Fernando Coto Albán (October 30, 1919 – September 28, 1989) was a
Costa Rica
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jurist
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. He succeeded
Fernando Baudrit Solera
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as
President
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of the
Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
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and held the position from 1975 to 1983.
He was born in
Cartago, Costa Rica
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, October 30th 1919. His parents were Manuel Coto Arias and Ernestina Albán Cordero. He married Virginia Martén Pagés.
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1919 births
1989 deaths
People from Cartago Province
20th-century Costa Rican judges
Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica judges
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