Ecuador

Guayaquil

9 Oct 1820 independence (Province of Guayaquil)

31 Jul 1822 incorporation into Great Colombia (see
Colombia)

Political Chief
9 Oct 1820 - 14 Oct 1820 José Joaquín de Olmedo (b. 1780 -
d. 1847)
Presidents of the Governing Junta
14 Oct 1820 - 8 Nov 1820 Gregorio Escobedo (provisional)
8 Nov 1820 - 13 Jul 1822 José Joaquín de Olmedo (s.a.)
13 Jul 1822 - 31 Jul 1822 Simón Bolívar (b. 1783 -
d. 1830)

Cuenca

5 Nov 1820 independence (Free Province of Cuenca)

11 Apr 1822 incorporation into Great Colombia (see
Colombia)

Political Chief
5 Nov 1820 - 15 Nov 1820 José María Vásquez de Noboa
President of the Supreme Governing Junta
15 Nov 1820 - 11 Apr 1822 José María Vásquez de Noboa

Ecuador

13 May 1830 State of the South of Colombia

22 Sep 1830 State of Ecuador (literally "State of the
Equator")
8 Aug 1835 Republic of Ecuador

Chief of State
13 May 1830 - 22 Sep 1830 Juan José Flores (b. 1800 -
d. 1864)
(Head of Administration to 14 Aug 1830)
Presidents
22 Sep 1830 - 10 Sep 1834 Juan José Flores (1st time) (s.a.)
10 Sep 1834 - 31 Jan 1839 Vicente Rocafuerte (b. 1783 -
d. 1847)
(Supreme Chief of the Department of the
Guayas; as such,
in rebellion 20 Oct 1833 - Jul 1834)
13 Jul 1834 - 18 Jan 1835 José Félix Valdivieso (b. ... -
d. 1856)
(Supreme Chief, in rebellion)
31 Jan 1839 - 18 Jun 1845 Juan José Flores (2nd time) (s.a.)
(interim 18 Jan - 1 Apr 1843)
18 Jun 1845 - 8 Dec 1845 José Joaquín de Olmedo (s.a.)
(President of the Provisional Government;
 in rebellion from 6 Mar 1845)
8 Dec 1845 - 15 Oct 1849 Vicente Ramón Roca (b. 1792 -
d. 1858)
15 Oct 1849 - 10 Jun 1850 Manuel de Ascásubi (1st time) (b. 1804 -
d. 1876)
(acting)
Mar 1850 - 1850 Antonio de Elizalde (b. ... -
d. 1862)
(Supreme Chief, in rebellion)
10 Jun 1850 - 17 Jul 1851 Diego Noboa y Arteta (b. 1789 -
d. 1870)
(Supreme Chief [in rebellion from 20 Feb 1850]
to 8 Dec
1850; interim 8 Dec 1850 - 26 Feb 1851)
17 Jul 1851 - 16 Oct 1856 José María Urvina (b. 1808 -
d. 1891)
(Supreme Chief [in rebellion from 13 Jul 1851]
to 17 Jul
1852; interim 17 Jul - 6 Sep 1852)
16 Oct 1856 - 17 Sep 1859 Francisco Robles (b. 1811 -
d. 1893)
1 May 1859 - 4 Jun 1859 Provisional Government
(in rebellion)
- Gabriel García Moreno (b. 1821 -
d. 1875)
(from 25 May 1859)
- Manuel Gómez de la Torre (b. 1814 -
d. 1887)
(to 25 May 1859)
- José María Avilés (acting) (b. 1816 -
d. 1874)
- Pacífico Chiriboga (b. 1811 -
d. 1886)
6 Jun 1859 - 1859 Jerónimo Carrión (b. 1804 -
d. 1873)
(acting; in rebellion)
17 Sep 1859 - 31 Aug 1865 Gabriel García Moreno (1st time) (s.a.)
(Supreme Chief [in rebellion from 4 Jun 1859]
to 17 Jan
1861; interim 17 Jan 1861 - 2 Apr 1865)
17 Sep 1859 - 24 Sep 1860 Guillermo Franco
(Supreme Chief of Guayas and Azuay, in
rebellion)
31 Aug 1865 - 7 Sep 1865 Rafael Carvajal (acting)
7 Sep 1865 - 6 Nov 1867 Jerónimo Carrión (s.a.)
6 Nov 1867 - 20 Jan 1868 Pedro José de Arteta (acting) (b. 1797 -
d. 1873)
20 Jan 1868 - 19 Jan 1869 Francisco Javier Espinosa (b. 1815 -
d. 1875)
19 Jan 1869 - 16 May 1869 Gabriel García Moreno (2nd time) (s.a.)
(interim)
16 May 1869 - 10 Aug 1869 Manuel de Ascásubi (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Aug 1869 - 6 Aug 1875 Gabriel García Moreno (3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Aug 1875 - 6 Oct 1875 Francisco Javier León (acting) (b. ... -
d. 1880)
 6 Oct 1875 - 1875 José Javier Eguiguren (acting) (b. ... -
d. 1884)
1875 - 9 Dec 1875 Rafael Pólit (b. 1823 -
d. 1897)
9 Dec 1875 - 18 Dec 1876 Antonio Borrero y Cortázar (b. 1827 -
d. 1911)
19 Dec 1876 - 9 Jul 1883 Ignacio de Veintemilla (b. 1828 -
