Here is why you shouldn't worry about laws in Ecuador. They won't last.
On the average an Ecuadorian government lasts 1.45 years. The longest lasted 4 years, but re-election of one candidate happened 3 times. He lasted 6.5 years. One was elected 5 times, but not consecutively.
They have had 12 governments since 1998.
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Governments of Ecuador 1830 to 1944
1. 13 May 1830 to 14 August 1830 Juan José Flores, Head of Administration
2. 14 August 1830 to 22 September 1830 Juan José Flores, Chief of State
3. 22 September 1830 to 10 September 1834 Juan José Flores, President 1st Term
4. 10 September 1834 to 31 January 1839 Vicente Rocafuerte, Supreme Chief of the Department of the Guayas
5. 31 January 1839 to 18 January 1843 Juan José Flores 2nd Term
6. 18 January 1843 to 1 April 1843 Juan José Flores, interim President
7. 1 April 1843 to 18 June 1845 Juan José Flores 3rd Term
9. 8. 18 June 1845 to 8 December 1845 José Joaquín de Olmedo, President of the Provisional Government
10. 8 December 1845 to 15 October 1849 Vicente Ramón Roca, President
11. 15 October 1849 to 10 June 1850 Manuel de Ascásubi, acting President 1st Term
12. 10 June 1850 to 8 December 1850 Diego Noboa y Arteta, interim President
13. 8 December 1850 to 26 February 1851 Diego Noboa y Arteta
14. 17 July 1851 to 17 July 1852 José María Urbina, Supreme Chief
15. 17 July 1852 to 6 September 1852 José María Urbina, interim President
16. 6 September 1852 to 16 October 1856 José María Urbina, President
17. 16 October 1856 to 17 September 1859 Francisco Robles, President
18. 17 September 1859 to 17 January 1861 Gabriel García Moreno, President
19. 17 January 1861 to 2 April 1865 Gabriel García Moreno, interim President
20. 2 April 1865 to 31 August 1865 Gabriel García Moreno 1st Term
21. 31 August 1859 to 7 September 1865 Rafael Carvajal, acting President
22. 7 September 1865 to 6 November 1867 Jerónimo Carrión, President
23. 6 November 1867 to 20 January 1868 Pedro José de Arteta, acting President
24. 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869 Juan Javier Espinosa, President
25. 19 January 1869 to 16 May 1869 Gabriel García Moreno, interim President 2nd Term
26. 16 May 1869 to 10 August 1869 Manuel de Ascásubi, acting President 2nd Term
27. 10 August 1869 to 6 August 1875 Gabriel García Moreno, President 3rd Term
28. 6 August 1875 to 6 October 1875 Francisco León Franco, acting President
29. 6 October 1875 to 1875 José Javier Eguiguren, acting President
30. 1875 to 9 December 1875 Rafael Pólit, President
31. 9 December 1875 to 18 December 1876 Antonio Borrero, President
32. 18 December 1876 to 26 January 1878 Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief
33. 26 January 1878 to 26 March 1882 Ignacio de Veintemilla, interim President
34. 26 March 1882 to 9 July 1883 Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief
35. 9 July 1883 to 11 October 1883 Provisional Government
José María Sarasti
Pedro Ignacio Lizarzaburu
Carlos Matheus y Pacheco de Saavedra
Rafael Pérez
Agustín Guerrero
36. 11 October 1883 to 15 October 1883 Ramón Borrero y Cortázar, Vice President of the National Convention
37. 15 October 1883 to 23 November 1883 Rafael Pérez, acting President
38. 23 November 1883 to 10 February 1884 José Plácido Caamaño, interim President
39. 10 February 1884 to 1 July 1888 José Plácido Caamaño, President
40. 1 July 1888 to 17 August 1888 Pedro José Cevallos, President
41. 17 August 1888 to 1 July 1892 Antonio Flores Jijón, President
42. 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895 Luis Cordero Crespo, President
43. 16 April 1895 to 23 August 1895 Vicente Lucio Salazar, acting President
44. 23 August 1895 to 16 April 1896 Eloy Alfaro Delgado, Supreme Chief 2nd Term
45. 16 April 1896 to 13 January 1897 Eloy Alfaro Delgado, interim President 2nd Term
46. 13 January 1897 to 1 September 1901 Eloy Alfaro Delgado, President 2nd Term
47. 1 September 1901 to 1 September 1905 Leonidas Plaza 1st Term
48. 1 September 1905 to 16 January 1906 Lizardo García
49. 16 January 1906 to 9 October 1906 Eloy Alfaro Delgado 3rd Term
50. 9 October 1906 to 1 January 1907 Eloy Alfaro Delgado, interim President
51. 1 January 1907 to 12 August 1911 Eloy Alfaro Delgado, President
52. 12 August 1911 to 1 September 1911 Carlos Freile Zaldumbide, acting President 1st Term
53. 1 September 1911 to 22 December 1911 Emilio Estrada, President
54. 22 December 1911 to 6 March 1912 Carlos Freile Zaldumbide, acting President 2nd Term
55. 6 March 1912 to 10 August 1912 Francisco Andrade Marín, acting President
56. 10 August 1912 to 1 September 1912 Alfredo Baquerizo, acting President 1st Term
57. 1 September 1912 to 1 September 1916 Leonidas Plaza, President 2nd Term
58. 1 September 1916 to 1 September 1920 Alfredo Baquerizo, President 2nd Term
59. 1 September 1920 to 1 September 1924 José Luis Tamayo, President
60. 1 September 1924 to 9 July 1925 Gonzalo Córdova, President
61. 9 July 1925 to 10 July 1925 Luis Telmo Paz, Chairman of the Supreme Military Junta
62. 10 July 1925 to 10 January 1926 Provisional Government Junta Chair rotating weekly
Luis Napoleón Dillon
Pedro Pablo Garaicoa
Moisés Oliva
Francisco Gómez de la Torre
José Rafael Bustamante Chiriboga
José Modesto Larrea
Carlos Matheus y García Moreno
Francisco Arízaga Luque
