Leonidas Plaza

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Leonidas Plaza Gutierrez
President of Ecuador
In office
September 1, 1901 ? August 31, 1905
Vice President Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
Preceded by Eloy Alfaro
Succeeded by Lizardo Garcia
President of Ecuador
In office
September 1, 1912 ? August 31, 1916
Preceded by Francisco Andrade Marin
Succeeded by Alfredo Baquerizo
Personal details
Born ( 1865-04-19 ) April 19, 1865
Manabi , Ecuador
Died November 17, 1932 (1932-11-17) (aged 67)
Huigra , Guayas , Ecuador
Nationality Ecuadorian
Political party Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Avelina Lasso Ascazubi

Leonidas Plaza Gutierrez (April 19, 1865 ? November 17, 1932) was president of Ecuador for two separate occasions: From September 1, 1901 to August 31, 1905 and from September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1916.

He was the son of Jose Buenaventura Plaza, a school teacher and, Alegria Gutierrez de Caviedes Sevillano, an attractive tall woman with arostocratic features and exquisite social manners of Colombian descent. He married Maria Avelina Lasso Ascazubi, with whom he had eight children. One of them, Galo Plaza , was also president of Ecuador.

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