Isidro Ramon Antonio Ayora Cueva (31 August 1879 – 22 March 1978) was an
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
ian
political figure
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. He served as the 22nd
President of Ecuador
The president of Ecuador ( es, Presidente del Ecuador), officially called the Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador ( es, Presidente Constitucional de la República del Ecuador), serves as both the head of state and head of govern ...
from 1926 to 1931.
Isidro Ayora, a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Guayas, and
Puerto Ayora, are
named after him. Some people name coins ''ayora'' because they were introduced by him.
Honours
*1930: Grand Cordon in the
Order of Leopold.
[RD of 5 September 1930]
References
ISIDRO AYORA CUEVA diccionariobiograficoecuador.com
explored.com.ec
1879 births
1978 deaths
People from Loja, Ecuador
Ecuadorian people of Spanish descent
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party politicians
Presidents of Ecuador
Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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