José Carlos Sáenz Esquivel (May 19, 1861 - April 4, 1919) was a Costa Rica

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n politician

Politician

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 and lawyer

Lawyer

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Personal life

Jose Carlos Esquivel Sáenz, was born in Liberia, Costa Rica

Liberia, Costa Rica

Liberia is the capital and largest city of Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, located northwest of the national capital, San José.-Summary:With more than 35,000 inhabitants, Liberia is the regional hub of the Costa Rican northwest. The city center features a modern church, as many Costa Rican towns...

 on May 19, 1861. The son of Vicente Sáenz Llorente and Marcelina Esquivel y Fernández, he married Úrsula Celina Herrera y Paut, daughter of José Ana Herrera y Zeledón and Rafaela Nicolasa Paut y Alcázar. From this marriage were born Antonio José, Ana Maria, Maria Carlos, Carmen Maria Amparo Maria Dolores, Celina and Carlos Sáenz Herrera. His son Carlos Sáenz Herrera became Vice President of Costa Rica.

Career

He graduated as a Bachelor of Law at the University of Santo Tomas. He held Diplomatic office to Costa Rica in the United States

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 and Germany

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. From 1891 to 1892 he was Secretary of Foreign Affairs and was responsible as Chancellor in 1892.

He served in the Supreme Court of Costa Rica from 1917 until his death in 1919.