Luis Cordero Crespo

Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo
14th President of Ecuador
In office
1 July 1892 – 16 April 1895
Vice PresidentPablo Herrera
Vicente Lucio Salazar
Preceded byAntonio Flores Jijón
Succeeded byVicente Lucio Salazar
President of the Provisional Government of Quito
In office
14 February 1883 – 9 July 1883
Preceded byJosé María Sarasti
Succeeded byRafael Pérez Pareja
Member of the Provisional Government of Quito
In office
14 February 1883 – 11 October 1883
Personal details
Born(1833-04-06)April 6, 1833
Déleg, Cañar, Ecuador
DiedJanuary 30, 1912(1912-01-30) (aged 78)
Cuenca, Ecuador
Political partyProgresistas
Spouses
Jesús Dávila Heredia
(m. 1867; died 1891)
Josefina Espinosa Astorga
(m. 1896; died 1900)

Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo (6 April 1833 – 30 January 1912) was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895.

Cordero was born 6 April 1833 in the Cañar province of Ecuador to parents Gregorio Cordero and Josefa Crespo. Cordero studied at the Seminary High School in Cuenca, and later the Central University of Ecuador in Quito. In 1865 he became a lawyer, arguing cases before the Supreme Court of Cuenca. After his career in law, Cordero began publishing poetry and in 1892 published the first Quicha-Spanish dictionary.