Vice President of Ecuador

The **Vice President of Ecuador** is the second highest political position in Ecuador. In many instances, the vice president succeeded the president in turbulent political situations. The last time was in 2005 after the resignation of president Lucio Gutiérrez. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected on the same ticket as the president.

## History

In November 2024, Vice President Verónica Abad Rojas was temporarily suspended by the Ecuadorian government after failing to leave Israel and travel to Turkey while also serving as ambassador. On 23 December 2024, Abad Rojas was ordered reinstated as Vice President after a judge ruled her suspension unconstitutional.

## List

|Picture|Name|Took office|Left office|President||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||||José Joaquín de Olmedo||1830||1831||Juan José Flores|
||||José Modesto Larrea||1831||1835||Juan José Flores|
||||Juan Bernardo León||1835||1839||Vicente Rocafuerte|
||||Francisco Aguirre||1839||1843||Juan José Flores|
||||Francisco Marcos||1843||1845||Juan José Flores|
||||Pablo Merino||1845||1847||Vicente Ramón Roca|
||||Manuel de Ascásubi||1847||1851||Vicente Ramón Roca|
||||Position abolished||1851||1852|||
||||Pacifico Chiriboga||1852||1854||José María Urbina|
||||Manuel Bustamante||1854||1856||José María Urbina|
||||Marcos Espinel||1856||1858||José María Urbina Francisco Robles|
||||Jerónimo Carrión||1858||1860||Francisco Robles|
||||Mariano Cueva||1861||1863||Gabriel García Moreno|
||||Antonio Borrero||1863||1864||Gabriel García Moreno|
||||Rafael Carvajal||1864||1865||Gabriel García Moreno|
||||Pedro José de Arteta||1865||1867||Jerónimo Carrión|
||||Position vacant||1867||1868|||
||||Pedro José de Arteta||1868||1869||Juan Javier Espinosa|
||||Francisco Javier León||1869||1875||Gabriel García Moreno|
||||Position vacant||1875||1883|||
||||Rafael Pérez Pareja||1883||1884||José Plácido Caamaño|
||||Agustín Guerrero Lizarzaburu||1884||1886||José Plácido Caamaño|
||||Pedro José Cevallos||1886||1890||José Plácido Caamaño Antonio Flores Jijón|
||||Pablo Herrera||1890||1894||Antonio Flores Jijón Luis Cordero Crespo|
||||Vicente Lucio Salazar||1894||1895||Luis Cordero Crespo|
||||Position vacant||1895||1897|||
||||Manuel Benigno Cueva||1897||1899||Eloy Alfaro|
||||Carlos Freile Zaldumbide||1899||1903||Eloy Alfaro Leonidas Plaza|
||||Alfredo Baquerizo||1903||1906||Leonidas Plaza Lizardo García|
||||Position abolished||1906||1946|||
||||Mariano Suárez Veintimilla||1946||1947||José María Velasco Ibarra|
||||José Rafael Bustamante||1947||1948||Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola|
||||Manuel Sotomayor||1948||1949||Galo Plaza Lasso|
||||Abel Gilbert||1949||1952||Galo Plaza Lasso|
||||Alfredo Chiriboga||1952||1956||José María Velasco Ibarra|
||||Francisco Illingworth||1956||1960||Camilo Ponce Enríquez|
||||C. J. Arosemena Monroy||1960||1961||José María Velasco Ibarra|
||||Reinaldo Varea||1961||1963||Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy|
||||Position vacant||1963||1968|||
||||Jorge Zavala||1968||1972||José María Velasco Ibarra|
||||Position vacant||1972||1979|||
||||Osvaldo Hurtado||1979||1981||Jaime Roldós Aguilera|
||||León Roldós Aguilera||1981||1984||Osvaldo Hurtado|
||||Blasco Peñaherrera||1984||1988||León Febres Cordero|
||||Luis Parodi||1988||1992||Rodrigo Borja|
||||Alberto Dahik||1992||1995||Sixto Durán Ballén|
||||Eduardo Peña||1995||1996||Sixto Durán Ballén|
||||Rosalía Arteaga||1996||1998||Abdalá Bucaram Fabián Alarcón|
||||Pedro Aguayo Cubillo||1998||1998||Fabián Alarcón|
||||Gustavo Noboa||1998||2000||Jamil Mahuad|
||||Pedro Pinto Rubianes||2000||2003||Gustavo Noboa|
||||Alfredo Palacio||2003||2005||Lucio Gutierrez|
||||Alejandro Serrano||5 May 2005||15 January 2007||Alfredo Palacio|
||||Lenín Moreno||15 January 2007||24 May 2013||Rafael Correa|
||||Jorge Glas||24 May 2013||6 January 2018||Rafael Correa Lenín Moreno|
|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|María Alejandra Vicuña|4 October 2017|6 January 2018|rowspan=4|Lenín Moreno|||
|6 January 2018|4 December 2018|||||||||
||||Otto Sonnenholzner||11 December 2018||7 July 2020|||
||||María Alejandra Muñoz||22 July 2020||24 May 2021|||
||||Alfredo Borrero||24 May 2021||23 November 2023||Guillermo Lasso|
||||Verónica Abad Rojas||23 November 2023||24 May 2025|rowspan="4"|Daniel Noboa|
||||Sariha Moya (Acting)||11 November 2024||23 December 2024|||
||Cynthia Gellibert (acting)|30 March 2025|24 May 2025|||||||
|||María José Pinto|24 May 2025|Incumbent||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Vice President
- **body**: the
Republic of Ecuador
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Ecuador.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Ecuador, Coat of arms of Ecuador
- **termlength**: Four years

- **appointer**: Direct popular vote or the President of Ecuador, President (with approval from the National Assembly of Ecuador, National Assembly)
- **image**: Vice President María José Pinto 2025.jpg
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **incumbent**: María José Pinto
- **incumbentsince**: 24 May 2025
- **department**: Politics of Ecuador#Executive branch, Executive branch of the
Government of Ecuador
- **salary**: 4,869 USD per month
- **formation**: March 6, 1845
- **inaugural**: José Joaquín de Olmedo