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Vice President of Ecuador

Second-highest political position in Ecuador

Field	Value
post	Vice President
body	the
Republic of Ecuador
native_name	Vicepresidente de la República del Ecuador
insignia	Coat of arms of Ecuador.svg
insigniasize	125px
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Ecuador
termlength	Four years
renewable once
appointer	Direct popular vote or the President (with approval from the National Assembly)
image	María José Pinto comparece ante la Comisión de la Niñez (cropped).jpg
incumbent	Maria Jose Pinto
incumbentsince	24 May 2025
department	Executive branch of the
Government of Ecuador
salary	4,869 USD per month
formation	March 6, 1845
inaugural	José Joaquín de Olmedo

Republic of Ecuador renewable once Government of Ecuador](politics-of-ecuador-executive-branch) The vice president of Ecuador is the second highest political position in Ecuador. In many instances, the vice president succeeded the president in turbulent political situations. The last time was in 2005 after the resignation of president Lucio Gutiérrez. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected on the same ticket as the president. Salary of the vice president is US$4,869 per month.

The current vice president is Maria Jose Pinto since 24 May 2025.

Below is the history of the office holders.

List

Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	President
	[[File:Jjolemdo.jpg	60px]]		José Joaquín de Olmedo
(1780-1847)		1830		1831		Juan José Flores
	[[File:Gen Jose Modesto Larrea.jpg	60px]]		José Modesto Larrea
(1799-1861)		1831		1835		Juan José Flores
	[[File:Bernardo leon.jpg	60px]]		Juan Bernardo León
(1774-1840)		1835		1839		Vicente Rocafuerte
	[[File:Aguirre Abad, Dr. Francisco Javier.jpg	60px]]		Francisco Aguirre
(1779-1867)		1839		1843		Juan José Flores
	[[File:Francisco de Marcos.jpg	60px]]		Francisco Marcos
(1794-1872)		1843		1845		Juan José Flores
	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]		Pablo Merino
(1793-1854)		1845		1847		Vicente Ramón Roca
	[[File:Manuel de Ascásubi y Matheu0001.jpg	60px]]		Manuel de Ascásubi
(1804-1876)		1847		1851		Vicente Ramón Roca
			Position abolished		1851		1852
	[[File:Pacifico Chiriboga.jpg	60px]]		Pacifico Chiriboga
(1810-1886)		1852		1854		José María Urbina
	[[File:Manuel Bustamante.jpg	60px]]		Manuel Bustamante
(1802-1890)		1854		1856		José María Urbina
	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]		Marcos Espinel
(1809-1876)		1856		1858		José María Urbina
Francisco Robles
	[[File:Jerónimo Carrión y Palacio.jpg	60px]]		Jerónimo Carrión
(1804-1873)		1858		1860		Francisco Robles
	[[File:Mariano Cueva (ca 1880).jpg	60px]]		Mariano Cueva
(1810-1882)		1861		1863		Gabriel García Moreno
	[[File:Antonio Borrero2.jpg	60px]]		Antonio Borrero
(1827-1911)		1863		1864		Gabriel García Moreno
	[[File:Rafael Carvajal (1865).jpg	60px]]		Rafael Carvajal
(1818-1881)		1864		1865		Gabriel García Moreno
	[[File:Pedro Jose de Arteta y Calisto.jpg	60px]]		Pedro José de Arteta
(1797-1873)		1865		1867		Jerónimo Carrión
			Position vacant		1867		1868
	[[File:Pedro Jose de Arteta y Calisto.jpg	60px]]		Pedro José de Arteta
(1797-1873)		1868		1869		Juan Javier Espinosa
	[[File:Francisco Javier León, Encargado del Poder en 1875.jpg	60px]]		Francisco Javier León
(1832-1880)		1869		1875		Gabriel García Moreno
			Position vacant		1875		1883
	[[File:Rafael Perez Pareja.jpg	60px]]		Rafael Pérez Pareja
(1836-1897)		1883		1884		José Plácido Caamaño
	[[File:Agustín Guerrero (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Agustín Guerrero Lizarzaburu
(1819-1902)		1884		1886		José Plácido Caamaño
	[[File:Cevallos,-Pedro-Jose.jpg	60px]]		Pedro José Cevallos
(1830-1892)		1886		1890		José Plácido Caamaño
Antonio Flores Jijón
	[[File:Pablo Herrera González.jpg	60px]]		Pablo Herrera
(1820-1896)		1890		1894		Antonio Flores Jijón
Luis Cordero Crespo
	[[File:Vicente Lucio Salazar.jpg	60px]]		Vicente Lucio Salazar
(1832-1896)		1894		1895		Luis Cordero Crespo
			Position vacant		1895		1897
	[[File:Manuel Benigno Cueva (detail).jpg	60px]]		Manuel Benigno Cueva
(1843-1918)		1897		1899		Eloy Alfaro
	[[File:Carlos Freile Zaldumbide.jpg	60px]]		Carlos Freile Zaldumbide
(1856-1928)		1899		1903		Eloy Alfaro
Leonidas Plaza
	[[File:Baquerizo Moreno (circa 1945) (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Alfredo Baquerizo
(1859-1951)		1903		1906		Leonidas Plaza
Lizardo García
			Position abolished		1906		1946
	[[File:Mariano-Suarez Veintimilla (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Mariano Suárez Veintimilla
