Historical country records

Ecuador historical timeline

Guayaquil

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
9 Oct 1820	independence (Province of Guayaquil)	Leaders
31 Jul 1822	incorporation into Great Colombia (see Colombia)	Leaders
9 Oct 1820 - 14 Oct 1820	José Joaquín de Olmedo	Political Chief
14 Oct 1820 - 8 Nov 1820	Gregorio Escobedo (provisional)	Presidents of the Governing Junta
8 Nov 1820 - 13 Jul 1822	José Joaquín de Olmedo	Presidents of the Governing Junta
13 Jul 1822 - 31 Jul 1822	Simón Bolívar	Presidents of the Governing Junta

Cuenca

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
5 Nov 1820	independence (Free Province of Cuenca)	Leaders
11 Apr 1822	incorporation into Great Colombia (see Colombia)	Leaders
5 Nov 1820 - 15 Nov 1820	José María Vásquez de Noboa	Political Chief
15 Nov 1820 - 11 Apr 1822	José María Vásquez de Noboa	President of the Supreme Governing Junta

Ecuador

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
13 May 1830	State of the South of Colombia	Leaders
22 Sep 1830	State of Ecuador (literally "State of the Equator")	Leaders
8 Aug 1835	Republic of Ecuador	Leaders
13 May 1830 - 22 Sep 1830	Juan José Flores	Chief of State
22 Sep 1830 - 10 Sep 1834	Juan José Flores (1st time)	Presidents
10 Sep 1834 - 31 Jan 1839	Vicente Rocafuerte in rebellion 20 Oct 1833 - Jul 1834)	Presidents
13 Jul 1834 - 18 Jan 1835	José Félix Valdivieso	Presidents
31 Jan 1839 - 18 Jun 1845	Juan José Flores (2nd time)	Presidents
18 Jun 1845 - 8 Dec 1845	José Joaquín de Olmedo in rebellion from 6 Mar 1845)	Presidents
8 Dec 1845 - 15 Oct 1849	Vicente Ramón Roca	Presidents
15 Oct 1849 - 10 Jun 1850	Manuel de Ascásubi (1st time)	Presidents
Mar 1850 - 1850	Antonio de Elizalde	Presidents
10 Jun 1850 - 17 Jul 1851	Diego Noboa y Arteta 1850; interim 8 Dec 1850 - 26 Feb 1851)	Presidents
17 Jul 1851 - 16 Oct 1856	José María Urvina 1852; interim 17 Jul - 6 Sep 1852)	Presidents
16 Oct 1856 - 17 Sep 1859	Francisco Robles	Presidents
1 May 1859 - 4 Jun 1859	Provisional Government - Gabriel García Moreno (b. 1821 - d. 1875) - Manuel Gómez de la Torre (b. 1814 - d. 1887) - José María Avilés (acting) (b. 1816 - d. 1874) - Pacífico Chiriboga (b. 1811 - d. 1886)	Presidents
6 Jun 1859 - 1859	Jerónimo Carrión	Presidents
17 Sep 1859 - 31 Aug 1865	Gabriel García Moreno (1st time) 1861; interim 17 Jan 1861 - 2 Apr 1865)	Presidents
17 Sep 1859 - 24 Sep 1860	Guillermo Franco	Presidents
31 Aug 1865 - 7 Sep 1865	Rafael Carvajal (acting)	Presidents
7 Sep 1865 - 6 Nov 1867	Jerónimo Carrión	Presidents
6 Nov 1867 - 20 Jan 1868	Pedro José de Arteta (acting)	Presidents
20 Jan 1868 - 19 Jan 1869	Francisco Javier Espinosa	Presidents
19 Jan 1869 - 16 May 1869	Gabriel García Moreno (2nd time)	Presidents
16 May 1869 - 10 Aug 1869	Manuel de Ascásubi (2nd time)	Presidents
10 Aug 1869 - 6 Aug 1875	Gabriel García Moreno (3rd time)	Presidents
6 Aug 1875 - 6 Oct 1875	Francisco Javier León (acting)	Presidents
6 Oct 1875 - 1875	José Javier Eguiguren (acting)	Presidents
1875 - 9 Dec 1875	Rafael Pólit	Presidents
9 Dec 1875 - 18 Dec 1876	Antonio Borrero y Cortázar	Presidents
