# Manuel Aguilar Chacón - Head of State of Costa Rica

URL: https://allhistories.com/costa-rica/rulers/manuel-aguilar-chacon
Term: 17 April 1837 – 27 May 1838
Number in the list: 6
Born-Died: 12 August 1797 (San José) - 7 July 1846 (Sonsonate, El Salvador)
Dynasty: Free State of Costa Rica
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Aguilar_Chacón

Manuel Aguilar Chacón, a San José lawyer, was elected Head of State for the 1837–1841 term and took office in April 1837. He was overthrown in a coup led by his predecessor Braulio Carrillo in 1838 and went into exile in El Salvador, where he died in 1846.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Joaquín Mora Fernández](https://allhistories.com/costa-rica/rulers/joaquin-mora-fernandez)
- Next in list: [Braulio Carrillo Colina (1838–1842)](https://allhistories.com/costa-rica/rulers/braulio-carrillo-colina-2)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1838 - [Braulio Carrillo's Coup](https://allhistories.com/costa-rica/timeline/1838-braulio-carrillo-s-coup)
- 1838 - [Costa Rica Leaves the Federation](https://allhistories.com/costa-rica/timeline/1838-costa-rica-leaves-the-federation)