d. 1908)
(Supreme Chief [in rebellion from 8 Sep 1876]
to 26 Jan
1878; interim to 31 Mar 1878; then again
Supreme Chief
from 26 Mar 1882)
Feb 1883 - 11 Oct 1883 Eloy Alfaro (1st time) (b. 1842 -
d. 1912)
(Supreme Chief of Manabí and Esmeraldas, in
rebellion)
9 Jul 1883 - 11 Oct 1883 Provisional Government
(in rebellion from 14 Jan 1883)
- José María Sarasti
- Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu (b. ... -
d. 1902)
- Agustín Guerrero (b. 1817? -
d. 1902)
- Luis Cordero Crespo (b. 1833 -
d. 1912)
(from 14 Feb 1883)
- Pablo Herrera (b. 1820 -
d. 1896)
(to 14 Feb 1883)
- Rafael Pérez Pareja (b. ... -
d. 1897)
17 Sep 1883 - 11 Oct 1883 Pedro Carbo (b. 1813 -
d. 1895)
(Supreme Chief of Guayas, in rebellion)
11 Oct 1883 - 15 Oct 1883 Ramón Borrero y Cortázar
(Vice President of the National Convention)
15 Oct 1883 - 23 Nov 1883 Rafael Pérez Pareja (acting) (s.a.)
23 Nov 1883 - 1 Jul 1888 José María Plácido Caamaño (b. 1837 -
d. 1907)
(interim to 10 Feb 1884)
1 Jul 1888 - 17 Aug 1888 Pedro José Cevallos (b. 1830 -
d. 1892)
17 Aug 1888 - 1 Jul 1892 Antonio Flores (b. 1833 -
d. 1915)
1 Jul 1892 - 16 Apr 1895 Luis Cordero Crespo (s.a.)
16 Apr 1895 - 23 Aug 1895 Vicente Lucio Salazar (acting) (b. 1832 -
d. 1896)
23 Aug 1895 - 1 Sep 1901 Eloy Alfaro (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Supreme Chief [in rebellion from 19 Jun 1895]
to 16 Apr
1896; interim 16 Apr 1896 - 13 Jan 1897)
1 Sep 1901 - 1 Sep 1905 Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez
(1st time) (b. 1865 -
d. 1932)
1 Sep 1905 - 16 Jan 1906 Lizardo García (b. 1842 -
d. 1927)
16 Jan 1906 - 12 Aug 1911 Eloy Alfaro (3rd time) (s.a.)
(Supreme Head to 9 Oct 1906; interim president
9 Oct 1906 - 1 Jan 1907)
12 Aug 1911 - 1 Sep 1911 Carlos Freile Zaldumbide
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1851 -
d. 1926)
1 Sep 1911 - 22 Dec 1911 Emilio Estrada (b. 1855 -
d. 1911)
22 Dec 1911 - 6 Mar 1912 Carlos Freile Zaldumbide
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
6 Mar 1912 - 10 Aug 1912 Francisco Andrade Marín (acting) (b. 1841 -
d. 1935)
10 Aug 1912 - 1 Sep 1912 Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1859 -
d. 1951)
1 Sep 1912 - 1 Sep 1916 Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1916 - 1 Sep 1920 Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1920 - 1 Sep 1924 José Luis Tamayo (b. 1858 -
d. 1947)
1 Sep 1924 - 9 Jul 1925 Gonzalo S. Córdova (b. 1863 -
d. 1928)
9 Jul 1925 - 10 Jul 1925 Luis Telmo Paz y Miño (b. 1884 -
d. 19...)
(chairman Supreme Military Junta)
10 Jul 1925 - 10 Jan 1926 Provisional Government Junta
- Luis Napoleón Dillon
- Pedro Pablo Garaicoa
- Moisés Oliva
(to 14 Jul 1925)
- Francisco Gómez de la Torre (b. 1885 -
d. 19...)
(to 24 Oct 1925)
- José Rafael Bustamante (b. 1881 -
d. 19...)
(to 22 Dec 1925)
- José Modesto Larrea (b. 1890)
(from 13 Jul 1925)
- Francisco J. Boloña
(from 13 Jul 1925)
- Francisco Arízaga Luque (b. 1900 -
d. 1964)
(from 14 Jul 1925)
(chair rotating weekly)
10 Jan 1926 - 10 Mar 1926 Humberto Albornoz Sánchez (b. 1895)
(chairman Provisional Government Junta)
10 Mar 1926 - 1 Apr 1926 Julio Enrique Moreno (1st time) (b. 1879 -
d. 1952)
(chairman Provisional Government Junta)
1 Apr 1926 - 24 Aug 1931 Isidro Ayora (b. 1879 -
d. 1978)
(provisional to 10 Oct 1928; interim 10 Oct
1928 -
17 Apr 1929)
24 Aug 1931 - 15 Oct 1931 Luis A. Larrea Alba (acting) (b. 1895)
15 Oct 1931 - 27 Aug 1932 Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
 (3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
27 Aug 1932 - 2 Sep 1932 Carlos Freile Larrea (acting) (b. 1892)
