Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes (18 April 1865 – 17 November 1932) 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: ''Eku ...

ian politician who was the

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 1 September 1901 to 31 August 1905 and again from 1 September 1912 to 31 August 1916. He was the son of José Buenaventura Plaza, a school teacher and, Alegría Gutiérrez de Caviedes Sevillano, an attractive tall woman with aristocratic 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 Galo Lincoln Plaza Lasso de la Vega (17 February 1906 – 28 January 1987) was an Ecuadorian statesman who served as President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952 and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1968 to 1975. He is the ...

, was also president of Ecuador. He was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in 1900. He was

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

in 1911.

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Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History

1865 births 1932 deaths People from Manabí Province Ecuadorian people of Colombian descent Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party politicians Presidents of Ecuador Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Ecuador Ecuadorian Ministers of Finance {{Ecuador-politician-stub