Leónidas Plaza

Leónidas Plaza Gutiérrez
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President of Ecuador
In office September 1, 1901 – August 31, 1905
Vice President	Alfredo Baquerizo
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 (1865-04-19)April 19, 1865 Manabí, Ecuador
Died	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.

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Leónidas Plaza on a 2014 stamp of Ecuador

Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes (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.

External links

• Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History
• Rulers.org

Political offices
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