Alfredo Baquerizo

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Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
Acting President of Ecuador
In office
October 1, 1931 – August 31, 1932
Preceded byLuis Larrea Alba
Succeeded byCarlos Freile Larrea
In office
August 1, 1912 – September 30, 1912
Preceded byFrancisco Andrade Marín
Succeeded byLeónidas Plaza
19th President of Ecuador
In office
September 1, 1916 – August 31, 1920
Preceded byLeónidas Plaza
Succeeded byJosé Luis Tamayo
Vice President of Ecuador
In office
September 1, 1905 – January 15, 1906
PresidentLizardo García
Succeeded byAbolished
In office
October 1, 1903 – August 31, 1905
PresidentLeónidas Plaza
Preceded byCarlos Freire Zaldumbide
Personal details
Born
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno

(1859-09-28)September 28, 1859
Guayaquil, Ecuador
DiedMarch 20, 1951(1951-03-20) (aged 91)
New York City, New York, USA
NationalityEcuadorian
Political partyEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party
Spouse(s)
Piedad Roca Marcos
(m. 1872; died 1937)
Statue of Moreno in Malecón

Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (28 September 1859, in Guayaquil – 20 March 1951) was an Ecuadorian politician. He served as Vice President of Ecuador of Leónidas Plaza and Lizardo García from 1903 to 1906[1] and as President of Ecuador three times in August – September 1912, September 1916[2] – August 1920 and October 1931 – August 1932. He was President of the Senate from 1912 to 1915, and in 1930. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party.

Moreno is noted for sanctioning the abolition of the agricultural practice of ,[3] which was a system of contracted debt that held Indian hacienda laborers called conceirtos under threat of imprisonment.[4] His administration was also considered a factor in the public disenchantment that led to the Revolucion Juliana.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ Lauderbaugh, George M. (2019). Historical Dictionary of Ecuador. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 298. ISBN 978-1-5381-0245-9.
  3. ^ Almeida, Ileana (2005). Historia del pueblo kechua. Editorial Abya Yala. p. 229. ISBN 978-9978-22-537-0.
  4. ^ "Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador's Modern Indigenous Movements". www.yachana.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. ^ Cepeda, Juan José Paz y Miño (2000). La Revolución Juliana: nación, ejército y bancocracia. Editorial Abya Yala. p. 13. ISBN 978-9978-04-482-7.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Carlos Freire Zaldumbide
Vice President of Ecuador
1903–1906
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Francisco Andrade Marín
President of Ecuador
1912
Succeeded by
Leónidas Plaza
Preceded by
Leónidas Plaza
President of Ecuador
1916–1920
Succeeded by
José Luis Tamayo
Preceded by
Luis Larrea Alba
President of Ecuador
1931–1932
Succeeded by
Carlos Freile Larrea


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