Leónidas Plaza

Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes[1] (April 18, 1865 – November 17, 1932) was an Ecuadorian politician who was the president of Ecuador for two separate occasions, from September 1, 1901 to August 31, 1905 and again from September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1916.

Leónidas Plaza Gutiérrez
16th President of Ecuador
In office September 1, 1912 – August 31, 1916
Preceded by	Francisco Andrade Marín
Succeeded by	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
In office September 1, 1901 – August 31, 1905
Vice President	Carlos Freire Zaldumbide (1901—1903) Alfredo Baquerizo (1903—1905)
Preceded by	Eloy Alfaro
Succeeded by	Lizardo García
Personal details
Born	Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez de Caviedes (1865-04-18)April 18, 1865 Charapotó, Manabí Province, 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 Ascázubi (m. 1905)
Children	Galo Plaza Lasso

Leónidas Plaza on a 2014 stamp of Ecuador

He was the son of José Buenaventura Plaza, a school teacher and, Alegría Gutiérrez de Caviedes Sevillano, an attractive tall woman with aristocratic features and exquisite social manners of Colombian descendancy. He married María Avelina Lasso Ascázubi, with whom he had eight children. One of them, Galo Plaza, was also president of Ecuador[2]. He was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in 1900.