Juan Antonio María Flores y Jijón de Vivanco (23 October 1833 – 30 August 1915) as 13th

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17 August 1888 to 30 June 1892. He was a member of the Progressive Party, a Liberal

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party. Antonio Flores was born in

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at Carondelet Palace (the presidential residence) while his father, General

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, presided over the nation. His mother was Mercedes Jijón de Vivanco y Chiriboga, daughter of the Count of Casa Jijón, member of one of Quito's old aristocratic families. During the first presidency of Gabriel García Moreno, Flores was an ambassador in

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, and Washington. He was also

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in 1865. He died in

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. He was married to Leonor Ruiz de Apodaca y García-Tienza, a native of Cuba. His vice president and predecessor was Pedro José Cevallos.

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