Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera

Costa Rican politician

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1823

Place of Birth: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1898

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Costa Rica

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera (March 11, 1823 – March 21, 1898) was a Guatemalan politician and lawyer.
Superb leader and speaker, helped the liberal regime of Justo Rufino Barrios, served in the Guatemalan legislature, taught in the College of Law of the Universidad Nacional de Guatemala and, towards the end of his life, was a presidential candidate himself losing to general José María Reyna Barrios.
He was also Foreign Secretary of Costa Rica in 1856 and from 1870 to 1873, and President of University of Saint Thomas, also in Costa Rica.