| Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador |
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| Style | Mr. President |
| Residence | Carondelet Palace |
| Term length | Four years renewable once (as of the Constitution of 2008) |
| Inaugural holder | Juan José Flores |
| Formation | September 22, 1830 |
| Website | Official website |
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The Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador serves as both the head of state and head of government of Ecuador, is the highest political office in the country as the head of the executive branch of government. As per the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008, the President can serve two four-year terms. Prior to that, the president could only serve one four-year term. The current President of Ecuador is Rafael Correa, first elected in 2006. Correa was re-elected to a second term in April 2009, and sworn in on August 10, 2009.
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The Presidency of Ecuador has been marked by periods of instability, causing the office to change hands frequently throughout the history of the country. At least five times, the duties of the president have been charged to a provisional government or a military junta. Often, the office has been left to an interim or acting president, many of whom would go on to become president. The President who has served the most terms in office is José María Velasco Ibarra, who served five. The last president to serve out his complete term in office is Sixto Durán Ballén, from 1992 - 1996.
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| 1 | Juan José Flores | May 13, 1830 (as Supreme Chief) |
September 10, 1834 | Supreme Chief (May 3, 1830 - August 14, 1830) Provisional President (August 14, 1830 - September 22, 1830) President (September 22, 1830 - September 10, 1834) |
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| 2 | Vicente Rocafuerte | September 10, 1834 | January 31, 1839 | Supreme Chief of Guayas (September 10, 1834 - June 22, 1835) Supreme Chief of the State (June 22, 1835 - August 8, 1835) President (August 8, 1835 - January 31, 1839) |
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| 3 | Juan José Flores | February 1, 1839 | January 15, 1843 | President | |
| 4 | Juan José Flores | April 1, 1843 | March 6, 1845 | President | |
| - | José Joaquín de Olmedo | March 7, 1845 | December 8, 1845 | Head of Provisional Government | |
| 5 | Vicente Ramón Roca | December 8, 1845 | October 15, 1849 | President | |
| 6 | Manuel de Ascásubi | October 15, 1849 | December 7, 1850 | President | |
| 7 | Diego Noboa | December 8, 1850 | September 12, 1851 | Interim President (December 8, 1850 - February 25, 1851) President (February 26, 1851 - September 13, 1851) |
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| 8 | José María Urvina | July 24, 1851 | October 15, 1856 | Supreme Chief (July 24, 1851 - July 17, 1852) Interim President (July 17, 1852 - September 6, 1852) President (September 6, 1852 - October 15, 1856) |
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| 9 | Francisco Robles | October 16, 1856 | August 31, 1859 | President | |
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| Provisional Government of Quito | September 4, 1859 | January 10, 1861 | Members: Gabriel García Moreno Jerónimo Carrión Plácido Chiriboga Rafael Carvajal |
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| Government of Cuenca | May 6, 1859 | November 13, 1859 | Leaders: Jerónimo Carrión (May 6, 1859 - 7 May 1859) Francisco Robles and Guillermo Franco (May 8, 1859 - September 27, 1859) Ramón Borrero (September 27, 1859 - November 13, 1859; with Quito) |
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| Supreme Leadership of Guayas | August 21, 1859 | September 24, 1860 | Leader: Guillermo Franco | ||
| Cañar and Azuay (with Guayas) | November 13, 1859 | March 3, 1860 | Leader: Mariano Moreno | ||
| Federal Government of Loja | September 18, 1859 | March 23, 1860 | Leader: Manuel Carrión Pinzano | ||
| 10 | Gabriel García Moreno | January 17, 1861 | August 30, 1865 | Interim President (January 17, 1861 - April 2, 1861) President (April 2, 1861 - August 30, 1865) |
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| 11 | Jerónimo Carrión | September 7, 1865 | November 6, 1867 | President | |
| - | Pedro José de Arteta | November 7, 1867 | January 20, 1868 | Acting President | |
| 12 | Javier Espinosa | January 20, 1868 | January 19, 1869 | President | |
| - | Gabriel García Moreno | January 19, 1869 | May 19, 1869 | Interim President | |
| - | Manuel de Ascásubi | May 19, 1869 | August 10, 1869 | Interim President | |
| 13 | Gabriel García Moreno | August 10, 1869 | August 6, 1875 | President | |
| - | Francisco Xavier León | August 6, 1875 | September 15, 1875 | Interim President | |
| - | José Javier Eguiguren | September 15, 1875 | December 9, 1875 | Interim President | |
