# List of ministers of foreign affairs of Ecuador

The following is a list of ministers of foreign affairs of Ecuador since 1830, when Ecuador achieved independence after the dissolution of Gran Colombia.

## Ministers

* 1830: Esteban Febres Cordero
* 1830–1833: José Félix Valdivieso
* 1833–1834: Víctor Félix de San Miguel
* 1834–1835: Manuel Ignacio Pareja
* 1835–1838: José Miguel González y Alminati
* 1839–1843: Francisco Marcos
* 1843–1845: Benigno Malo
* 1845: José María Cucalón
* 1845: Pedro Carbo
* 1845: José María Urbina
* 1846–1847: José Fernández Salvador
* 1847–1849: Manuel Gómez de la Torre
* 1849: Pablo Vásconez
* 1849–1850: Benigno Malo
* 1850: Rafael Carvajal
* 1850–1851: Luis de Saá
* 1851: José Modesto Larrea
* 1851–1852: José de Villamil
* 1852: Javier Espinoza
* 1852: Pedro Fermín Cevallos
* 1852–1855: Marcos Espinel
* 1855: Pacífico Chiriboga
* 1855–1856: Ramón Borja
* 1856–1858: Antonio Mata
* 1858: Marcos Espinel
* 1859: Camilo Ponce
* 1859–1861: Roberto Ascásubi
* 1861–1864: Rafael Carvajal
* 1864–1865: Pablo Herrera
* 1865–1867: Manuel Bustamante
* 1867–1868: Rafael Carvajal
* 1868–1869: Camilo Ponce
* 1869: Rafael Carvajal
* 1869: Pablo Herrera
* 1869–1870: Francisco Javier Salazar
* 1870–1875: Francisco Javier León
* 1875: Manuel de Ascásubi
* 1875: Rafael Pólit
* 1875–1876: Manuel Gómez de la Torre
* 1876: Agustín Guerrero
* 1877–1878: Pedro Carbo
* 1878–1879: Julio Castro
* 1879–1881: Cornelio Vernaza
* 1881–1883: Francisco Arias
* 1883–1888: José Modesto Espinosa
* 1888: Elías Lasso
* 1888–1889: Francisco Javier Salazar
* 1889: Carlos R. Tobar
* 1890–1891: Francisco Javier Salazar
* 1891: Pedro José Cevallos
* 1891–1892: Agustín Guerrero
* 1892–1893: Honorato Vázquez
* 1893: Vicente Lucio Salazar
* 1893: Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu
* 1894–1895: Pablo Herrera
* 1895: Luis Salvador
* 1895: Aparicio Ribadeneira
* 1895: Luis F. Carbo
* 1895–1896: Ignacio Robles
* 1896: Francisco J. Montalvo
* 1896: Leonidas Pallares Arteta
* 1896: José de Lapierre
* 1896–1897: Rafael Gómez de la Torre
* 1897: Belisario Albán Mestanza
* 1897–1898: Rafael Gómez de la Torre
* 1898–1901: José Peralta
* 1901: Julio Arias
* 1901–1903: Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
* 1903–1905: Miguel Valverde
* 1906: Manuel Montalvo
* 1906–1907: Pacífico Villagómez
* 1907–1908: Luis F. Carbo
* 1908: Alfredo Monge
* 1908–1909: César Borja Lavayen
* 1909–1910: Francisco X. Aguirre Jado
* 1910–1911: José Peralta
* 1911: Juan Francisco Freile Z.
* 1911–1912: Carlos R. Tobar
* 1912: Antonio E. Arcos
* 1912–1913: Cesareo Carrera
* 1913–1914: Luis Napoleón Dillon
* 1914–1916: Rafael H. Elizalde
* 1916–1919: Carlos M. Tobar Borgoño
* 1919–1920: Augusto Aguirre Aparicio
