Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra [SEP] position held
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (May 10, 1844 in Rivas, Nicaragua – April 15, 1923) was a Nicaraguan-born President of Costa Rica from 1902 to 1906. Esquivel became a naturalized Costa Rican in 1869.
He was also a lawyer and a university professor. After his presidential term, he served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1917 to 1920.
President of Costa Rica.
He first ran for the presidency in 1889 but was defeated by José Joaquín Rodríguez. He
1905–1906 Costa Rican general election
The 1906 Costa Rican general election was held during the presidency of Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra. Ibarra openly supported candidate Cleto González Víquez. Other candidates were former president Bernardo Soto Alfaro, former State and Police Secretary Tobías Zúñiga Castro, the also former State Secretary (during Bernardo Soto's administration) Máximo Fernández Alvarado and former justice and Foreign Secretary Ezequiel Gutiérrez Iglesias. Difference were more personal than ideological as all candidates except Gutiérrez were liberals, and the election had a strong "anti-cletista" component.