Carlos Durán Cartín

Dr. Carlos Durán President of Costa Rica
Term of office:	7 November 1889 to May 8 1890
– Preceded by:	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
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Carlos Durán Cartín, an accomplished doctor of medicine who had trained in London, was President of Costa Rica for a period of six months from 1889 to 1890. He was selected to complete Bernardo Soto Alfaro's mandate following the latter's resignation.

Categories: 1852 births | 1924 deaths | Presidents of Costa Rica

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