José Luis Tamayo

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José Luis Tamayo Terán
20th President of Ecuador
In office
1 September 1920 – 31 August 1924
Preceded byAlfredo Baquerizo
Succeeded byGonzalo Córdova
Personal details
Born(1858-07-29)29 July 1858
Chanduy, Guayas, Ecuador
Died7 July 1947(1947-07-07) (aged 88)
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Political partyRadical Liberal
Spouse
Esther Concha Torres
(m. 1897)

José Luis Tamayo Terán (29 July 1858 – 7 July 1947) was

President of Ecuador
from 1 September 1920 to 31 August 1924. He was a member of the
Galo Plaza Lasso did so nearly a quarter-century later.[1]

Among Tamayo's actions in office was to promulgate Ecuador's first regulations regarding the oil industry, although the law had little practical effect.[2] He was also active in establishing vice taxes in order to fund programs to arrest the spread of venereal disease among the prostitutes of Quito.[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by
President of Ecuador

1920–1924
Succeeded by