Ruler · 1821 – 1875

Gabriel García Moreno

Lived 1821 – 1875; statesperson, politician, poet, writer. President of Ecuador (Ecuador), 1861 – 1865 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 1821 – 1875; 54 years
In office: 10 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Ecuador
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Ecuador

Ecuador · the 6th and 9th of 47 dated reigns · 1830 – 2023

2 before

Juan José Flores1839 – 1845

José Joaquín de Olmedo1845

Francisco Robles1856 – 1859

Gabriel García Moreno1861 – 1865

Jerónimo Carrión1865 – 1867

Juan Javier Espinosa1868 – 1869

Gabriel García Moreno1869 – 1875

José Javier Eguiguren1875

José María Sarastí1883

Antonio Flores Jijón1888 – 1892

35 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 1861 – 1865 · 4 years · came to it aged 40 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1865; they died in 1875

Reigned 1869 – 1875 · 6 years · came to it aged 48 · term 2 of 2

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; Murder

On 6 August 1875, García Moreno was assassinated on the steps of the National Palace in Quito, struck down with knives and revolvers, later re-tellings of the event by his admirers attributing to him the following last words: "¡Dios no muere!

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