Osvaldo Hurtado

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Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea (born June 26, 1939) was President of Ecuador from 24 May 1981 to 10 August 1984. Hurtado was born in Chambo Chimbarazo, Ecuador. He was elected vice-president in the 1979 elections, which followed a long period of military rule. Hurtado became President of Ecuador in 1981 when President Jaime Roldos Aguilera died in a plane crash, and served out the rest of Roldos's term.