* 1920–1924: N. Clemente Ponce
* 1924: José Rafael Bustamante
* 1924–1925: Alberto Larrea Chiriboga
* 1925: Camilo Octavio Andrade
* 1925: José Rafael Bustamante
* 1926–1929: Homero Viteri Lafronte
* 1929–1931: Gonzalo Zaldumbide
* 1931: Modesto Larrea Jijón
* 1931–1932: Carlos Manuel Larrea
* 1932: Caton Cárdenas
* 1932–1933: Antonio J. Quevedo
* 1933: Francisco Guarderas
* 1933: Manuel Cabeza de Vaca
* 1933–1934: José Gabriel Navarro
* 1934: Manuel Sotomayor y Luna
* 1934–1935: Alejandro Ponce Borja
* 1935–1936: Ángel Isaac Chiriboga
* 1936–1938: Carlos Manuel Larrea
* 1938: Luis Bossano
* 1938–1942: Julio Tobar Donoso
* 1942–1944: Francisco Guarderas
* 1944–1945: Camilo Ponce Enríquez
* 1945–1947: José Vicente Trujillo
* 1947–1948: Antonio Parra Velasco
* 1948–1952: Neftalí Ponce Miranda
* 1952–1953: Teodoro Alvarado Garaicoa
* 1953: Arturo Borrero Bustamante
* 1953–1955: Luis Antonio Peñaherrera
* 1955–1956: Rafael Arizaga Vega
* 1956: Jorge Villagómez Yépez
* 1956–1960: Carlos Tobar Zaldumbide
* 1960–1961: José Ricardo Chiriboga Villagómez
* 1961: Wilson Vela Hervas
* 1961–1962: Francisco Acosta Yépez
* 1962–1963: Benjamín Peralta Páez
* 1963–1964: Neftalí Ponce Miranda
* 1964–1965: Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso
* 1965: Wilson Córdova Moscoso
* 1965–1966: Luis Valencia Rodríguez
* 1966: Jorge Salvador Lara
* 1966–1967: Jorge Carrera Andrade
* 1967–1968: Julio Prado Vallejo
* 1968: Gustavo Larrea Córdova
* 1968–1970: Rogelio Valdivieso Eguiguren
* 1970–1971: José María Ponce Yépez
* 1971–1972: Rafael García Velasco
* 1972–1975: Antonio José Lucio Paredes
* 1975–1976: Carlos Aguirre Asanza
* 1976: Armando Pesantes García
* 1976–1977: Jorge Salvador Lara
* 1977–1979: José Ayala Lasso
* 1979–1980: Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
* 1980–1981: Alfonso Barrera Valverde
* 1981–1984: Luis Valencia Rodríguez
* 1984–1987: Édgar Terán Terán
* 1987–1988: Rafael García Velasco
* 1988–1992: Diego Cordovez Zegers
* 1992–1994: Diego Paredes Peña
* 1994–1997: Galo Leoro Franco
* 1997–1999: José Ayala Lasso
* 1999–2000: Benjamín Ortiz Brennan
* 2000–2003: Heinz Moeller Freile
* 2003: Nina Pacari
* 2003–2005: Patricio Zuquilanda
* 2005: Antonio Parra Gil
* 2005–2007: Francisco Carrión [es]
* 2007: María Fernanda Espinosa
* 2007–2008: María Isabel Salvador
* 2008–2010: Fander Falconí
* 2010: Lautaro Pozo Malo (acting)
* 2010–2016: Ricardo Patiño
* 2016–2017: Guillaume Long
* 2017–2018: María Fernanda Espinosa
* 2018–2020: José Valencia Amores
* 2020–2021: Luis Gallegos
* 2021: Manuel Mejía Dalmau [es]
* 2021: Mauricio Montalvo Samaniego
* 2022: Juan Carlos Holguín [es]
* 2023: Gustavo Manrique Miranda
* 2023: Gabriela Sommerfeld

## Sources

* Rulers.org – Foreign ministers E–K