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 officeModesto Larrea y CarriónSeptember 1831October 1831Manuel Matheu y HerreraOctober 1831October 1831Salvador Ortega EstacioAugust 1832November 1832Francisco de Marcos y CrespoSeptember 1833October 1833
Bicameral Congress 1837-1970
Presidents of the Senate Took office Left officeJuan José FloresJanuary 1837April 1837José Fernández Salvador López, Diego Noboa y Arteta, Pedro José de ArtetaJanuary 1839April 1839José Félix Valdivieso y ValdiviesoJanuary 1841March 1841Vicente Rocafuerte, Ángel Tola y SalcedoSeptember 1846November 1846Antonio Elizalde LamarSeptember 1847November 1847Diego Noboa y ArtetaSeptember 1848November 1848José Fernández Salvador LópezNovember 1848November 1848Modesto Larrea y CarriónSeptember 1849November 1849Manuel Bustamante del MazoAugust 1853December 1853Manuel Gómez de la Torre y GangotenaSeptember 1854December 1854Manuel Bustamante del MazoSeptember 1855November 1855Vidal Alvarado EspinosaSeptember 1856November 1856Manuel Bustamante del MazoSeptember 1857November 1858Manuel Gómez de la Torre y GangotenaAugust 1863October 1863Juan Aguirre MontúfarMarch 1864April 1864Nicolás Espinosa RivadeneiraSeptember 1865November 1865Pedro Carbo y NoboaAugust 1867November 1867Manuel Angulo y Martínez de la VegaJanuary 1868January 1868José María de Santistevan y PlazaAugust 1871October 1871Roberto de Ascásubi y MatheuAugust 1873October 1873Rafael PólitAugust 1875October 1875Julio Sáenz SalvadorOctober 1875December 1875Leopoldo Fernández Salvador y ValdiviesoAugust 1880November 1880Luis Cordero CrespoJune 1885August 1885Juan León MeraJune 1886August 1886Camilo Ponce OrtizJune 1887August 1887Agustín Guerrero Lizarzaburu, Camilo Ponce OrtizJune 1888August 1888Agustín Guerrero LizarzaburuAugust 1888September 1888Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu y BorjaMay 1890August 1890Vicente Lucio SalazarJune 1892September 1892Elías Lasso AcostaJune 1894August 1894Carlos Matheus PachecoAugust 1894August 1894Manuel Ángel Larrea DonosoAugust 1898November 1898Luis Adriano Dillon ReynaJuly 1899October 1899Manuel Benigno Cueva BetancourtAugust 1900October 1901Aurelio Noboa BaquerizoAugust 1902October 1903Carlos Freile ZaldumbideAugust 1904October 1904José Luis TamayoAugust 1905October 1905Abelardo Moncayo JijónAugust 1908October 1908Genaro Larrea VelaOctober 1908November 1908Bartolomé Huerta Gómez de UrreaAugust 1909November 1909Lino Cardenas ProañoJune 1910July 1910Carlos Freile ZaldumbideAugust 1910October 1911Alfredo Baquerizo MorenoAugust 1912October 1915Miguel E. Seminario MarticorenaAugust 1916October 1917Gonzalo CórdovaAugust 1918October 1918Julio Burbano AguirreAugust 1919October 1919José Julián Andrade BastidasAugust 1920October 1922Alberto Guerrero MartínezAugust 1923October 1924Alfredo Baquerizo MorenoAugust 1930December 1930Alberto Acosta SoberónAugust 1931December 1931Alberto Guerrero MartínezAugust 1932December 1932José Rafael BustamanteDecember 1932December 1932José Vicente TrujilloAugust 1933November 1934Enrique Baquerizo MorenoNovember 1934December 1934Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoAugust 1935September 1935Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoFebruary 1939August 1940Julio Enrique MorenoAugust 1940February 1942Miguel Ángel Albornoz TabaresAugust 1942October 1943Manuel Agustín Aguirre RíosDecember 1945December 1945José Rafael BustamanteSeptember 1947September 1947Manuel SotomayorAugust 1948October 1949Abel GilbertAugust 1950November 1951Alfredo ChiribogaAugust 1952November 1955Francisco IllingworthAugust 1956November 1959Carlos Julio Arosemena MonroyAugust 1960November 1961Reinaldo VareaNovember 1961November 1962Gonzalo Cordero CrespoNovember 1967December 1967Juan Illingworth BaquerizoAugust 1968May 1970
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies Took office Left officeJosé María SantistevanJanuary 1837April 1837Vicente Flor Eguez, Juan Manuel Benítez, Antonio Bustamante, Atanasio CarriónJanuary 1839April 1839José Pío de EscuderoJanuary 1841March 1841Roberto de AscásubiSeptember 1846November 1846Manuel Gómez de la TorreSeptember 1847November 1847José Manuel JijónSeptember 1848November 1848Antonio Mata MartínezNovember 1848November 1848José María UrvinaSeptember 1849November 1849Nicolás EspinosaAugust 1853December 1853Vicente FlorSeptember 1854December 1854Juan Bautista VásquezSeptember 1855November 1855Pablo Herrera GonzálezSeptember 1856November 1856Pablo GuevaraSeptember 