Leónidas Plaza
| Leónidas Plaza Gutiérrez | |
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| President of Ecuador | |
| In office September 1, 1901 – August 31, 1905 | |
| Vice President | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno |
| Preceded by | Eloy Alfaro |
| Succeeded by | Lizardo García |
| President of Ecuador | |
| In office September 1, 1912 – August 31, 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Andrade Marín |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes April 19, 1865 Manabí, Ecuador |
| Died | November 17, 1935 (aged 70) Huigra, Guayas, Ecuador |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Political party | Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Avelina Lasso Ascázubi |
| Children | Galo Plaza Lasso |
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Plaza and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes[1] (April 19, 1865 – November 17, 1932) was president of Ecuador for two separate occasions: From September 1, 1901 to August 31, 1905 and from September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1916.
He was the son of José Buenaventura Plaza, a school teacher and, Alegría Gutiérrez de Caviedes Sevillano, an attractive tall woman with arostocratic 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.
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| 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 |
