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 y Arteta', Supreme Chief	In rebellion
''10 June 1850'' to ''8 December 1850''	'Diego Noboa y Arteta', interim President
''8 December 1850'' to 26 February 1851	'Diego Noboa y Arteta'
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 1856	'José María Urbina', President
16 October 1856 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'
	'Carlos Matheus y Pacheco de Saavedra'
	'Rafael Pérez'
	'Agustín Guerrero'
'Luis Cordero'
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 Delgado', Supreme Chief	In rebellion
''23 August 1895'' to ''16 April 1896''		2nd Term
''16 April 1896'' to ''13 January 1897''	'Eloy Alfaro Delgado', interim President
''13 January 1897'' to 1 September 1901	'Eloy Alfaro Delgado', 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 Delgado'	3rd Term
''9 October 1906'' to ''1 January 1907''	'Eloy Alfaro Delgado', interim President
''1 January 1907'' to 12 August 1911	'Eloy Alfaro Delgado', 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 Chiriboga'
13 July 1925 to 10 January 1926	'José Modesto Larrea'
13 July 1925 to 10 January 1926	'Carlos Matheus y García Moreno'
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 Mera', 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 Chiriboga', acting Head of State
''10 August 1937'' to 23 October 1937	'Federico Páez Chiriboga', 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

Term	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
31 May 1944 to 23 August 1947	'José María Velasco Ibarra'	AD	2nd 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		3rd 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	4th Term
7 November 1961 to 11 July 1963	'Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy', President	FNV
11 July 1963 to 29 March 1966	'''Junta Government'''
	Admiral 'Ramón Castro Jijón', Junta Chairman	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	5th 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 2007-01-15	'Alfredo Palacio', President	n-p
2007-01-15 to present	'Rafael Correa', President	Alianza PAIS

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★ http://www.rulers.org/rule.html#ecuador

★ '''Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edn.', John V da Graca, MacMillan Press Ltd, 2000''

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