Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez

Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez 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.