Ruler · 1952 – present

Abdalá Bucaram

Born 1952, living; politician. President of Ecuador (Ecuador), 1996 – 1997.

Wikidata's English label: Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1952; living
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Ecuador
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Ecuador

Ecuador · the 37th of 47 dated reigns · 1830 – 2023

33 before

León Febres Cordero1984 – 1988

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos1988 – 1992

Sixto Durán Ballén1992 – 1996

Abdalá Bucaram1996 – 1997

Rosalía Arteaga1997

Fabián Alarcón1997 – 1998

Jamil Mahuad1997 – 2000

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1996 – 1997 · 1 year · came to it aged 44

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Bucaram was subsequently removed from office after being declared mentally unfit to rule by the National Congress on 6 February 1997.

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