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Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra was President of Costa Rica from 1902 to 1906.
Born in the Nicaraguan town of Rivas, he became a naturalized Costa Rican in 1869.
He first ran for the presidency in 1889, but was defeated by José Joaquín RodríguezJose Joaquin Rodriguez President of Costa Rica Term of office: 8 May 1890 to 8 May 1894 Preceded by: Carlos Duran Cartin Succeeded by: Rafael Yglesias Castro Date of birth: 6 January 1837 Place of birth: Date of death: 30 November 1917 Place of death: Par. The election that saw him elected in 1901 was his second presidential bid.
After his presidential term, he served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court, from 1917 to 1920.