List of Presidents of the National Congress of Ecuador


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 CongressTook officeLeft office
Modesto Larrea y CarriónSeptember 1831October 1831
Manuel Matheu y HerreraOctober 1831October 1831
Salvador Ortega EstacioAugust 1832November 1832
Francisco de Marcos y CrespoSeptember 1833October 1833

Bicameral Congress 1837-1970

Presidents of the SenateTook officeLeft office
Juan José FloresJanuary 1837April 1837
José Fernández Salvador López, Diego Noboa y Arteta, Pedro José de ArtetaJanuary 1839April 1839
José Félix Valdivieso y ValdiviesoJanuary 1841March 1841
Vicente Rocafuerte, Ángel Tola y SalcedoSeptember 1846November 1846
Antonio Elizalde LamarSeptember 1847November 1847
Diego Noboa y ArtetaSeptember 1848November 1848
José Fernández Salvador LópezNovember 1848November 1848
Modesto Larrea y CarriónSeptember 1849November 1849
Manuel Bustamante del MazoAugust 1853December 1853
Manuel Gómez de la Torre y GangotenaSeptember 1854December 1854
Manuel Bustamante del MazoSeptember 1855November 1855
Vidal Alvarado EspinosaSeptember 1856November 1856
Manuel Bustamante del MazoSeptember 1857November 1858
Manuel Gómez de la Torre y GangotenaAugust 1863October 1863
Juan Aguirre MontúfarMarch 1864April 1864
Nicolás Espinosa RivadeneiraSeptember 1865November 1865
Pedro Carbo y NoboaAugust 1867November 1867
Manuel Angulo y Martínez de la VegaJanuary 1868January 1868
José María de Santistevan y PlazaAugust 1871October 1871
Roberto de Ascásubi y MatheuAugust 1873October 1873
Rafael PólitAugust 1875October 1875
Julio Sáenz SalvadorOctober 1875December 1875
Leopoldo Fernández Salvador y ValdiviesoAugust 1880November 1880
Luis Cordero CrespoJune 1885August 1885
Juan León MeraJune 1886August 1886
Camilo Ponce OrtizJune 1887August 1887
Agustín Guerrero Lizarzaburu, Camilo Ponce OrtizJune 1888August 1888
Agustín Guerrero LizarzaburuAugust 1888September 1888
Pedro lgnacio Lizarzaburu y BorjaMay 1890August 1890
Vicente Lucio SalazarJune 1892September 1892
Elías Lasso AcostaJune 1894August 1894
Carlos Matheus PachecoAugust 1894August 1894
Manuel Ángel Larrea DonosoAugust 1898November 1898
Luis Adriano Dillon ReynaJuly 1899October 1899
Manuel Benigno Cueva BetancourtAugust 1900October 1901
Aurelio Noboa BaquerizoAugust 1902October 1903
Carlos Freile ZaldumbideAugust 1904October 1904
José Luis TamayoAugust 1905October 1905
Abelardo Moncayo JijónAugust 1908October 1908
Genaro Larrea VelaOctober 1908November 1908
Bartolomé Huerta Gómez de UrreaAugust 1909November 1909
Lino Cardenas ProañoJune 1910July 1910
Carlos Freile ZaldumbideAugust 1910October 1911
Alfredo Baquerizo MorenoAugust 1912October 1915
Miguel E. Seminario MarticorenaAugust 1916October 1917
Gonzalo CórdovaAugust 1918October 1918
Julio Burbano AguirreAugust 1919October 1919
José Julián Andrade BastidasAugust 1920October 1922
Alberto Guerrero MartínezAugust 1923October 1924
Alfredo Baquerizo MorenoAugust 1930December 1930
Alberto Acosta SoberónAugust 1931December 1931
Alberto Guerrero MartínezAugust 1932December 1932
José Rafael BustamanteDecember 1932December 1932
José Vicente TrujilloAugust 1933November 1934
Enrique Baquerizo MorenoNovember 1934December 1934
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoAugust 1935September 1935
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoFebruary 1939August 1940
Julio Enrique MorenoAugust 1940February 1942
Miguel Ángel Albornoz TabaresAugust 1942October 1943
Manuel Agustín Aguirre RíosDecember 1945December 1945
José Rafael BustamanteSeptember 1947September 1947
Manuel SotomayorAugust 1948October 1949
Abel GilbertAugust 1950November 1951
Alfredo ChiribogaAugust 1952November 1955
Francisco IllingworthAugust 1956November 1959
Carlos Julio Arosemena MonroyAugust 1960November 1961
Reinaldo VareaNovember 1961November 1962
Gonzalo Cordero CrespoNovember 1967December 1967
Juan lllingworth BaquerizoAugust 1968May 1970