2 Sep 1932 - 5 Dec 1932 Alberto Guerrero Martínez (acting) (b. 1878 -
d. 1941)
5 Dec 1932 - 20 Oct 1933 Juan de Dios Martínez Mera (b. 1875 -
d. 1955)
20 Oct 1933 - 1 Sep 1934 Abelardo Montalvo (acting) (b. 1876 -
d. 1950)
1 Sep 1934 - 21 Aug 1935 José María Velasco Ibarra
(1st time) (b. 1893 -
d. 1979)
21 Aug 1935 - 26 Sep 1935 Antonio Pons Campuzano (acting) (b. 1897 -
d. 1980)
26 Sep 1935 (hours) Benigno Andrade Flores
(chairman military junta)
26 Sep 1935 - 23 Oct 1937 Federico Páez Chiriboga (b. 1876 -
d. 1974)
(acting head of state to 10 Aug 1937, then
interim
president)
23 Oct 1937 - 10 Aug 1938 Gil Alberto Enríquez Gallo (b. 1893 -
d. 1962)
(Supreme Head of State)
10 Aug 1938 - 2 Dec 1938 Manuel María Borrero González (b. 1883 -
d. 1975)
(interim)
2 Dec 1938 - 17 Nov 1939 Aurelio Mosquera Narváez (b. 1883 -
d. 1939)
17 Nov 1939 - 11 Dec 1939 Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1893 -
d. 1969)
11 Dec 1939 - 10 Aug 1940 Andrés Fernández de Córdova Nieto (b. 1892)
(acting)
10 Aug 1940 - 1 Sep 1940 Julio Enrique Moreno (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1 Sep 1940 - 29 May 1944 Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
(2nd time) (s.a.)
29 May 1944 - 31 May 1944 Julio Teodoro Salem Gallegos
(rotating chairman of the Political Bureau of
Alianza
Democrática Ecuatoriana, in charge of the
executive power)
31 May 1944 - 23 Aug 1947 José María Velasco Ibarra
(2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Aug 1947 - 1 Sep 1947 Carlos Mancheno Cajas (b. 1902)
2 Sep 1947 - 15 Sep 1947 Mariano Suárez Veintimilla (b. 1897 -
d. 1980)
15 Sep 1947 - 1 Sep 1948 Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola (b. 1888 -
d. 1952)
1 Sep 1948 - 1 Sep 1952 Galo Plaza Lasso (b. 1906 -
d. 1987)
1 Sep 1952 - 1 Sep 1956 José María Velasco Ibarra
(3rd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1956 - 1 Sep 1960 Camilo Ponce Enríquez (b. 1912 -
d. 1976)
1 Sep 1960 - 7 Nov 1961 José María Velasco Ibarra
(4th time) (s.a.)
 7 Nov 1961 - 11 Jul 1963 Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (b. 1919)
11 Jul 1963 - 29 Mar 1966 Ramón Castro Jijón (b. 1915 -
d. 1984)
(chairman military junta)
29 Mar 1966 (hours) Telmo O. Vargas
(Chief of Staff of Armed Forces)
29 Mar 1966 - 16 Nov 1966 Clemente Yerovi Indaburu (interim) (b. 1904 -
d. 1981)
16 Nov 1966 - 1 Sep 1968 Otto Arosemena Gómez (interim) (b. 1925 -
d. 1984)
1 Sep 1968 - 15 Feb 1972 José María Velasco Ibarra
(5th time) (s.a.)
15 Feb 1972 - 11 Jan 1976 Guillermo A. Rodríguez Lara (b. 1918)
11 Jan 1976 - 10 Aug 1979 Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (b. 1926 -
d. 1990)
(chairman Supreme Council)
10 Aug 1979 - 24 May 1981 Jaime Roldós Aguilera (b. 1940 -
d. 1981)
24 May 1981 - 10 Aug 1984 Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea (b. 1939)
10 Aug 1984 - 10 Aug 1988 León Febres Cordero Rivadeneira (b. 1931)
10 Aug 1988 - 10 Aug 1992 Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (b. 1935)
10 Aug 1992 - 10 Aug 1996 Sixto Durán Ballén (b. 1921)
10 Aug 1996 - 6 Feb 1997 Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz (b. 1952)
6 Feb 1997 - 9 Feb 1997 Fabián Alarcón (1st time) (b. 1947)
(interim)
9 Feb 1997 - 11 Feb 1997 Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (f) (b. 1956)
(acting)
11 Feb 1997 - 10 Aug 1998 Fabián Alarcón (2nd time) (s.a.)
(interim)
10 Aug 1998 - 21 Jan 2000 Jamil Mahuad (b. 1949)
21 Jan 2000 Lucio Gutiérrez
21 Jan 2000 - 22 Jan 2000 Council of State
- Carlos Mendoza
- Antonio Vargas
- Carlos Solórzano
22 Jan 2000 - Gustavo Noboa (b. 1937)