Term of office:  12 March 1885 to 8 May 1890 (two consecutive terms, the first incomplete) – Preceded by:   Próspero Fernández Próspero Fernández Oreamuno Term of office: 20 July 1882 to12 March 1885– Preceded by: Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez – Succeeded by: Bernardo SotoDate of birth: 18 July 1834Place of birth: San JoséDate of death: 12 March 1885Place of death: AtenasParty:... – Succeeded by:  José Joaquín Rodríguez José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón Term of office: 8 May 1890 to8 May 1894– Preceded by:  Bernardo Soto Alfaro– Succeeded by: Rafael Yglesias CastroDate of birth: 6 January 1837Place of birth:San José, Costa RicaDate of death: 30 November 1917... Date of birth: 12 February 1854 Place of birth: Alajuela Alajuela Alajuela is the second largest city in Costa Rica after the capital, San José. It is also the capital of the namesake province. Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays englobed in the conurbation of Great Metropolitan Area... Date of death: 28 January 1931 Place of death: San José San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... Party:

Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro was President

President

A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

 of Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

 from 1885 to 1889.

He took office when his father-in-law, President Próspero Fernández

Próspero Fernández Oreamuno

Term of office: 20 July 1882 to12 March 1885– Preceded by: Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez – Succeeded by: Bernardo SotoDate of birth: 18 July 1834Place of birth: San JoséDate of death: 12 March 1885Place of death: AtenasParty:...

, died in office in 1885, and in a gesture of national conciliation following the fiercely disputed election for his successor, decided to hold himself apart from office on November 7, 1889. He never resigned, but the Third Vicepresident Carlos Durán

Carlos Durán Cartín

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....

served as acting President until the end of the term.