Aniceto Esquivel
Esquivel c. 1876
9th President of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 1876 – 30 July 1876
Preceded by	Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez
Succeeded by	Vicente Herrera Zeledón
President of the Constitutional Congress
In office 1 May 1886 – 30 April 1889
Preceded by	Juan Manuel Carazo Peralta
Succeeded by	Manuel Aragón Quesada
Deputy of the Constitutional Congress
In office 1 May 1884 – 30 April 1892
Constituency	San José Province
In office 1 May 1872 – 30 April 1876
Constituency	San José Province
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 November 1868 – 5 January 1869
President	Jesús Jiménez Zamora
Preceded by	Julián Volio Llorente
Succeeded by	Juan Rafael Mata Lafuente
Personal details
Born	Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz (1824-04-18)18 April 1824 Cartago, Costa Rica, Federal Republic of Central America
Died	22 October 1898(1898-10-22) (aged 74) San José, Costa Rica
Party	Independent
Education	Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (BA)

Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz (18 April 1824 – 22 October 1898) was a Costa Rican lawyer and politician who served as the 9th President of Costa Rica from May to July 1876, before being deposed in a coup d'état.^[1]

He was born on April 18, 1824, in Cartago (Costa Rica). He was baptized with the name of Aniceto del Carmen. His parents were Narciso Esquivel y 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 (Sister María Caridad de Sion), Roberto, Paulina, Sara, Alfredo, Adriana, Isaura, Aniceto and Rosa Esquivel Carazo.