Alfredo Poveda

Alfredo Poveda
Interim President of Ecuador
In office January 11, 1976 – August 10, 1979
Preceded by	Guillermo Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Jaime Roldós
Personal details
Born	Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (1926-01-24)January 24, 1926 Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Died	June 7, 1990(1990-06-07) (aged 64) Miami, Florida, USA
Spouse(s)	Alicia Pizzimbono (m. 1950)
Children	2 daughters
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Military service
Allegiance	Ecuador
Service/branch	Ecuadorian Navy
Rank	Admiral

Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (January 24, 1926 – June 7, 1990) was an Interim President of Ecuador January 11, 1976 to August 10, 1979.

He was born in Píllaro, Tungurahua on January 24, 1926. He attended Mejía High School in Quito and the Escuela Superior Naval "Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde" and graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Náutica Manuel Belgrano (ESNN). In his navy career he became commander of the First Naval Zone and commander of the Marine Infantry Battalion.

He came to power in a military coup and was appointed chairman of the Supreme Council of Government. This triumvirate had two other members; general Guillermo Durán Arcentales (for the Ecuadorian Army) and general Luis Leoro Franco (for the Ecuadorian Air Force). The triumvirate structured a plan for return to democratic government that led to multiparty general elections after a referendum on a choice of constitutions between a new one created by a Constitutional assembly appointed by the Triumvirate and the constitution of 1948 with several reforms. The 1979 constitution was adopted. The referendum lead to multi-party general elections among some twenty recognized political parties and the populist lawyer from Guayaquil Jaime Roldós Aguilera was elected President of Ecuador.

Upon return to a democratic system Admiral Poveda withdraw from public life and took residency in Florida where he died.

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• Unofficial short Biography (broken)