Carlos Durán Cartín

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Dr. Carlos Durán Acting President of Costa Rica Term of office:  7 November 1889 to May 8, 1890 – Replacing temporarily:   Bernardo Soto Alfaro – Succeeded by:  José Joaquín Rodríguez Date of birth: 12 November 1852 Place of birth: San José Date of death: 23 November 1924 Place of death: San José Party:

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 Alfaro, who never resigned but didn't come back to office until the end of his term.