vicepresident predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place article_title birth_date order term_start spouse image signature term_end name
juan bernardo león juan josé flores juan josé flores 16 may 1847 guayaquil , ecuador lima , peru vicente rocafuerte
 1 may 1783 2nd state supreme chief of the department of guayas president of ecuador 2nd supreme chief of the august 10 . 1834 8 , 1835 june 8 . 1835 september baltasara calderón vicente rocafuerte.jpg firma de vicente rocafuerte.svg january 22 , 1835 31 , 1839 august 8 , 1835 june vicente rocafuerte
vicente rocafuerte

vicente rocafuerte y bejarano -lrb- may 1 , 1783 -- may 16 , 1847 -rrb- was an influential figure in ecuadorian politics and president of ecuador from september 10 , 1834 to january 31 , 1839 .
he was born into an aristocratic family in guayaquil , ecuador , and as a youth , was sent to madrid to finish his education .
he returned to ecuador in 1807 , and committed himself to freeing his land , first from spanish rule , and later from the republic of gran colombia .
after ecuadorian independence , rocafuerte was elected a member of the national congress for pichincha province .
he led the opposition to president juan josé flores , who exiled him to peru .
rocafuerte returned , and on september 20 , 1833 , became governor of guayas province .
he revolted against flores , but was defeated and imprisoned .
because of the respect he was held in by his many supporters , rocafuerte negotiated a settlement with flores , and was released from prison .
the settlement allowed flores to finish his term in office , and promised rocafuerte would become president afterwards , with flores to head the army .
during his presidency , rocafuerte passed a new constitution in 1835 , and gave greater protection to native americans in ecuador .
in 1839 , after rocafuerte had left office , flores was again elected president , and for some time there were no difficulties between the two men .
however , after electoral irregularities in 1843 , flores annulled the 1835 constitution and passed a new one , called by rocafuerte ` the letter of slavery ' .
when flores took up a third term as president in 1843 , rocafuerte left ecuador in protest .
after a short rebellion , rocafuerte and vicente ramón roca overthrew flores on march 6 , 1845 , and roca became president of ecuador later that year .
under vicente ramón roca 's presidency , rocafuerte was appointed as special representative to various south american countries .
he died on may 16 , 1847 .
