Leónidas Plaza
| Leónidas Plaza Gutiérrez | |
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| President of Ecuador | |
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In office September 1, 1901 – August 31, 1905 | |
| Vice President | Alfredo Baquerizo |
| Preceded by | Eloy Alfaro |
| Succeeded by | Lizardo García |
| President of Ecuador | |
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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, 1932 (aged 67) 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 on a 2014 stamp of Ecuador
Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes[1] (April 19, 1865 – November 17, 1932) was an Ecuadorian politician who was the president of Ecuador for two separate occasions, from September 1, 1901 to August 31, 1905 and again 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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| Political offices | ||
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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 |
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