Alfredo Palacio

Alfredo Palacio
44th President of Ecuador
In office
20 April 2005 – 15 January 2007
Vice PresidentAlejandro Serrano Aguilar
Preceded byLucio Gutiérrez
Succeeded byRafael Correa
Vice President of Ecuador
In office
15 January 2003 – 20 April 2005
PresidentLucio Gutiérrez
Preceded byPedro Pinto Rubianes
Succeeded byAlejandro Serrano
Minister of Health
In office
11 November 1994 – 10 August 1996
PresidentSixto Durán-Ballén
Preceded byPatricio Abad
Succeeded byMarcelo Cruz
Personal details
Born
Luis Alfredo Palacio González

(1939-01-22) 22 January 1939 (age 85)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political partyIndependent
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
SpouseMaría Beatriz Paret
Parent
Alma materCase Western Reserve University
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician
FieldCardiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Guayaquil
AwardsOrder of the Sun of Peru (Grand Cross)

Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born 22 January 1939) is an Ecuadorian cardiologist and former politician who was President of Ecuador from 20 April 2005 to 15 January 2007. From 15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005, he was vice president,[1] after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a week of growing unrest with his government.

  1. ^ "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved 25 November 2017.