Leónidas Plaza

Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes[1] (April 18, 1865 – November 17, 1932) was an Ecuadorian politician who was the President of Ecuador for two separate occasions, from September 1, 1901 to August 31, 1905 and again from September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1916.

Leónidas Plaza Gutiérrez
16th President of Ecuador
In office
September 1, 1912  August 31, 1916
Preceded byFrancisco Andrade Marín
Succeeded byAlfredo Baquerizo Moreno
In office
September 1, 1901  August 31, 1905
Vice PresidentCarlos Freire Zaldumbide (19011903)
Alfredo Baquerizo (19031905)
Preceded byEloy Alfaro
Succeeded byLizardo García
Personal details
Born
Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes

(1865-04-18)April 18, 1865
Charapotó, Manabí Province, Ecuador
DiedNovember 17, 1932(1932-11-17) (aged 67)
Huigra, Guayas, Ecuador
NationalityEcuadorian
Political partyEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party
Spouse(s)
Avelina Lasso Ascázubi
(m. 1905)
ChildrenGalo Plaza Lasso

He was the son of José Buenaventura Plaza, a school teacher and, Alegría Gutiérrez de Caviedes Sevillano, an attractive tall woman with aristocratic features and exquisite social manners of Colombian descendancy. He married María Avelina Lasso Ascázubi, with whom he had eight children. One of them, Galo Plaza, was also president of Ecuador.[2] He was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in 1900. He was Minister of Finance in 1911.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Eloy Alfaro
President of Ecuador
1901–1905
Succeeded by
Lizardo García
Preceded by
Alfredo Baquerizo
President of Ecuador
1912–1916
Succeeded by
Alfredo Baquerizo
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