Bernardo Soto Alfaro

Bernardo Soto Alfaro
Portrait by Enrique Etheridge
14th President of Costa Rica
In office
12 March 1885 – 7 November 1889
Preceded byPróspero Fernández Oreamuno
Succeeded byCarlos Durán Cartín (acting)
First Designate to the Presidency
In office
15 June 1883 – 12 March 1885
PresidentPróspero Fernández Oreamuno
Preceded byLuis Diego Sáenz Carazo
Succeeded byApolinar Soto Quesada
Secretary of War and Navy
In office
17 January 1884 – 12 March 1885
PresidentPróspero Fernández Oreamuno
Preceded byVíctor Guardia Gutiérrez
Succeeded bySantiago de la Guardia
Secretary of the Interior and Police
In office
17 January 1884 – 12 March 1885
PresidentPróspero Fernández Oreamuno
Preceded byVíctor Guardia Gutiérrez
Succeeded byCarlos Durán Cartín
Secretary of Finance and Commerce
In office
10 August 1882 – 12 March 1885
PresidentPróspero Fernández Oreamuno
Preceded byLuis Diego Sáenz Carazo
Succeeded byMauro Fernández Acuña
Governor of Alajuela
In office
8 May 1882 – 10 August 1882
PresidentTomás Guardia Gutiérrez
Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez
Preceded byNazario Ocampo
Personal details
BornRamón Bernardo Soto Alfaro
(1854-02-12)12 February 1854
Died28 January 1931(1931-01-28) (aged 76)
San José, Costa Rica
PartyIndependent
RelationsApolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada (father)
José María Soto Alfaro (brother)
Occupation
  • Military officer
  • politician
  • lawyer
  • landowner
  • businessman
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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.