Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz (18 April 1824 – 22 October 1898) was a Costa Rican politician who served as the 9th President of Costa Rica from May to July 1876, before being deposed in a coup d'état by Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez.
Early life
Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz was born in Cartago, Costa Rica on 18 April 1824, to Narciso Esquivel Salazar and Ursula Sáenz Ulloa. His father was a wealthy coffee grower and one of the signatories of the Act of Independence of the Republic of Costa Rica. He graduated with a law degree from the Universidad de San Carlos Borromeo.
Career
Esquivel was a professor at the University of Santo Tomas. He was a member of the constituent assemblies of 1859 and 1869. He served as president of the Constitutional Congress of Costa Rica.
General supported Esquivel and Esquivel was considered as a candidate in the 1863 and 1866 elections, but he did not run. Esquivel won the 1876 presidential election, which 0.2% of the population voted in. His government allocated 20,000 pesos to exhume and transfer the remains of Braulio Carrillo Colina, the former head of state, from El Salvador to Costa Rica. A funeral for Juan Rafael Mora Porras was also organised by his government.
Nicaragua attempted to nullify the Cañas–Jerez Treaty during Esquivel's presidency and threatened war between the two countries. Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez wanted to launch a war against Nicaragua, but Esquivel refused to do so. Guardia and military officers loyal to him overthrew Esquivel on 30 July 1876. Vicente Herrera Zeledón replaced him as president.
Personal life
Esquivel married Ana Isaura Carazo y Peralta, the daughter of Manuel José Carazo Bonilla, on 29 February 1856, and fathered thirteen children with her. He died in San José, Costa Rica on 22 October 1898.