President of Ecuador

The President of Ecuador () is the chief of state and the head of government in the country. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 2008), the President is elected by popular (by many people) vote, for a period of four years. They can serve two terms (periods of four years). Before 2008, people could be the president for only one term.

The President of Ecuador right now is Daniel Noboa since November 23, 2023. He was elected president in October 2023. He was re-elected in April 2025.

List of presidents
 30px|border Presidents of the State of Ecuador (1830–1835) 25px  Portrait Name Term of office Political party Elected  Took office Left office Time in office —	 80px Juan José Flores 3 May 1830 14 August 1830  Independent —  1 14 August 1830 10 September 1834  1830  2 80px Vicente Rocafuerte 10 September 1834 8 August 1835  Independent —  30px|border Presidents of the Republic of Ecuador (1835–present) 25px (2) 80px Vicente Rocafuerte 8 August 1835 31 January 1839  Independent 1835  (1) 80px Juan José Flores 1 February 1839 6 March 1845  Independent 18391843  —  80px José Joaquín de Olmedo 6 March 1845 8 December 1845  Independent —  3 80px Vicente Ramón Roca 8 December 1845 15 October 1849  Independent 1843  —  80px Manuel de Ascásubi 15 October 1849 7 December 1850  Independent —  — 80px Diego Noboa 8 December 1850 25 February 1851  Independent —  4 25 February 1851 12 September 1851  1851  5 80px José María Urvina 24 July 1851 17 July 1852  Independent —  17 July 1852 15 October 1856  1852  6 80px Francisco Robles 16 October 1856 31 August 1859  Independent 1856  — 80px Gabriel García Moreno 17 January 1861 2 April 1861  Conservative Party —  7 2 April 1861 30 August 1865  1861  — 80px Rafael Carvajal 31 August 1865 7 September 1865  Conservative Party —  8 80px Jerónimo Carrión 7 September 1865 6 November 1867  Conservative Party 1865  —  80px Pedro José de Arteta 7 November 1867 20 January 1868  Conservative Party —  9 80px Javier Espinosa 20 January 1868 19 January 1869  Conservative Party 1868  — 80px Gabriel García Moreno 19 January 1869 19 May 1869  Conservative Party —  — 80px Manuel de Ascásubi 19 May 1869 10 August 1869  Conservative Party —  (7) 80px Gabriel García Moreno 10 August 1869 6 August 1875 †  Conservative Party 18691875   — 80px Francisco Xavier León 6 August 1875 15 September 1875  Conservative Party —  — 80px José Javier Eguiguren 15 September 1875 9 December 1875  Conservative Party —  10 80px Antonio Borrero 9 December 1875 18 December 1876  Conservative Party 1875   11 80px Ignacio de Veintemilla 18 December 1876 26 January 1878  Military —  21 April 1878 26 March 1882  1878  26 March 1882 9 July 1883  —  — 80px Luis Cordero Crespo 1 July 1892 16 April 1895  Republican Union Party —  — 80px José Plácido Caamaño 15 October 1883 10 February 1884  Conservative Party —  12 10 February 1884 30 June 1888  1884  — 80px Pedro José Cevallos 1 July 1888 17 August 1888  Conservative Party —  13 80px Antonio Flores Jijón 17 August 1888 10 June 1892  Republican Union Party 1888  14 80px Luis Cordero Crespo 1 July 1892 16 April 1895  Republican Union Party 1892  — 80px Vicente Lucio Salazar 16 April 1895 5 June 1895  Conservative Party —  15 80px Eloy Alfaro 5 June 1895 9 October 1896  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  9 October 1896 31 August 1901  1897  16 80px Leónidas Plaza 1 September 1901 31 August 1905  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1901  17 80px Lizardo García 1 September 1905 15 January 1906  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1905  (15) 80px Eloy Alfaro 16 January 1906 9 October 1906  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  9 October 1906 11 August 1911  1906  — 80px Carlos Freile Zaldumbide 11 August 1911 31 August 1911  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  18 80px Emilio Estrada 1 September 1911 21 December 1911  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1911  — 80px Carlos Freile Zaldumbide 22 December 1911 5 March 1912  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Francisco Andrade Marín 6 March 1912 1 August 1912  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Alfredo Baquerizo 1 August 1912 1 September 1912  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  (16) 80px Leónidas Plaza 1 September 1912 31 August 1916  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1912  19 80px Alfredo Baquerizo 1 September 1916 31 August 1920  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1916  20 80px José Luis Tamayo 1 September 1920 31 August 1924  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1920  21 80px Gonzalo Córdova 1 September 1924 9 July 1925  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1924  80px First Provisional Government 10 July 1925 6 January 1926  — 80px Second Provisional Government 10 January 1926 31 March 1926  — — 80px Isidro Ayora 3 April 1926 17 April 1929  