Bernardo Soto Alfaro
Bernardo Soto Alfaro | |
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Portrait by Enrique Etheridge | |
| 14th President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 12 March 1885 – 7 November 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Durán Cartín (acting) |
| First Designate to the Presidency | |
| In office 15 June 1883 – 12 March 1885 | |
| President | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Preceded by | Luis Diego Sáenz Carazo |
| Succeeded by | Apolinar Soto Quesada |
| Secretary of War and Navy | |
| In office 17 January 1884 – 12 March 1885 | |
| President | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Preceded by | Víctor Guardia Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Santiago de la Guardia |
| Secretary of the Interior and Police | |
| In office 17 January 1884 – 12 March 1885 | |
| President | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Preceded by | Víctor Guardia Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Durán Cartín |
| Secretary of Finance and Commerce | |
| In office 10 August 1882 – 12 March 1885 | |
| President | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| Preceded by | Luis Diego Sáenz Carazo |
| Succeeded by | Mauro Fernández Acuña |
| Governor of Alajuela | |
| In office 8 May 1882 – 10 August 1882 | |
| President | Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez |
| Preceded by | Nazario Ocampo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro 12 February 1854 |
| Died | 28 January 1931 (aged 76) San José, Costa Rica |
| Party | Independent |
| Relations | Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada (father) José María Soto Alfaro (brother) |
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Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro (12 February 1854 – 28 January 1931) was Costa Rican lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the 14th President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889. A Freemason and prominent member of the liberal Olympus Generation, he was the second-youngest person to assume the presidency, at age 31.