List of heads of state of Ecuador

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List of Heads of State of Ecuador and its precursor states

(Dates in italics indicate 'de facto' continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent!Notes
The Republic of Ecuador
13 May 1830 to 14 August 1830	Juan José Flores, Head of Administration
14 August 1830 to 22 September 1830	Juan José Flores, Chief of State
22 September 1830 to 10 September 1834	Juan José Flores, President	1st Term
20 October 1833 to July 1834	Vicente Rocafuerte, Supreme Chief of the Department of the Guayas	In rebellion
10 September 1834 to 31 January 1839
13 July 1834 to 18 January 1835	José Félix Valdivieso, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
31 January 1839 to 18 January 1843	Juan José Flores	2nd Term
18 January 1843 to 1 April 1843	Juan José Flores, interim President
1 April 1843 to 18 June 1845	Juan José Flores	3rd Term
6 March 1845 to 18 June 1845	José Joaquín de Olmedo, President of the Provisional Government	In rebellion
18 June 1845 to 8 December 1845
8 December 1845 to 15 October 1849	Vicente Ramón Roca, President
15 October 1849 to 10 June 1850	Manuel de Ascásubi, acting President	1st Term
March 1850 to 1850	Antonio de Elizalde, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
20 February 1850 to 10 June 1850	Diego Noboa, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
10 June 1850 to 8 December 1850	Diego Noboa, interim President
8 December 1850 to 26 February 1851	Diego Noboa
13 July 1851 to 17 July 1851	José María Urbina, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
17 July 1851 to 17 July 1852
17 July 1852 to 6 September 1852	José María Urbina, interim President
6 September 1852 to 16 October 1852	José María Urbina, President
16 October 1852 to 17 September 1859	Francisco Robles, President
1 May 1859 to 4 June 1859	Provisional Government:-	In rebellion
1 May 1859 to 4 June 1859	José María Avilés, acting President
1 May 1859 to 4 June 1859	Pacífico Chiriboga
1 May 1859 to 25 May 1859	Manuel Gómez de la Torre
25 May 1859 to 4 June 1859	Gabriel García Moreno
4 June 1859 to 7 September 1859	Gabriel García Moreno, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
6 June 1859 to 1859	Jerónimo Carrión, acting President	In rebellion
7 September 1859 to 17 January 1861	Gabriel García Moreno, President
17 January 1861 to 2 April 1865	Gabriel García Moreno, interim President
2 April 1865 to 31 August 1865	Gabriel García Moreno	1st Term
17 September 1859 to 24 September 1860	Guillermo Franco, Supreme Chief of Guayas and Azuay	In rebellion
31 August 1859 to 7 September 1865	Rafael Carvajal, acting President
7 September 1865 to 6 November 1867	Jerónimo Carrión, President
6 November 1867 to 20 January 1868	Pedro José de Arteta, acting President
20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869	Juan Javier Espinosa, President
19 January 1869 to 16 May 1869	Gabriel García Moreno, interim President	2nd Term
16 May 1869 to 10 August 1869	Manuel de Ascásubi, acting President	2nd Term
10 August 1869 to 6 August 1875	Gabriel García Moreno, President	3rd Term
6 August 1875 to 6 October 1875	Francisco León Franco, acting President
6 October 1875 to 1875	José Javier Eguiguren, acting President
1875 to 9 December 1875	Rafael Pólit, President
9 December 1875 to 18 December 1876	Antonio Borrero, President
8 September 1876 to 19 December 1876	Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
19 December 1876 to 26 January 1878
26 January 1878 to 26 March 1882	Ignacio de Veintemilla, interim President
26 March 1882 to 9 July 1883	Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief
February 1883 to 11 October 1883	Eloy Alfaro Delgado, Supreme Chief of Manabí and Esmeraldas	In rebellion; 1st Term
14 January 1883 to 9 July 1883	Provisional Government	In rebellion
	José María Sarasti
	Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu
	Rafael Pérez
	Agustín Guerrero
14 January 1883 to 14 February 1883	Pablo Herrera
14 February 1883 to 9 July 1883	Luis Cordero Crespo
9 July 1883 to 11 October 1883	Provisional Government
	José María Sarasti
	Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu
	Rafael Pérez
	Agustín Guerrero
	Luis Cordero Crespo
17 September 1883 to 11 October 1883	Pedro Carbo, Supreme Chief of Guayas	In rebellion
11 October 1883 to 15 October 1883	Ramón Borrero y Cortázar, Vice President of the National Convention
