Carlos Durán Cartín

Term of office:  7 November 1889 to
May 8, 1890
– Replacing temporarily:   Bernardo Soto
– 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
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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.