President Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
President of Costa Rica, Costa Rican 1907-1969
Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich (10 March 1907 – 29 October 1969) was the 34th President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966.
Together with his brothers he founded in 1928 FJ Orlich & Hnos Ltda. (FJ Orlich & Brothers Limited). At first a large supply store in his hometown of San Ramón, this eventually grew to become one of Costa Rica's largest coffee firms. His half-brother, Franjo Jozef Orlich, the namesake of the firm, moved from Costa Rica to Pennsylvania and worked for Bethlehem Steel as a Pattern Maker in the Castings Plant.
The National Liberation Party was founded in the Orlich family farm in La Paz, San Ramón.
He ran for president in 1958, but lost to Mario Echandi Jiménez. He ran again in 1962, against the defeated 1948 leader Dr Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, and won the presidency.
During his presidency he faced the major eruption of the Irazú volcano, that started just as President John F. Kennedy was visiting Costa Rica. The eruption lasted for over a year, causing major agricultural damage and landslides in the city of Cartago.
Together with his brothers he founded in 1928 FJ Orlich & Hnos Ltda. (FJ Orlich & Brothers Limited). At first a large supply store in his hometown of San Ramón, this eventually grew to become one of Costa Rica's largest coffee firms. His half-brother, Franjo Jozef Orlich, the namesake of the firm, moved from Costa Rica to Pennsylvania and worked for Bethlehem Steel as a Pattern Maker in the Castings Plant.
The National Liberation Party was founded in the Orlich family farm in La Paz, San Ramón.
He ran for president in 1958, but lost to Mario Echandi Jiménez. He ran again in 1962, against the defeated 1948 leader Dr Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, and won the presidency.
During his presidency he faced the major eruption of the Irazú volcano, that started just as President John F. Kennedy was visiting Costa Rica. The eruption lasted for over a year, causing major agricultural damage and landslides in the city of Cartago.