Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz


Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz was President of Costa Rica for a brief period of three months in 1876 before being deposed in a coup d'état.
He was born on April 18, 1824 in Cartago. He was baptized with the name of Aniceto del Carmen. His parents were Narciso Esquivel and Salazar and Úrsula Sáenz Ulloa. He contracted nuptials in San José, Costa Rica, on February 29, 1856, with Ana Isaura Carazo Peralta, daughter of Manuel José Carazo Bonilla and María Toribia Peralta and Echavarría. Thirteen children were born of this marriage: Julia, Jorge Adolfo, Matilde Adela, Roberto, Paulina, Sara, Alfredo, Adriana, Isaura, Aniceto and Rosa Esquivel Carazo.