Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez
Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez | |
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Portrait by Aquiles Bigot | |
| 12th President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 6 July 1882 – 10 August 1882 Acting: 17 June – 6 July 1882 | |
| Preceded by | Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Próspero Fernández Oreamuno |
| First Designate to the Presidency | |
| In office 23 April 1881 – 6 July 1882 | |
| President | Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez |
| Preceded by | Pedro Quirós Jiménez |
| Succeeded by | Luis Diego Sáenz Carazo |
| Third Designate to the Presidency | |
| In office 30 July 1876 – 23 September 1877 | |
| President | Vicente Herrera Zeledón |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | José María Castro Madriz (1881) |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 July 1876 – 7 August 1876 | |
| President | Vicente Herrera Zeledón |
| Preceded by | Juan Rafael Mata Lafuente |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Machado y Jáuregui |
| Deputy of the Constitutional Congress | |
| In office 1 May 1894 – 26 June 1894 | |
| Constituency | Puntarenas Province |
| Alternate Deputy of the Constitutional Congress | |
| In office 1 May 1886 – 30 April 1890 | |
| Constituency | Alajuela Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1826 |
| Died | 19 April 1905 (aged 78) |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Catholic Union (1889–1894) |
| Spouse |
Angélica Guardia Solórzano
(m. 1875) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez (father-in-law) Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (uncle-in-law) Estrella Zeledón Lizano (great-granddaughter) |
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Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez (29 November 1826 – 19 April 1905) was a Costa Rican businessman and politician who served as the 12th President of Costa Rica from July to August 1882. He assumed the office in his capacity as First Designate to the Presidency following the death of President Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez due to illness. Throughout his political career, Lizano held various ministerial portfolios under the administrations of Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz, Vicente Herrera Zeledón, and Tomás Guardia, between 1876 and 1881. He also served as Governor of Puntarenas on four non-consecutive occasions between 1863 and 1900.
Following the death of Guardia, Lizano oversaw the 1882 general election, in which General Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, a cabinet member and the Seventh Designate to the Presidency, stood as the sole candidate. After the results were announced, and with Fernández enjoying the support of the armed forces, Lizano ceded power by appointing him Acting President on 20 July 1882, ahead of his formal inauguration on 10 August.