15 October 1883 to 23 November 1883	Rafael Pérez, acting President
23 November 1883 to 10 February 1884	José Plácido Caamaño, interim President
10 February 1884 to 1 July 1888	José Plácido Caamaño, President
1 July 1888 to 17 August 1888	Pedro José Cevallos, President
17 August 1888 to 1 July 1892	Antonio Flores Jijón, President
1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895	Luis Cordero Crespo, President
16 April 1895 to 23 August 1895	Vicente Lucio Salazar, acting President
19 June 1895 to 23 August 1895	Eloy Alfaro, Supreme Chief	In rebellion
23 August 1895 to 16 April 1896		2nd Term
16 April 1896 to 13 January 1897	Eloy Alfaro, interim President
13 January 1897 to 1 September 1901	Eloy Alfaro, interim President
1 September 1901 to 1 September 1905	Leonidas Plaza	1st Term
1 September 1905 to 16 January 1906	Lizardo García
16 January 1906 to 9 October 1906	Eloy Alfaro	3rd Term
9 October 1906 to 1 January 1907	Eloy Alfaro, interim President
1 January 1907 to 12 August 1911	Eloy Alfaro, President
12 August 1911 to 1 September 1911	Carlos Freile Zaldumbide, acting President	1st Term
1 September 1911 to 22 December 1911	Emilio Estrada, President
22 December 1911 to 6 March 1912	Carlos Freile Zaldumbide, acting President	2nd Term
22 December 1911 to January 1912	Flavio E. Alfaro Santana	In rebellion
30 December 1911 to January 1912	Pedro J. Montero Maridueña	In rebellion
6 March 1912 to 10 August 1912	Francisco Andrade Marín, acting President
10 August 1912 to 1 September 1912	Alfredo Baquerizo, acting President	1st Term
1 September 1912 to 1 September 1916	Leonidas Plaza, President	2nd Term
1 September 1916 to 1 September 1920	Alfredo Baquerizo, President	2nd Term
1 September 1920 to 1 September 1924	José Luis Tamayo, President
1 September 1924 to 9 July 1925	Gonzalo Córdova, President
9 July 1925 to 10 July 1925	Luis Telmo Paz y Miño, Chairman of the Supreme Military Junta
10 July 1925 to 10 January 1926	Provisional Government Junta	Chair rotating weekly
	Luis Napoleón Dillon
	Pedro Pablo Garaicoa
10 July 1925 to 14 July 1925	Moisés Oliva
10 July 1925 to 24 October 1925	Francisco Gómez de la Torre
10 July 1925 to 22 December 1925	José Rafael Bustamante
13 July 1925 to 10 January 1926	José Modesto Larrea
13 July 1925 to 10 January 1926	Francisco J. Boloña
14 July 1925 to 10 January 1926	Francisco Arízaga Luque
10 January 1926 to 10 March 1926	Humberto Albornoz, Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta
10 March 1926 to 1 April 1926	Julio Enrique Moreno, Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta	1st Term
1 April 1926 to 10 October 1928	Isidro Ayora, provisional President
10 October 1928 to 17 April 1929	Isidro Ayora, interim President
17 April 1929 to 24 August 1931	Isidro Ayora, President
24 August 1931 to 15 October 1931	Luis Larrea Alba, acting President
15 October 1931 to 27 August 1932	Alfredo Baquerizo, acting President	3rd Term
27 August 1932 to 2 September 1932	Carlos Freile Larrea, acting President
2 September 1932 to 5 December 1932	Alberto Guerrero Martínez, acting President
5 December 1932 to 20 October 1933	Juan de Dios Martínez, President
20 October 1933 to 1 September 1934	Abelardo Montalvo, acting President
1 September 1934 to 21 August 1935	José María Velasco Ibarra, President	1st Term
21 August 1935 to 26 September 1935	Antonio Pons, acting President
26 September 1935	Benigno Andrade Flores, chairman of the Military junta
26 September 1935 to 10 August 1937	Federico Páez, acting Head of State
10 August 1937 to 23 October 1937	Federico Páez, interim President
23 October 1937 to 10 August 1938	Gil Alberto Enríquez, Supreme Head of State
10 August 1938 to 2 December 1938	Manuel María Borrero, interim President
2 December 1938 to 17 November 1939	Aurelio Mosquera, President
17 November 1939 to 11 December 1939	Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, acting President	1st Term
11 December 1939 to 10 August 1940	Andrés Córdova, acting President
10 August 1940 to 1 September 1940	Julio Enrique Moreno, acting President	2nd Term
1 September 1940 to 29 May 1944	Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, President	2nd Term
29 May 1944 to 31 May 1944	Julio Teodoro Salem Gallegos	rotating chairman of the Political Bureau of Alianza Democrática Ecuatoriana in charge of the executive power