(1897-1980)		1946		1947		José María Velasco Ibarra
	[[File:José Rafael Bustamante Cevallos 1949.jpg	60px]]		José Rafael Bustamante
(1881-1961)		1947		1948		Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola
	[[File:Retrato Manuel Sotomayor y Luna.jpg	60px]]		Manuel Sotomayor
(1884-1949)		1948		1949		Galo Plaza Lasso
	[[File:Abel Gilbert.jpg	60px]]		Abel Gilbert
(1889-1965)		1949		1952		Galo Plaza Lasso
	[[File:Alfredo chiriboga chiriboga.jpg	60px]]		Alfredo Chiriboga
(1897-1975)		1952		1956		José María Velasco Ibarra
	[[File:Francisco illingworth.jpg	60px]]		Francisco Illingworth
(1905-1982)		1956		1960		Camilo Ponce Enríquez
	[[File:Arosemena - Kennedy (cropped).jpg	60px]]		C. J. Arosemena Monroy
(1919-2004)		1960		1961		José María Velasco Ibarra
	[[File:Reynaldo varea.jpg	60px]]		Reinaldo Varea
(1916-2008)		1961		1963		Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
			Position vacant		1963		1968
	[[File:Jorge Zavala Baquerizo 3 (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Jorge Zavala
(1922-2014)		1968		1972		José María Velasco Ibarra
			Position vacant		1972		1979
	[[File:Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Osvaldo Hurtado
(born 1939)		1979		1981		Jaime Roldós Aguilera
	[[File:Leon Roldos (cropped).jpg	60px]]		León Roldós Aguilera
(born 1942)		1981		1984		Osvaldo Hurtado
	[[File:Blasco peñaherrera.jpg	60px]]		Blasco Peñaherrera
(born 1934)		1984		1988		León Febres Cordero
	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]		Luis Parodi
(1936-2020)		1988		1992		Rodrigo Borja
	[[File:Alberto Dahik (detalle).jpg	60px]]		Alberto Dahik
(born 1953)		1992		1995		Sixto Durán Ballén
	[[File:Eduardo Peña Triviño.jpg	60px]]		Eduardo Peña
(born 1936)		1995		1996		Sixto Durán Ballén
	[[File:Rosalía Arteaga Serrano - 2016 (01).jpg	60px]]		Rosalía Arteaga
(born 1956)		1996		1998		Abdalá Bucaram
Fabián Alarcón
	[[File:Pedro aguayo.jpg	60px]]		Pedro Aguayo Cubillo
(1939-2025)		1998		1998		Fabián Alarcón
	[[File:Gustavo noboa.jpg	60px]]		Gustavo Noboa
(1937-2021)		1998		2000		Jamil Mahuad
	[[File:No image.svg	60px]]		Pedro Pinto Rubianes
(1931-2022)		2000		2003		Gustavo Noboa
	[[File:Alfredo Palacio (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Alfredo Palacio
(1939-2025)		2003		2005		Lucio Gutierrez
	[[File:Nicanor Alejandro Serrano Aguilar en 2005 (recortada).jpg	60px]]		Alejandro Serrano
(1933-2019)		5 May 2005		15 January 2007		Alfredo Palacio
	[[File:LENIN MORENO.jpg	60px]]		Lenín Moreno
(born 1953)		15 January 2007		24 May 2013		Rafael Correa
	[[File:Nueva Embajadora en Ecuador presentó Cartas Credenciales (10594293813).jpg	60px]]		Jorge Glas
(born 1969)		24 May 2013		Powers and duties suspended on 3 August 2017
6 January 2018		Rafael Correa
Lenín Moreno
[[File:María-Alejandra-Vicuña-Muñoz (8318632116).jpg	60px]]	María Alejandra Vicuña
(born 1978)	4 October 2017	6 January 2018
(Acting for Jorge Glas to 2 January 2018)	Lenín Moreno
6 January 2018	Powers and duties suspended on 3 December 2018
4 December 2018
	[[File:Otto Sonnenholzner.jpg	60px]]		Otto Sonnenholzner
(born 1983)		11 December 2018		7 July 2020
	[[File:Maria Alejandra Muñoz Vicepresidenta de Ecuador.jpg	60px]]		María Alejandra Muñoz
(born 1978)		22 July 2020		24 May 2021
	[[File:Alfredo Borrero.jpg	60px]]		Alfredo Borrero
(born 1955)		24 May 2021		23 November 2023		Guillermo Lasso
	[[File:Sesión Solemne Transmisión de Mando Presidencial, Verónica Abad (cropped).jpg	60px]]		Verónica Abad Rojas
(born 1976)		23 November 2023		24 May 2025
Powers and duties suspended from 9 November 2024 to 3 December 2024 and again on 30 March 2025 to May 24 2025	Daniel Noboa
	[[File:Sariha Moya March 2024.jpg	60px]]		Sariha Moya
(acting)
(born 1988)		11 November 2024		23 December 2024
[[File:Cynthia Gellibert Secretary of Public Administration of Ecuador 2024.jpg	60px]]	Cynthia Gellibert (acting)
(born 1971/72)	30 March 2025	24 May 2025
	[[File:María José Pinto comparece ante la Comisión de la Niñez (cropped).jpg	60px]]	María José Pinto
(born 1986)	24 May 2025	Incumbent

Timeline

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Notes

References

(13 April 2020). "Presidente Lenín Moreno se bajará a la mitad su sueldo de $5072, medida también alcanza a ministros, viceministros y titulares de otras funciones del Estado".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080115011534/http://www.vicepresidencia.gov.ec/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=15&Itemid=30 History of Vicepresidency]
"Vicepresidentes en la historia".

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