Presidents of the Chamber of DeputiesTook officeLeft office
José María SantistevanJanuary 1837April 1837
Vicente Flor Eguez, Juan Manuel Benítez, Antonio Bustamante, Atanasio CarriónJanuary 1839April 1839
José Pío de EscuderoJanuary 1841March 1841
Roberto de AscásubiSeptember 1846November 1846
Manuel Gómez de la TorreSeptember 1847November 1847
José Manuel JijónSeptember 1848November 1848
Antonio Mata MartínezNovember 1848November 1848
José María UrvinaSeptember 1849November 1849
Nicolás EspinosaAugust 1853December 1853
Vicente FlorSeptember 1854December 1854
Juan Bautista VásquezSeptember 1855November 1855
Pablo Herrera GonzálezSeptember 1856November 1856
Pablo GuevaraSeptember 1857November 1857
Pablo BustamanteSeptember 1858November 1858
Juan Bautista VásquezAugust 1863October 1863
Elías LassoMarch 1864April 1864
Francisco León FrancoSeptember 1865November 1865
Camilo Ponce OrtizAugust 1867November 1867
Antonio PortillaJanuary 1868January 1868
Francisco ArboledaAugust 1871October 1871
Vicente Lucio SalazarAugust 1873October 1873
Pablo BustamanteAugust 1875December 1875
Juan Ignacio Moreno, Napoleón AguirreAugust 1880November 1880
Juan Bautista VásquezJune 1885August 1885
Julio CastroJune 1886August 1886
Aparicio RivadeneiraJune 1887August 1887
Remigio Crespo ToralJune 1888August 1888
Federico RiveraAugust 1888September 1888
Carlos MatheusMay 1890August 1890
Santiago CarrascoJune 1892September 1892
Carlos CasaresJune 1894August 1894
José Luis TamayoAugust 1898November 1898
Carlos Freile ZaldumbideJuly 1899October 1899
José Luis TamayoOctober 1899October 1899
Leónidas PlazaAugust 1900October 1900
Abelardo PossoOctober 1901October 1901
José Julián Andrade, Miguel Ángel CarboAugust 1902October 1903
Modesto PeñaherreraAugust 1904October 1905
Abelardo MontalvoAugust 1908August 1911
Francisco Andrade MarínOctober 1911October 1911
Julio Enrique FernándezAugust 1912October 1912
Manuel E. Escudero, Luis Antonio PallaresAugust 1913October 1913
Agustín CabezasAugust 1914October 1914
Manuel Cabeza de VacaAugust 1915October 1915
Miguel Ángel AlbornozAugust 1916October 1917
Manuel María SánchezAugust 1918October 1918
Pacífico VillagómezAugust 1919October 1919
Luis Vernaza, Juan de Dios MartínezAugust 1920October 1921
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoAugust 1922October 1923
Ricardo Villavicencio PonceAugust 1924October 1924
Manuel A. NavarroAugust 1930December 1931
José María Velasco IbarraAugust 1932December 1932
Fausto Navarro AllendeDecember 1932December 1932
Guillermo RamosAugust 1933September 1935
Andrés CórdovaFebruary 1939August 1940
José Ramón BoloñaAugust 1940February 1942
Alfredo SevillaAugust 1942October 1942
Teodoro Maldonado CarboAugust 1943October 1943
Manuel Elicio Flor TorresDecember 1945December 1945
Carlos Andrade Marín MaloSeptember 1947October 1948
Augusto Alvarado OleaAugust 1949November 1949
Ruperto Alarcón FalconíAugust 1950November 1950
Daniel Córdova ToralAugust 1951November 1951
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Rafael Arízaga VegaAugust 1952November 1952
José Baquero de la CalleAugust 1953February 1954
Gonzalo Cordero CrespoAugust 1954November 1954
Manuel Jijón Caamaño y FloresAugust 1955November 1956
Otto Arosemena GómezAugust 1957November 1958
Manuel Jijón Caamaño y FloresAugust 1959November 1959
Manuel Araujo Hidalgo, Nicolás Valdano RaffoAugust 1960November 1961
Aurelio Dávila CajasNovember 1961December 1961
Jaime Acosta VelascoAugust 1962November 1962
Julio Estupiñan TelloNovember 1967December 1967
Raúl Clemente Huerta RendónAugust 1968May 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:
Presidents of the National CongressPartyTook officeLeft office
Assad BucaramConcentration of People's ForcesAugust 1979August 1980
Raúl Baca CarboDemocratic LeftAugust 1980August 1982
Rodolfo BaquerizoConcentration of People's ForcesAugust 1982August 1983
PCDAugust 1983August 1984
Raúl Baca CarboDemocratic LeftAugust 1984August 1985
Averroes BucaramConcentration of People's ForcesAugust 1985August 1986
Andrés VallejoDemocratic LeftAugust 1986August 1987
Jorge ZavalaDemocratic LeftAugust 1987August 1988
Wilfrido LuceroChristian Democratic UnionAugust 1988August 1990
Averroes BucaramConcentration of People's ForcesAugust 1990October 1990
Edelberto BonillaEcuadorian Radical Liberal PartyOctober 1990August 1991
Fabián AlarcónAlfarista Radical Front19911992
Carlos Vallejo LópezChristian Democratic UnionAugust 1992August 1993
Samuel BellettiniEcuadorian Radical Liberal PartyAugust 1993August 1994
Heinz MoellerSocial Christian PartyAugust 1994August 1995
Fabián AlarcónAlfarista Radical FrontAugust 1995February 1997
Heinz MoellerSocial Christian PartyFebruary 1997August 1998
Juan José PonsChristian Democratic UnionAugust 1998August 2000
Susana González MuñozIndependentAugust 2000August 2000
Hugo QuevedoSocial Christian PartyAugust 2000June 2001
José CorderoChristian Democratic UnionJune 2001January 2003
Guillermo LandázuriDemocratic LeftJanuary 2003January 2005
Omar QuintanaRoldosist PartyJanuary 2005April 2005
Wilfrido LuceroDemocratic LeftApril 2005January 2007
Jorge Cevallos MacíasInstitutional Renewal Party of National ActionJanuary 2007November 2007