Fabián Ernesto Alarcón Rivera (born 14 April 1947) was

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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 ...

from 6 February 1997 to 9 February 1997 and from 11 February 1997 to 10 August 1998.

Life

Alarcón was born in

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

. His father, Ruperto Alarcón, was a former president of the Chamber of Deputies. He was the President of the National Congress from 1991 to 1992 and then again from August 1995 to February 1997, when he was made acting president due to the impeachment of President

Abdalá Bucaram Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz ( ; ; born 20 February 1952) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1996, to 6 February 1997. As President, Abdalá Bucaram was nicknamed "El Loco Que Ama" ("The Madman Wh ...

. This deepened the political crisis in Ecuador as vice-president

Rosalía Arteaga Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (born 5 December 1956) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the country's first female head of state as acting president for a few days in 1997. Arteaga announced her intention to serve as Secretary-General of the ...

challenged Alarcón's assumption of the presidency. Arteaga then became president for two days but Alarcón was then restored. He gave up the presidency after early elections were held in 1998, in which he did not run. In 1999 he was arrested on corruption charges, but was later released. Alarcón is a member of the

Alfarista Radical Front The Alfarista Radical Front (, FRA) was a centrist liberal party in Ecuador, founded in 1972. One of its best known figures was former acting president Fabián Alarcón. The party was named after the most prominent liberal politician in Ecuadori ...

. He continues to receive a lifetime pension from the Ecuadorian government of $ 38,800 annually. He ran for mayor of Quito in 1988 and 1992, losing both times.

References

External links

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

Biography by CIDOB
1947 births Living people People from Quito Presidents of Ecuador Alfarista Radical Front politicians Presidents of the National Congress (Ecuador) Heads of government who were later imprisoned Recipients of the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay {{Ecuador-politician-stub