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  22 17 April 1929 24 August 1931  1929  — 80px Luis Larrea Alba 24 August 1931 15 October 1931  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Alfredo Baquerizo 15 October 1931 28 August 1932  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Carlos Freile Larrea 28 August 1932 1 September 1932  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Alberto Guerrero Martínez 2 September 1932 4 December 1932  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  23 80px Juan de Dios Martínez 5 December 1932 19 October 1933  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1932  — 80px Abelardo Montalvo 20 October 1933 31 August 1934  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  24 80px José María Velasco Ibarra 1 September 1934 21 August 1935  Independent 1934  — 80px Antonio Pons 21 August 1935 25 September 1935  Conservative Party —  — 80px Federico Páez 26 September 1935 23 October 1937  Independent —  — 80px Alberto Enríquez Gallo 23 October 1937 10 August 1938  Military —  — 80px Manuel María Borrero 10 August 1938 1 December 1938  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  25 80px Aurelio Mosquera 2 December 1938 17 November 1939  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1938  — 80px Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río 18 November 1939 10 December 1939  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Andrés Córdova 11 December 1939 10 August 1940  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  — 80px Julio Enrique Moreno 10 August 1940 31 August 1940  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  26 80px Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río 1 September 1940 28 May 1944  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 1940  — 80px Julio Teodoro Salem 29 May 1944 31 May 1944  Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party —  (24) 80px José María Velasco Ibarra 1 June 1944 23 August 1947  Independent 19441946  — 80px Carlos Mancheno Cajas 23 August 1947 2 September 1947  Military —  27 80px Mariano Suárez Veintimilla 2 September 1947 17 September 1947  Conservative Party 1946  28 80px C. J. Arosemena Tola 17 September 1947 31 August 1948  Independent 1947  29 80px Galo Plaza 1 September 1948 31 August 1952  National Democratic Civic Movement 1948   80px José María Velasco Ibarra 1 September 1952 31 August 1956  Velaquista National Federation 1952  30 80px Camilo Ponce Enríquez 1 September 1956 31 August 1960  Social Christian Party 1956  (24) 80px José María Velasco Ibarra 1 September 1960 7 November 1961  Velaquista National Federation 1960  31 80px C. J. Arosemena Monroy 7 November 1961 11 July 1963  Independent —  — 80px AdmiralRamón Castro Jijón 11 July 1963 29 March 1966  Military —  — 80px GeneralTelmo Vargas 29 March 1966 29 March 1966  Military —  – 80px Clemente Yerovi 30 March 1966 16 November 1966  Institutionalist Democratic Coalition —  — 80px Otto Arosemena 16 November 1966 25 May 1967  Institutionalist Democratic Coalition —  32 25 May 1967 31 August 1968  —  (24) 80px José María Velasco Ibarra 1 September 1968 15 February 1972  Velaquista National Federation 1968  — 80px GeneralGuillermo Rodríguez Lara 15 February 1972 11 January 1976  Military —  — 80px Vice AdmiralAlfredo Poveda 11 January 1976 10 August 1979  Military —  33 80px Jaime Roldós Aguilera 10 August 1979 24 May 1981  Concentration of People's Forces 1979  34 80px Osvaldo Hurtado 24 May 1981 10 August 1984  Popular Democracy —  35 80px León Febres Cordero 10 August 1984 10 August 1988 4 years Social Christian Party 1984  36 80px Rodrigo Borja Cevallos 10 August 1988 10 August 1992 4 years Democratic Left 1988  37  Sixto Durán Ballén 10 August 1992 10 August 1996 4 years Republican Unity Party 1992  38 80px Abdalá Bucaram 10 August 1996 6 February 1997  Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 1996 —80pxFabián Alarcón6 February 19979 February 1997Alfarista Radical Front— 39 80px Rosalía Arteaga 9 February 1997 11 February 1997  MIRA Movement —  40 80px Fabián Alarcón 11 February 1997 10 August 1998  Alfarista Radical Front —  41 80px Jamil Mahuad 10 August 1998 21 January 2000  Popular Democracy 1998 Barracca, Steven 'Military coups in the post-cold war era: Pakistan, Ecuador and Venezuela', Third World Quarterly, 28:1, 137 - 154 42 80px Gustavo Noboa 22 January 2000 15 January 2003  Independent —  43 80px Lucio Gutiérrez 15 January 2003 20 April 2005  Patriotic Society Party 2002  44 80px Alfredo Palacio 20 April 2005 15 January 2007  Independent —  45 80px Rafael Correa 15 January 2007 24 May 2017  PAIS Alliance 200620092013  46 80px Lenín Moreno 24 May 2017 24 May 2021 4 years PAIS Alliance 2017  47     80px Guillermo Lasso 24 May 2021 23 November 2023  Creating Opportunities 2021  48     80px Daniel Noboa 23 November 2023 Incumbent  National Democratic Action 20232025 

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