| 14 | Antonio Borrero | December 9, 1875 | September 8, 1876 | President | |
| 15 | Ignacio de Veintemilla | September 8, 1876 | January 10, 1883 | Supreme Chief (September 8, 1876 - January 26, 1878 President (April 21, 1878 - March 26, 1882) Supreme Chief (March 26, 1882 - January 10, 1883) |
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| "Pentevirato Quiteño" | January 14, 1883 | October 15, 1883 | Members: José María Plácido Caamaño Luis Cordero Agustín Guerrero Pablo Herrera Rafael Pérez Pareja |
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| Supreme Leadership of Manabí and Esmeralda | June 5, 1883 | October 15, 1883 | Leader: Eloy Alfaro | ||
| Supreme Leadership of Guayas | July 10, 1883 | October 15, 1883 | Leader: Pedro Carbo | ||
| 16 | José Plácido Caamaño | October 15, 1883 | June 30, 1888 | Interim President (October 15, 1883 - February 10, 1884 President (February 10, 1884 - June 30, 1888) |
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| 17 | Antonio Flores Jijón | August 17, 1888 | June 10, 1892 | President | |
| 18 | Luis Cordero Crespo | July 1, 1892 | April 16, 1895 | President | |
| - | Vicente Lucio Salazar | April 16, 1895 | June 5, 1895 | Acting President | |
| 19 | Eloy Alfaro | June 5, 1895 | August 31, 1901 | Supreme Chief (June 5, 1895 - October 9, 1896) Interim President (October 9, 1896 - January 17, 1897) President (January 17, 1897 - August 31, 1901) |
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| 20 | Leónidas Plaza | September 1, 1901 | August 31, 1905 | President | |
| 21 | Lizardo García | September 1, 1905 | January 15, 1906 | President | |
| 22 | Eloy Alfaro | January 16, 1906 | August 11, 1911 | Supreme Chief (January 16, 1906 - October 9, 1906) Interim President (October 9, 1906 - January 1, 1907) President (January 1, 1907 - August 11, 1911) |
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| - | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide | August 11, 1911 | August 31, 1911 | Acting President | |
| 23 | Emilio Estrada | September 1, 1911 | December 21, 1911 | President | |
| - | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide | December 22, 1911 | March 5, 1912 | Acting President | |
| - | Francisco Andrade Marín | March 6, 1912 | August 1, 1912 | Acting President | |
| 24 | Leónidas Plaza | September 1, 1912 | August 31, 1916 | President | |
| 25 | Alfredo Baquerizo | September 1, 1916 | August 31, 1920 | President | |
| 26 | José Luis Tamayo | September 1, 1920 | August 31, 1924 | President | |
| 27 | Gonzalo Córdova | September 1, 1924 | July 9, 1925 | President | |
| - | First Provisional Government | July 10, 1925 | January 6, 1926 | ||
| - | Second Provisional Government | January 10, 1926 | March 31, 1926 | ||
| 28 | Isidro Ayora | April 3, 1926 | August 24, 1931 | Interim President (April 6, 1926 - April 17, 1929) President (April 17, 1929 - August 24, 1931) |
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| - | Luis Larrea Alba | August 24, 1931 | October 15, 1931 | Minister of Government | |
| - | Alfredo Baquerizo | October 15, 1931 | August 28, 1932 | President of the Senate | |
| - | Carlos Freile Larrea | August 28, 1932 | September 1, 1931 | Minister of Government | |
| - | Alberto Guerrero Martínez | September 2, 1931 | December 4, 1932 | President of the Senate | |
| 29 | Juan de Dios Martínez | December 5, 1932 | October 19, 1933 | President | |
| - | Abelardo Montalvo | October 20, 1933 | August 31, 1934 | Acting President | |
| 30 | José María Velasco Ibarra | September 1, 1934 | August 21, 1935 | President | |
| - | Antonio Pons | August 21, 1935 | September 25, 1935 | Acting President | |
| - | Federico Páez | September 26, 1935 | October 23, 1937 | Supreme Chief | |
| - | Alberto Enríquez Gallo | October 23, 1937 | August 10, 1938 | Supreme Chief | |
| - | Manuel María Borrero | August 10, 1938 | December 1, 1938 | Interim President | |
| 31 | Aurelio Mosquera | December 2, 1938 | November 17, 1939 | President | |
| - | Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río | November 18, 1939 | December 10, 1939 | Acting President | |
| - | Andrés Córdova | December 11, 1939 | August 10, 1940 | Acting President | |
| - | Julio Enrique Moreno | August 10, 1940 | August 31, 1940 | Acting President | |
| 32 | Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río | September 1, 1940 | May 28, 1944 | President | |
| 33 | José María Velasco Ibarra | June 1, 1944 | August 23, 1947 | President of the Republic (June 1, 1944 - August 10, 1944) Constitutional President (August 10, 1944 - March 30, 1946) President of the Republic (March 30, 1946 - August 10, 1946) Constitutional President (August 10, 1946 - August 23, 1947) |
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| 34 | C.J. Arosemena Tola | September 17, 1947 | August 31, 1948 | President | |
| 35 | Galo Plaza | September 1, 1948 | August 31, 1952 | President | |
| 36 | José María Velasco Ibarra | September 1, 1952 | August 31, 1956 | President | |