19 Dec 1876 - 9 Jul 1883	Ignacio de Veintemilla 1878; interim to 31 Mar 1878; then again Supreme Chief from 26 Mar 1882)	Presidents
Feb 1883 - 11 Oct 1883	Eloy Alfaro (1st time)	Presidents
9 Jul 1883 - 11 Oct 1883	Provisional Government - José María Sarasti - Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu (b. 1834 - d. 1902) - Agustín Guerrero (b. 1817 - d. 1902) - Luis Cordero Crespo (b. 1833 - d. 1912) - Pablo Herrera (b. 1820 - d. 1896) - Rafael Pérez Pareja (b. ... - d. 1897)	Presidents
17 Sep 1883 - 11 Oct 1883	Pedro Carbo	Presidents
11 Oct 1883 - 15 Oct 1883	Ramón Borrero y Cortázar	Presidents
15 Oct 1883 - 23 Nov 1883	Rafael Pérez Pareja (acting)	Presidents
23 Nov 1883 - 1 Jul 1888	José María Plácido Caamaño	Presidents
1 Jul 1888 - 17 Aug 1888	Pedro José Cevallos	Presidents
17 Aug 1888 - 1 Jul 1892	Antonio Flores	Presidents
1 Jul 1892 - 16 Apr 1895	Luis Cordero Crespo	Presidents
16 Apr 1895 - 23 Aug 1895	Vicente Lucio Salazar (acting)	Presidents
23 Aug 1895 - 1 Sep 1901	Eloy Alfaro (2nd time) 1896; interim 16 Apr 1896 - 13 Jan 1897)	Presidents
1 Sep 1901 - 1 Sep 1905	Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez	Presidents
1 Sep 1905 - 16 Jan 1906	Lizardo García	Presidents
16 Jan 1906 - 12 Aug 1911	Eloy Alfaro (3rd time) 9 Oct 1906 - 1 Jan 1907)	Presidents
12 Aug 1911 - 1 Sep 1911	Carlos Freile Zaldumbide	Presidents
1 Sep 1911 - 22 Dec 1911	Emilio Estrada	Presidents
22 Dec 1911 - 6 Mar 1912	Carlos Freile Zaldumbide	Presidents
22 Dec 1911 - Jan 1912	Flavio E. Alfaro Santana	Presidents
30 Dec 1911 - Jan 1912	Pedro J. Montero Maridueña	Presidents
6 Mar 1912 - 10 Aug 1912	Francisco Andrade Marín (acting)	Presidents
10 Aug 1912 - 1 Sep 1912	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno	Presidents
1 Sep 1912 - 1 Sep 1916	Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez	Presidents
1 Sep 1916 - 1 Sep 1920	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno	Presidents
1 Sep 1920 - 1 Sep 1924	José Luis Tamayo	Presidents
1 Sep 1924 - 9 Jul 1925	Gonzalo S. Córdova	Presidents
9 Jul 1925 - 10 Jul 1925	Luis Telmo Paz y Miño	Presidents
10 Jul 1925 - 10 Jan 1926	Provisional Government Junta - Luis Napoleón Dillon (b. 1875 - d. 1929) - Pedro Pablo Garaicoa (b. 1874 - d. 19...) - Moisés Oliva (b. ... - d. 1926) - Francisco Gómez de la Torre (b. 1885 - d. 19...) - José Rafael Bustamante (b. 1881 - d. 1961) - José Modesto Larrea (b. 1890 - d. 1957) - Francisco J. Boloña (b. 1882 - d. 19...) - Francisco Arízaga Luque (b. 1900 - d. 1964)	Presidents
10 Jan 1926 - 10 Mar 1926	Humberto Albornoz Sánchez	Presidents
10 Mar 1926 - 1 Apr 1926	Julio Enrique Moreno (1st time)	Presidents
1 Apr 1926 - 24 Aug 1931	Isidro Ayora 17 Apr 1929)	Presidents
24 Aug 1931 - 15 Oct 1931	Luis A. Larrea Alba (acting)	Presidents
15 Oct 1931 - 27 Aug 1932	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno	Presidents
27 Aug 1932 - 2 Sep 1932	Carlos Freile Larrea (acting)	Presidents
2 Sep 1932 - 5 Dec 1932	Alberto Guerrero Martínez (acting)	Presidents
5 Dec 1932 - 20 Oct 1933	Juan de Dios Martínez Mera	Presidents
20 Oct 1933 - 1 Sep 1934	Abelardo Montalvo (acting)	Presidents
