# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-iglesias-castro
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:26:16.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-iglesias-castro"
name: "Rafael Iglesias Castro"
slug: "rafael-iglesias-castro"
description: "Rafael Anselmo José Iglesias Castro, also known as Rafael Yglesias was a Costa Rican politician and businessman who served as the 16th President of Costa Rica from 1894 to 1902, for two consecutive terms. The founder of the Civil Party, he was the second-youngest person to assume the presidency."
tagline: "Costa Rican politician (1861-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_Iglesias_Castro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1861-04-16"
deathDate: "1924-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.94784133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rafael Yglesias Castro"
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    title: "Rafael Iglesias Castro"
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    title: "Rafael Iglesias Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Yglesias Castro"
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    title: "Rafael Yglesias Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Iglesias Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "რაფაელ იგლესიას კასტრო"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Yglesias Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иглесиас Кастро, Рафаэль"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump