, and 1931–1932.[6]
Calderón Muñoz held numerous administrative positions, including superintendent of Hospital San Juan de Dios and president of National Bank Insurance.[1]