1857November 1857Pablo BustamanteSeptember 1858November 1858Juan Bautista VásquezAugust 1863October 1863Elías LassoMarch 1864April 1864Francisco León FrancoSeptember 1865November 1865Camilo Ponce OrtizAugust 1867November 1867Antonio PortillaJanuary 1868January 1868Francisco ArboledaAugust 1871October 1871Vicente Lucio SalazarAugust 1873October 1873Pablo BustamanteAugust 1875December 1875Juan Ignacio Moreno, Napoleón AguirreAugust 1880November 1880Juan Bautista VásquezJune 1885August 1885Julio CastroJune 1886August 1886Aparicio RivadeneiraJune 1887August 1887Remigio Crespo ToralJune 1888August 1888Federico RiveraAugust 1888September 1888Carlos MatheusMay 1890August 1890Santiago CarrascoJune 1892September 1892Carlos CasaresJune 1894August 1894José Luis TamayoAugust 1898November 1898Carlos Freile ZaldumbideJuly 1899October 1899José Luis TamayoOctober 1899October 1899Leónidas PlazaAugust 1900October 1900Abelardo PossoOctober 1901October 1901José Julián Andrade, Miguel Ángel CarboAugust 1902October 1903Modesto PeñaherreraAugust 1904October 1905Abelardo MontalvoAugust 1908August 1911Francisco Andrade MarínOctober 1911October 1911Julio Enrique FernándezAugust 1912October 1912Manuel E. Escudero, Luis Antonio PallaresAugust 1913October 1913Agustín CabezasAugust 1914October 1914Manuel Cabeza de VacaAugust 1915October 1915Miguel Ángel AlbornozAugust 1916October 1917Manuel María SánchezAugust 1918October 1918Pacífico VillagómezAugust 1919October 1919Luis Vernaza, Juan de Dios MartínezAugust 1920October 1921Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoAugust 1922October 1923Ricardo Villavicencio PonceAugust 1924October 1924Manuel A. NavarroAugust 1930December 1931José María Velasco IbarraAugust 1932December 1932Fausto Navarro AllendeDecember 1932December 1932Guillermo RamosAugust 1933September 1935Andrés CórdovaFebruary 1939August 1940José Ramón BoloñaAugust 1940February 1942Alfredo SevillaAugust 1942October 1942Teodoro Maldonado CarboAugust 1943October 1943Manuel Elicio Flor TorresDecember 1945December 1945Carlos Andrade Marín MaloSeptember 1947October 1948Augusto Alvarado OleaAugust 1949November 1949Ruperto Alarcón FalconíAugust 1950November 1950Daniel Córdova ToralAugust 1951November 1951Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Rafael Arízaga VegaAugust 1952November 1952José Baquero de la CalleAugust 1953February 1954Gonzalo Cordero CrespoAugust 1954November 1954Manuel Jijón Caamaño y FloresAugust 1955November 1956Otto Arosemena GómezAugust 1957November 1958Manuel Jijón Caamaño y FloresAugust 1959November 1959Manuel Araujo Hidalgo, Nicolás Valdano RaffoAugust 1960November 1961Aurelio Dávila CajasNovember 1961December 1961Jaime Acosta VelascoAugust 1962November 1962Julio Estupiñan TelloNovember 1967December 1967Raúl 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 Congress Party Took office Left officeAssad BucaramConcentration of People's ForcesAugust 1979August 1980Raúl Baca CarboDemocratic LeftAugust 1980August 1982Rodolfo BaquerizoConcentration of People's Forces August 1982August 1983PCD August 1983August 1984Raúl Baca CarboDemocratic LeftAugust 1984August 1985Averroes BucaramConcentration of People's ForcesAugust 1985August 1986Andrés VallejoDemocratic Left August 1986August 1987Jorge ZavalaDemocratic LeftAugust 1987August 1988Wilfrido LuceroChristian Democratic Union August 1988August 1990Averroes BucaramConcentration of People's Forces August 1990October 1990Edelberto BonillaEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party October 1990August 1991Fabián AlarcónAlfarista Radical Front 19911992Carlos Vallejo LópezChristian Democratic Union August 1992August 1993Samuel BellettiniEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party August 1993August 1994 Heinz MoellerSocial Christian Party August 1994August 1995 Fabián AlarcónAlfarista Radical Front August 1995February 1997Heinz MoellerSocial Christian Party February 1997August 1998Juan José PonsChristian Democratic UnionAugust 1998August 2000Susana González MuñozIndependentAugust 2000August 2000Hugo QuevedoSocial Christian Party August 2000June 2001 José CorderoChristian Democratic UnionJune 2001January 2003Guillermo LandázuriDemocratic LeftJanuary 2003January 2005Omar QuintanaRoldosist PartyJanuary 2005April 2005Wilfrido LuceroDemocratic LeftApril 2005January 2007 Jorge Cevallos MacíasInstitutional Renewal Party of National ActionJanuary 2007November 2007
References
Sources Various editions of The Europa World Year Book