The president of the National Congress was the presiding officer of the legislature of Ecuador from 1979 to 2009.
Unicameral Congress 1831–1834
| Presidents of the Congress
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
| Modesto Larrea y Carrión
|
September 1831
|
October 1831
|
| Manuel Matheu y Herrera
|
October 1831
|
October 1831
|
| Salvador Ortega Estacio
|
August 1832
|
November 1832
|
| Francisco de Marcos y Crespo
|
September 1833
|
October 1833
|
Bicameral Congress 1837-1970
| Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
| José María Santistevan
|
January 1837
|
April 1837
|
| Vicente Flor Eguez, Juan Manuel Benítez, Antonio Bustamante, Atanasio Carrión
|
January 1839
|
April 1839
|
| José Pío de Escudero
|
January 1841
|
March 1841
|
| Roberto de Ascásubi
|
September 1846
|
November 1846
|
| Manuel Gómez de la Torre
|
September 1847
|
November 1847
|
| José Manuel Jijón
|
September 1848
|
November 1848
|
| Antonio Mata Martínez
|
November 1848
|
November 1848
|
| José María Urvina
|
September 1849
|
November 1849
|
| Nicolás Espinosa
|
August 1853
|
December 1853
|
| Vicente Flor
|
September 1854
|
December 1854
|
| Juan Bautista Vásquez
|
September 1855
|
November 1855
|
| Pablo Herrera González
|
September 1856
|
November 1856
|
| Pablo Guevara
|
September 1857
|
November 1857
|
| Pablo Bustamante
|
September 1858
|
November 1858
|
| Juan Bautista Vásquez
|
August 1863
|
October 1863
|
| Elías Lasso
|
March 1864
|
April 1864
|
| Francisco León Franco
|
September 1865
|
November 1865
|
| Camilo Ponce Ortiz
|
August 1867
|
November 1867
|
| Antonio Portilla
|
January 1868
|
January 1868
|
| Francisco Arboleda
|
August 1871
|
October 1871
|
| Vicente Lucio Salazar
|
August 1873
|
October 1873
|
| Pablo Bustamante
|
August 1875
|
December 1875
|
| Juan Ignacio Moreno, Napoleón Aguirre
|
August 1880
|
November 1880
|
| Juan Bautista Vásquez
|
June 1885
|
August 1885
|
| Julio Castro
|
June 1886
|
August 1886
|
| Aparicio Rivadeneira
|
June 1887
|
August 1887
|
| Remigio Crespo Toral
|
June 1888
|
August 1888
|
| Federico Rivera
|
August 1888
|
September 1888
|
| Carlos Matheus
|
May 1890
|
August 1890
|
| Santiago Carrasco
|
June 1892
|
September 1892
|
| Carlos Casares
|
June 1894
|
August 1894
|
| José Luis Tamayo
|
August 1898
|
November 1898
|
| Carlos Freile Zaldumbide
|
July 1899
|
October 1899
|
| José Luis Tamayo
|
October 1899
|
October 1899
|
| Leónidas Plaza
|
August 1900
|
October 1900
|
| Abelardo Posso
|
October 1901
|
October 1901
|
| José Julián Andrade, Miguel Ángel Carbo
|
August 1902
|
October 1903
|
| Modesto Peñaherrera
|
August 1904
|
October 1905
|
| Abelardo Montalvo
|
August 1908
|
August 1911
|
| Francisco Andrade Marín
|
October 1911
|
October 1911
|
| Julio Enrique Fernández
|
August 1912
|
October 1912
|
| Manuel E. Escudero, Luis Antonio Pallares
|
August 1913
|
October 1913
|
| Agustín Cabezas
|
August 1914
|
October 1914
|
| Manuel Cabeza de Vaca
|
August 1915
|
October 1915
|
| Miguel Ángel Albornoz
|
August 1916
|
October 1917
|
| Manuel María Sánchez
|
August 1918
|
October 1918
|
| Pacífico Villagómez
|
August 1919
|
October 1919
|
| Luis Vernaza, Juan de Dios Martínez
|
August 1920
|
October 1921
|
| Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
|
August 1922
|
October 1923
|
| Ricardo Villavicencio Ponce
|
August 1924
|
October 1924
|
| Manuel A. Navarro
|
August 1930
|
December 1931
|
| José María Velasco Ibarra
|
August 1932
|
December 1932
|
| Fausto Navarro Allende
|
December 1932
|
December 1932
|
| Guillermo Ramos
|
August 1933
|
September 1935
|
| Andrés Córdova
|
February 1939
|
August 1940
|
| José Ramón Boloña
|
August 1940
|
February 1942
|
| Alfredo Sevilla
|
August 1942
|
October 1942
|
| Teodoro Maldonado Carbo
|
August 1943
|
October 1943
|
| Manuel Elicio Flor Torres
|
December 1945
|
December 1945
|
| Carlos Andrade Marín Malo
|
September 1947
|
October 1948
|
| Augusto Alvarado Olea
|
August 1949
|
November 1949
|
| Ruperto Alarcón Falconí
|
August 1950
|
November 1950
|
| Daniel Córdova Toral
|
August 1951
|
November 1951
|
| Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Rafael Arízaga Vega
|
August 1952
|
November 1952
|
| José Baquero de la Calle
|
August 1953
|
February 1954
|
| Gonzalo Cordero Crespo
|
August 1954
|
November 1954
|
| Manuel Jijón Caamaño y Flores
|
August 1955
|
November 1956
|
| Otto Arosemena Gómez
|
August 1957
|
November 1958
|
| Manuel Jijón Caamaño y Flores
|
August 1959
|
November 1959
|
| Manuel Araujo Hidalgo, Nicolás Valdano Raffo
|
August 1960
|
November 1961
|
| Aurelio Dávila Cajas
|
November 1961
|
December 1961
|
| Jaime Acosta Velasco
|
August 1962
|
November 1962
|
| Julio Estupiñan Tello
|
November 1967
|
December 1967
|
| Raúl Clemente Huerta Rendón
|
August 1968
|
May 1970
|
Unicameral Congress 1979–2007
The legislature was called Chamber of Representatives from 1979 to 1984, and National Congress from 1984 to 2009.
Below is the list of office-holders 1979—2007:[1]
References
Sources
- Various editions of The Europa World Year Book
Ecuador portal