Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (28 September 1859, in

Guayaquil , motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Ecuador#South America , pushpin_re ...

– 20 March 1951) was an

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politician. He served as

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Leónidas Plaza Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes (18 April 1865 – 17 November 1932) was an Ecuadorian politician who was the President of Ecuador from 1 September 1901 to 31 August 1905 and again from 1 September 1912 to 31 August 1916. He was the so ...

and Lizardo García from 1903 to 1906 and as

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three times in August – September 1912, September 1916 – August 1920 and October 1931 – August 1932. He was

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from 1912 to 1915, and in 1930. He was a member of the

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. Moreno is noted for sanctioning the abolition of the agricultural practice of , which was a system of contracted debt that held Indian ''

hacienda An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchard ...

'' laborers called under threat of imprisonment. His administration was also considered a factor in the public disenchantment that led to the Revolucion Juliana.

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Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History
1859 births 1951 deaths People from Guayaquil Ecuadorian people of Spanish descent Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party politicians Presidents of Ecuador Vice presidents of Ecuador Presidents of the Senate of Ecuador {{Ecuador-politician-stub