|Admiral Ramón Castro Jijón, Junta Chairman

Term	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
31 May 1944 to 23 August 1947	José María Velasco Ibarra	AD	1st Term
23 August 1947 to 2 September 1947	Colonel Carlos Mancheno Cajas, interim/acting President	Mil
2 September 1947 to 15 September 1947	Mariano Suárez (acting)	PCE
15 September 1947 to 1 September 1948	Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President
1 September 1948 to 1 September 1952	Galo Plaza Lasso, President	MCDN
1 September 1952 to 1 September 1956>José María Velasco Ibarra, President		2nd Term
1 September 1956 to 1 September 1960	Camilo Ponce Enríquez, President	MSC
1 September 1960 to 7 November 1961	José María Velasco Ibarra, President	FNV	3rd Term
7 November 1961 to 11 July 1963	Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, President	FNV
11 July 1963 to 29 March 1966	Junta Government
	Mil
	General Luis Cabrera Sevilla	Mil
	General Mario Gándara Enríquez	Mil
11 July 1963 to 1965	Colonel Guillermo Freile Posso	Mil
29 March 1966 to 29 March 1966	General Telmo O. Vargas B., Head of State	Mil
29 March 1966 to 16 November 1966	Clemente Yerovi Indaburu, interim President	n-p
16 November 1966 to 1 September 1968	Otto Arosemena, interim President	CID
1 September 1968 to 15 February 1972	José María Velasco Ibarra, President	FNV	4th Term
15 February 1972 to 11 January 1976	General Guillermo Rodríguez Lara, President	Mil
11 January 1976 to 10 August 1979	Supreme Council of Government (junta)
	Admiral Alfredo Poveda, Junta Chairman	Mil
	General Luis Leoro Franco	Mil
	General Luis G. Durán Arcentales	Mil
10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981	Jaime Roldós Aguilera, President	CFP	died in office
24 May 1981 to 10 August 1984	Osvaldo Hurtado, President	DP-UDC
10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988	León Febres Cordero, President	PSC
10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992	Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, President	ID
10 August 1992 to 10 August 1996	Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén, President	PUR
10 August 1996 to 6 February 1997	Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz, President	PRE
6 February 1997 to 9 February 1997	Fabián Alarcón, interim President	FRA
9 February 1997 to 11 February 1997	Rosalía Arteaga Serrano, acting President	MIRA
11 February 1997 to 10 August 1998	Fabián Alarcón, interim President	FRA
10 August 1998 to 21 January 2000	Jamil Mahuad, President	DP-UDC
21 January 2000 to 21 January 2000	Government Junta of National Salvation
	Colonel Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa, Junta Chairman	Mil
	Carlos Antonio Vargas Guatatuca	n-p
	Carlos Solórzano Constantine	n-p
21 January 2000 to 22 January 2000	Council of State (junta)''
	General Carlos Mendoza Poveda, President	Mil
	Carlos Antonio Vargas Guatatuca	n-p
	Carlos Solórzano Constantine	n-p
22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003	Gustavo Noboa, President	DP-UDC
15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005	Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa, President	PSP
20 April 2005 to present	Alfredo Palacio, President	n-p

Affiliations

Sources

*http://www.rulers.org/rule.html#ecuador
*Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edn., John V da Graca, MacMillan Press Ltd, 2000

See also

*Ecuador
**President of Ecuador
**Heads of government of Ecuador
*Lists of office-holders