| 37 | Camilo Ponce Enríquez | September 1, 1956 | August 31, 1960 | President | |
| 38 | José María Velasco Ibarra | September 1, 1960 | November 7, 1961 | President | |
| 39 | C.J. Arosemena Monroy | November 7, 1961 | July 11, 1963 | President | |
| - | Military Junta | July 11, 1963 | March 29, 1966 | Members: Ramón Castro Jijón Luis Cabrera Sevilla Guillermo Freile Posso (until November 9, 1965) Marcos Gándara |
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| 40 | Clemente Yerovi | March 19, 1966 | November 16, 1966 | President | |
| 41 | Otto Arosemena | November 16, 1966 | August 31, 1968 | Interim President (November 16, 1966 - May 25, 1967) Constitutional President (May 25, 1967 - August 31, 1968) |
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| 42 | José María Velasco Ibarra | September 1, 1968 | February 15, 1972 | President | |
| 43 | Guillermo Rodríguez Lara | February 15, 1972 | January 11, 1976 | President | |
| - | Supreme Government Council | January 11, 1976 | August 10, 1979 | Vice Admiral Alfredo Poveda (President of the Council) General Guillermo Durán General Luis Leoro Franco |
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| 44 | Jaime Roldós Aguilera | August 10, 1979 | May 24, 1981 | President | |
| 45 | Osvaldo Hurtado | May 24, 1981 | August 10, 1984 | President | |
| 46 | León Febres Cordero | August 10, 1984 | August 10, 1988 | President | |
| 47 | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | August 10, 1988 | August 10, 1992 | President | |
| 48 | Sixto Durán Ballén | August 10, 1992 | August 10, 1996 | President | |
| 49 | Abdalá Bucaram | August 10, 1996 | February 6, 1997 | President | |
| 50 | Rosalía Arteaga | February 6, 1997 | February 11, 1997 | Acting President | |
| 51 | Fabián Alarcón | February 11, 1997 | August 10, 1998 | Interim President | |
| 52 | Jamil Mahuad | August 10, 1998 | January 21, 2000 | President | |
| 53 | Gustavo Noboa | January 22, 2000 | January 15, 2003 | President | |
| 54 | Lucio Gutiérrez | January 15, 2003 | April 20, 2005 | President | |
| 55 | Alfredo Palacio | April 20, 2005 | January 14, 2007 | President | |
| 56 | Rafael Correa | January 15, 2007 | Incumbent | President | |
| Picture | Name | Began | Ended | Title(s) |
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| Vicente Rocafuerte | October 20, 1833 | July 1834 | Supreme Chief of the Department of the Guayas | |
| José Félix Valdivieso | July 13, 1834 | January 18, 1835 | Supreme Chief | |
| José Joaquín de Olmedo | March 6, 1845 | June 18, 1845 | President of the Provisional Government | |
| Antonio de Elizalde | March 1850 | 1850 | Supreme Chief | |
| Diego Noboa | February 20, 1850 | June 10, 1850 | Supreme Chief | |
| José María Urvina | July 13, 1851 | July 17, 1851 | Supreme Chief | |
| Provisional Government | May 1, 1859 | June 4, 1859 | Members: Gabriel García Moreno (from May 25) Manuel Gómez de la Torre (to May 25) José María Avilés Pacífico Chiriboga |
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| Jerónimo Carrión | June 6, 1859 | 1859 | ||
| Gabriel García Moreno | June 4, 1859 | September 17, 1861 | Supreme Chief | |
| Guillermo Franco | September 17, 1859 | September 24, 1860 | Supreme Chief of Guayas and Azuay | |
| Ignacio de Veintemilla | September 8, 1876 | December 19, 1876 | Supreme Chief | |
| Eloy Alfaro | February 1883 | October 11, 1883 | Supreme Chief of Manabí and Esmeraldas | |
| Provisional Government | January 14, 1883 | July 9, 1883 | Members: José María Sarasti Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu Agustín Guerrero Luis Cordero Crespo (from February 14) Pablo Herrera (to February 14) Rafael Pérez Pareja |
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| Pedro Carbo | September 17, 1883 | October 11, 1883 | Supreme Chief of Guayas | |
| Eloy Alfaro | June 19, 1895 | August 23, 1895 | Supreme Chief | |
| Flavio E. Alfaro Santana | December 22, 1911 | January 1912 | ||
| Pedro J. Montero Maridueña | December 30, 1911 | January 1912 |
| Candidates - Parties | Votes | % |
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| Rafael Correa – Alianza PAIS | 3,586,439 | 51.99% |
| Lucio Gutiérrez – January 21 Patriotic Society Party | 1,947,830 | 28.24% |
| Álvaro Noboa – Institutional Renewal Party of National Action | 786,718 | 11.41% |
| Martha Roldós Bucaram – Ethics and Democracy Network/Independent Movement Democratic Pole | 298,765 | 4.33% |
| Carlos Sagñay de la Bastida – Thousandfold Victory Movement | 108,079 | 1.57% |
| Melba Jácome – Fertile Earth Movement | 93,146 | 1.35% |
| Diego Delgado Jara – Social Integration Movement | 43,221 | 0.63% |
| Carlos González Albornoz – Independent Just and Solidary Movement | 33,714 | 0.49% |
| Valid votes | 6,111,194 | 100.00% |
| Blank votes | 534,149 | 7.48% |
| Null votes | 496,687 | 6.95% |
| Total votes (turnout 75.29%) | 7,142,030 | — |
| Source: CNE | ||
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