Ruler · 1906 – 1987

Galo Plaza

Lived 1906 – 1987; politician, diplomat. President of Ecuador (Ecuador), 1948 – 1952.

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Lived: 1906 – 1987; 81 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ecuador
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Ecuador

Ecuador · the 28th of 47 dated reigns · 1830 – 2023

24 before

Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río1939

Andrés Córdova1939 – 1940

Julio Enrique Moreno1940

Galo Plaza1948 – 1952

Camilo Ponce Enríquez1956 – 1960

Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy1961 – 1963

Otto Arosemena1966 – 1968

16 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 1948 – 1952 · 4 years · came to it aged 42

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1952; they died in 1987

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