63. 10 January 1926 to 10 March 1926 Humberto Albornoz, Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta
64. 10 March 1926 to 1 April 1926 Julio Enrique Moreno, Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta 1st Term
65. 1 April 1926 to 10 October 1928 Isidro Ayora, provisional President
66. 10 October 1928 to 17 April 1929 Isidro Ayora, interim President
67. 17 April 1929 to 24 August 1931 Isidro Ayora, President
68. 24 August 1931 to 15 October 1931 Luis Larrea Alba, acting President
69. 15 October 1931 to 27 August 1932 Alfredo Baquerizo, acting President 3rd Term
70. 27 August 1932 to 2 September 1932 Carlos Freile Larrea, acting President
71. 2 September 1932 to 5 December 1932 Alberto Guerrero Martínez, acting President
72. 5 December 1932 to 20 October 1933 Juan de Dios Martínez Mera, President
73. 20 October 1933 to 1 September 1934 Abelardo Montalvo, acting President
74. 1 September 1934 to 21 August 1935 José María Velasco Ibarra, President 1st Term
75. 21 August 1935 to 26 September 1935 Antonio Pons, acting President
76. 26 September 1935 Benigno Andrade Flores, chairman of the Military junta
77. 26 September 1935 to 10 August 1937 Federico Páez Chiriboga, acting Head of State
78. 10 August 1937 to 23 October 1937 Federico Páez Chiriboga, interim President
79. 23 October 1937 to 10 August 1938 Gil Alberto Enríquez, Supreme Head of State
80. 10 August 1938 to 2 December 1938 Manuel María Borrero, interim President
81. 2 December 1938 to 17 November 1939 Aurelio Mosquera, President
82. 17 November 1939 to 11 December 1939 Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, acting President 1st Term
83. 11 December 1939 to 10 August 1940 Andrés Córdova, acting President
84. 10 August 1940 to 1 September 1940 Julio Enrique Moreno, acting President 2nd Term
85. 1 September 1940 to 29 May 1944 Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, President 2nd Term
86. 29 May 1944 to 31 May 1944 Julio Teodoro Salem
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Governments since 1944
87. 31 May 1944 to 23 August 1947 José María Velasco Ibarra AD 2nd Term
88. 23 August 1947 to 2 September 1947 Colonel Carlos Mancheno Cajas, interim/acting President Mil
89. 2 September 1947 to 15 September 1947 Mariano Suárez (acting) PCE
90. 15 September 1947 to 1 September 1948 Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President
91. 1 September 1948 to 1 September 1952 Galo Plaza Lasso, President MCDN
92. 1 September 1952 to 1 September 1956 José María Velasco Ibarra, President 3rd Term
93. 1 September 1956 to 1 September 1960 Camilo Ponce Enríquez, President MSC
94. 1 September 1960 to 7 November 1961 José María Velasco Ibarra, President FNV 4th Term
95. 7 November 1961 to 11 July 1963 Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, President FNV
96. 11 July 1963 to 29 March 1966 Ramón Castro Jijón, Junta Chairman Mil
97. 29 March 1966 to 29 March 1966 General Telmo O. Vargas B., Head of State Mil
98. 29 March 1966 to 16 November 1966 Clemente Yerovi Indaburu, interim President n-p
99. 16 November 1966 to 1 September 1968 Otto Arosemena, interim President CID
100. 1 September 1968 to 15 February 1972 José María Velasco Ibarra, President FNV 5th Term
101. 15 February 1972 to 11 January 1976 General Guillermo Rodríguez Lara, President Mil
102. 11 January 1976 to 10 August 1979 Supreme Council of Government (junta)
Admiral Alfredo Poveda, Junta Chairman Mil
General Luis Leoro Franco Mil
General Luis G. Durán Arcentales Mil
103. 10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981 Jaime Roldós Aguilera, President CFP died in office
104. 24 May 1981 to 10 August 1984 Osvaldo Hurtado, President DP-UDC
105. 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988 León Febres Cordero, President PSC
106. 10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992 Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, President ID
107. 10 August 1992 to 10 August 1996 Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén, President PUR
108. 10 August 1996 to 6 February 1997 Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz, President PRE
109. 6 February 1997 to 9 February 1997 Fabián Alarcón, interim President FRA
110. 9 February 1997 to 11 February 1997 Rosalía Arteaga Serrano, acting President MIRA
111. 11 February 1997 to 10 August 1998 Fabián Alarcón, interim President FRA
112. 10 August 1998 to 21 January 2000 Jamil Mahuad, President DP-UDC
113. 21 January 2000 to 21 January 2000 Government Junta of National Salvation
Colonel Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa, Junta Chairman Mil
Carlos Antonio Vargas Guatatuca n-p
Carlos Solórzano Constantine n-p
114. 21 January 2000 to 22 January 2000 Council of State (junta)
General Carlos Mendoza Poveda, President Mil
Carlos Antonio Vargas Guatatuca n-p
Carlos Solórzano Constantine n-p
115. 22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003 Gustavo Noboa, President DP-UDC
116. 15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005 Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa, President PSP
117. 20 April 2005 to 15 January 2007 Alfredo Palacio, President n-p
118. 15 January 2007 to present Rafael Correa, President Alianza PAIS
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The average term has been 1.45 years. |
