León Roldós Aguilera
León Roldós Aguilera | |
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| Vice President of Ecuador | |
| In office 2 July 1981 – 10 August 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Osvaldo Hurtado |
| Succeeded by | Blasco Peñaherrera Padilla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 July 1942 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Political party | Ethics and Democracy Network |
León Roldós Aguilera (born 21 July 1942) is an
Concentración de Fuerzas Populares. He also had a private practice of law and consultancy mostly to the banking sector. He later became a professor in the University of Guayaquil and a dean of the law school of the Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte
.
In 1979, his brother
Democracia Popular
. He was then appointed chairman of the Monetary Board (Junta Monetaria).
President Jaime Roldós died in an airplane crash while in office; the
Democracia Popular
. León Roldós did not enjoy a good relationship with President Hurtado, having opposed the assumption of the private external debt by the government (known as the "sucretización"), among other economic policies.
On 31 October 1994, León Roldós was elected rector of the University of Guayaquil, and served two terms, which were acknowledged to have revitalized this institution.
León Roldos
Province of Guayas
.
In the 2006 Ecuadorian general election he ran again, this time in a ticket of the alliance of "Ethics and Democracy Network" (Red Etica y Democrática) and of the Democratic Left Party. He raked a fourth place of the vote, receiving 4.8% of the votes cast.
Note: León Roldós does not belong to the
Jaime Roldós
.
References
- ^ "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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