What is José Figueres Ferrer?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name =José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer |image =José Figueres Ferrer 1.png |imagesize = 200px |smallimage = |caption = |order = 38th [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President of Costa Rica]] |term_start = 8 May 1970 |term_end = 8 May 1974 |vicepresident = |predecessor = [[José Joaquín Trejos Fernández]] |successor = [[Daniel Oduber Quirós|Daniel Oduber]] |order2 = 34th [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President of Costa Rica]] |term_start2 = 8 November 1953 |term_end2 = 8 May 1958 |predecessor2 = [[Otilio Ulate Blanco]] |successor2 = [[Mario Echandi Jiménez|Mario Echandi]] |order3 = 32nd [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President of Costa Rica]] |term_start3 = 8 May 1948 |term_end3 = 8 November 1949 |predecessor3 = [[Teodoro Picado Michalski|Teodoro Picado]] |successor3 = [[Otilio Ulate Blanco]] |birth_date = 25 September 1906 |birth_place = [[San Ramón, Costa Rica|San Ramón]], [[Alajuela]] |death_date = 8 June 1990 (aged 83) |death_place = [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |constituency = |party = [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |spouse = [[Henrietta Boggs|Henrietta Boggs Long]]<br>[[Karen Olsen Beck]] |profession = landowner, politician |religion = |signature = |footnotes = }} '''José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer''' (25 September 1906 – 8 June 1990) was [[president]] of [[Costa Rica]] three times. He was also the rebel leader during the Costa Rican civil war. == Early years == Also known as '''Don Pepe''', José Figueres Ferrer was born in [[San Ramón]], [[Alajuela]], Costa Rica. His parents were from [[Cataluña]], [[Spain]]: Mariano Rodríguez Borges and Francisca Ferrer Mendiola. Figueres entered the Primary Boys School in San Ramón of Alajuela in