Bernardo Soto Alfaro
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Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro was President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
from 1885 to 1889.
He took office when his father-in-law, President Próspero Fernández
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
Term of office: 20 July 1882 to12 March 1885– Preceded by: Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez – Succeeded by: Bernardo SotoDate of birth: 18 July 1834Place of birth: San JoséDate of death: 12 March 1885Place of death: AtenasParty:...
, died in office in 1885, and in a gesture of national conciliation following the fiercely disputed election for his successor, decided to hold himself apart from office on November 7, 1889. He never resigned, but the Third Vicepresident Carlos Durán
Carlos Durán Cartín
Carlos Durán Cartín, an accomplished doctor of medicine who had trained in London,was acting President of Costa Rica for a period of six months from 1889 to 1890, during the administration of President Bernardo Soto, who never resigned but didn't come back to office until the end of his term....
served as acting President until the end of the term.