Francisco Aguilar Barquero

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Francisco Aguilar Barquero President of Costa Rica Term of office: 2 September 1919 to 8 May 1920 – Preceded by:   Federico Tinoco Granados – Succeeded by:  Julio Acosta García Date of birth: 21 May 1857 Place of birth: Cartago Date of death: 11 October 1924 Place of death: San José Party:

Francisco Ramón de Jesús Aguilar Barquero (1867-1931) served as President of Costa Rica for eight months between 1919 and 1920.

His main achievement was successfully steering the country back to democratic normalcy after his predecessor's military dictatorship.