1 Sep 1934 - 21 Aug 1935	José María Velasco Ibarra	Presidents
21 Aug 1935 - 26 Sep 1935	Antonio Pons Campuzano (acting)	Presidents
26 Sep 1935 (hours)	Benigno Andrade Flores	Presidents
26 Sep 1935 - 23 Oct 1937	Federico Páez Chiriboga president)	Presidents
23 Oct 1937 - 10 Aug 1938	Gil Alberto Enríquez Gallo	Presidents
10 Aug 1938 - 2 Dec 1938	Manuel María Borrero González	Presidents
2 Dec 1938 - 17 Nov 1939	Aurelio Mosquera Narváez	Presidents
17 Nov 1939 - 11 Dec 1939	Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río	Presidents
11 Dec 1939 - 10 Aug 1940	Andrés F. Córdova Nieto (acting)	Presidents
10 Aug 1940 - 1 Sep 1940	Julio Enrique Moreno (2nd time)	Presidents
1 Sep 1940 - 29 May 1944	Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río	Presidents
29 May 1944 - 31 May 1944	Julio Teodoro Salem Democrática Ecuatoriana, in charge of the executive power)	Presidents
31 May 1944 - 23 Aug 1947	José María Velasco Ibarra	Presidents
23 Aug 1947 - 2 Sep 1947	Carlos Mancheno Cajas (acting)	Presidents
2 Sep 1947 - 15 Sep 1947	Mariano Suárez Veintimilla	Presidents
15 Sep 1947 - 1 Sep 1948	Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola	Presidents
1 Sep 1948 - 1 Sep 1952	Galo Plaza Lasso	Presidents
1 Sep 1952 - 1 Sep 1956	José María Velasco Ibarra	Presidents
1 Sep 1956 - 1 Sep 1960	Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Presidents
1 Sep 1960 - 7 Nov 1961	José María Velasco Ibarra	Presidents
7 Nov 1961 - 11 Jul 1963	Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy	Presidents
8 Nov 1961	Camilo Gallegos Toledo	Presidents
11 Jul 1963 - 29 Mar 1966	Ramón Castro Jijón	Presidents
29 Mar 1966 (hours)	Telmo Vargas	Presidents
29 Mar 1966 - 16 Nov 1966	Clemente Yerovi Indaburu (interim)	Presidents
16 Nov 1966 - 1 Sep 1968	Otto Arosemena Gómez (interim)	Presidents
1 Sep 1968 - 15 Feb 1972	José María Velasco Ibarra	Presidents
15 Feb 1972 - 11 Jan 1976	Guillermo Rodríguez Lara	Presidents
11 Jan 1976 - 10 Aug 1979	Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano	Presidents
10 Aug 1979 - 24 May 1981	Jaime Roldós Aguilera	Presidents
24 May 1981 - 10 Aug 1984	Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea	Presidents
10 Aug 1984 - 10 Aug 1988	León Febres Cordero Rivadeneira	Presidents
10 Aug 1988 - 10 Aug 1992	Rodrigo Borja Cevallos	Presidents
10 Aug 1992 - 10 Aug 1996	Sixto Durán Ballén	Presidents
10 Aug 1996 - 6 Feb 1997	Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz	Presidents
6 Feb 1997 - 9 Feb 1997	Fabián Alarcón (1st time)	Presidents
9 Feb 1997 - 11 Feb 1997	Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (f)	Presidents
11 Feb 1997 - 10 Aug 1998	Fabián Alarcón (2nd time)	Presidents
10 Aug 1998 - 21 Jan 2000	Jamil Mahuad	Presidents
21 Jan 2000	Lucio Gutiérrez (1st time)	Presidents
21 Jan 2000 - 22 Jan 2000	Council of State - Carlos Mendoza - Antonio Vargas (b. 1958) - Carlos Solórzano (b. 1939)	Presidents
22 Jan 2000 - 15 Jan 2003	Gustavo Noboa	Presidents
15 Jan 2003 - 20 Apr 2005	Lucio Gutiérrez (2nd time)	Presidents
20 Apr 2005 - 15 Jan 2007	Alfredo Palacio	Presidents
15 Jan 2007 -	Rafael Correa	Presidents