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 Party:

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.