An electric connector, extending in a plane defined by a longitudinal X direction and a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction and having a height extending in a Z direction, the electric connector comprising: a housing including an insertion opening for a flat conductor having an upper surface and an undersurface; a connector terminal that is suitable for being conductively connected to the flat conductor; an actuator including a pressing surface that is suitable for pressing the upper surface of the flat conductor against the connector terminal by a pivoting motion and a shaft portion that serves as a central axis of the pivoting motion, the central axis of the pivoting motion extending in the X direction, the actuator being movable by the pivoting motion between an open state and a closed state thereof, wherein the connector terminal includes a terminal portion that is suitable for coming in contact with the flat conductor, and a base end that supports the terminal portion at a position on a rear side of the housing in the Y direction, the terminal portion includes a front terminal that includes a front contact portion that is provided on an insertion opening side with respect to the shaft portion and at a position facing the pressing surface, and a rear terminal that includes a rear contact portion that is provided on the rear side of the housing in the Y direction with respect to the pressing surface and at a position on the upper side of the housing with respect to the front contact portion, characterized in that the rear terminal is connected to the base end at a position higher than the undersurface at an insertion end of the flat conductor in a fitted state, the fitted state of the flat conductor once inserted into the electric connector corresponding to the closed state of the actuator, the lowest point of the joint between the rear terminal and the base end being located above the undersurface, and that the contact pressure on the flat conductor of the rear terminal are set higher than the contact pressure of the front terminal. a housing including an insertion opening for a flat conductor having an upper surface and an undersurface; a connector terminal that is suitable for being conductively connected to the flat conductor; an actuator including a pressing surface that is suitable for pressing the upper surface of the flat conductor against the connector terminal by a pivoting motion and a shaft portion that serves as a central axis of the pivoting motion, the central axis of the pivoting motion extending in the X direction, the actuator being movable by the pivoting motion between an open state and a closed state thereof, wherein the connector terminal includes a terminal portion that is suitable for coming in contact with the flat conductor, and a base end that supports the terminal portion at a position on a rear side of the housing in the Y direction, the terminal portion includes a front terminal that includes a front contact portion that is provided on an insertion opening side with respect to the shaft portion and at a position facing the pressing surface, and a rear terminal that includes a rear contact portion that is provided on the rear side of the housing in the Y direction with respect to the pressing surface and at a position on the upper side of the housing with respect to the front contact portion, characterized in that the rear terminal is connected to the base end at a position higher than the undersurface at an insertion end of the flat conductor in a fitted state, the fitted state of the flat conductor once inserted into the electric connector corresponding to the closed state of the actuator, the lowest point of the joint between the rear terminal and the base end being located above the undersurface, and that the contact pressure on the flat conductor of the rear terminal are set higher than the contact pressure of the front terminal.