Osvaldo Hurtado

Luis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea (born June 26, 1939) is an Ecuadorian author and politician who served as President of Ecuador from May 24, 1981 to August 10, 1984.

For the Chilean footballer, see Osvaldo Hurtado (footballer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hurtado and the second or maternal family name is Larrea.
Osvaldo Hurtado
34th President of Ecuador
In office
May 24, 1981 – August 10, 1984
Vice PresidentLeón Roldós Aguilera (1981-1984)
Preceded byJaime Roldós Aguilera
Succeeded byLeón Febres Cordero
Vice President of Ecuador
In office
August 10, 1979 – May 24, 1981
PresidentJaime Roldós Aguilera
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byBlasco Peñaherrera Padilla
President of the 1998 Constitutional Assembly
In office
December 20, 1997 – May 8, 1998
Personal details
Born
Luis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea

(1939-06-26) June 26, 1939
Chambo, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
NationalityEcuadorian
Political partyPopular Democracy
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1968)​
Alma materPontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
OccupationPolitical scientist

Hurtado was born in Chambo, Chimborazo Province. During his studies at the Catholic University in the 1960s, Hurtado became a student leader. Afterwards, he lectured political sociology at his alma mater and at the Centro Andino of the University of New Mexico.[1] He became one of the most widely read political scientists of his home country. In 1977, he authored an influential book on Ecuadorian politics titled El Poder Político en el Ecuador (English: "Political Power in Ecuador").[1]

Hurtado drew progressive Catholics and younger professionals away from the Social Christian Party and into the Christian Democrats movement which was inspired by Christian communitarianism and Liberation theology and criticized capitalist exploitation. At the time, it was the most radical among Ecuador's non-Marxist parties and Hurtado was suspected by his right-wing opponents of being a "closet Marxist". In 1978, he merged his Christian Democrats with the progressive wing of the Conservative Party to form the Popular Democracy party.[2]

In 1979, Hurtado was chosen as running mate of presidential candidate Jaime Roldós Aguilera of the populist Concentration of People's Forces. Roldós was successful and Hurtado became Vice President of Ecuador.[3] On Sunday, May 24, 1981, Jaime Roldós Aguilera died in a plane crash. Hurtado succeeded Roldós Aguilera as President of Ecuador and served out the rest of his term.

Hurtado is a member of the Club de Madrid.[1] He is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.[4]

Selected works
  • Political Power in Ecuador, Westview Press, 1985, ISBN 0813302641
  • Portrait of a Nation: Culture and Progress in Ecuador, Madison Books, 2010, ISBN 9781568332635

References
  1. "Hurtado, Osvaldo profile". Club de Madrid. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  2. Handelman, Howard (1981), "A New Political Direction?", Military Government and the Movement Toward Democracy in South America, American Universities Field Staff, p. 37
  3. "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. "Inter-American Dialogue | Osvaldo Hurtado". www.thedialogue.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
Political offices
Preceded by
Vacant		 Vice President of Ecuador
August 10, 1979-May 24, 1981		 Succeeded by
León Roldós Aguilera
Preceded by
Jaime Roldós Aguilera		 President of Ecuador
May 24, 1981-August 10, 1984		 Succeeded by
León Febres Cordero


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