Carlos Durán Cartín
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Carlos Durán Cartín, an accomplished doctor of medicine
Medicine
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who had trained in London
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was acting President
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of Costa Rica
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for a period of six months from 1889 to 1890, during the administration of President Bernardo Soto
Bernardo Soto Alfaro
Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro was President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889.He took office when his father-in-law, President Próspero Fernández, 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...
, who never resigned but didn't come back to office until the end of his term.