Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados

José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados (21 November 1868 – 7 September 1931) was a Costa Rican military officer and politician who served as the 21st President of Costa Rica from 1917 to 1919. He seized power in a coup d'état that overthrew the constitutionally appointed president, Alfredo González Flores, under whom Tinoco had served as Minister of War and Navy. Following the coup, he established a one-party regime and ruled as a dictator. His government lasted until 1919 and marked the last military dictatorship in Costa Rican history.

Biography Tinoco was born on 21 November 1868 in San José, Costa Rica. On 5 June 1898, he married María de las Mercedes Elodia Fernández Le Cappellain in San José; the couple never had children.

After a career in the army, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of President Alfredo González. On 27 January 1917, he and his brother José Joaquín seized power in a coup d'état. Initially, the Tincoco regime had widespread support in Costa Rica, but it eventually developed into a repressive military dictatorship that attempted to crush all opposition. The United States, under President Woodrow Wilson, refused to give diplomatic recognition to the Tincoco regime, The technical state of war only ended after World War II, when Costa Rica was included in the Potsdam Agreement; Costa Rica did, however, issue another formal declaration of war against Germany on 11 December 1941, despite technically already being at war since 1918.