Luis Cordero Crespo
Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo (6 April 1833 – 30 January 1912) was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895. His parents were Gregorio Cordero and Josefa Crespo. He was a member of the Progresistas, a liberal Catholic political party, and was a member of the provisional governing junta which led the Progresistas to power in 1883.
Luis Cordero Crespo | |
|---|---|
| President of Ecuador | |
| In office July 1, 1892 – April 16, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio Flores Jijón |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Lucio Salazar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo April 6, 1833 Déleg, Cañar, Ecuador |
| Died | January 30, 1912 (aged 78) Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
Luis Cordero wrote poems in Spanish and Kichwa and published the first Kichwa-Spanish-Kichwa dictionary in Ecuador.
Other websites
- Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History[dead link]
- ¡Rinimi, Llacta! - Poems of Luis Cordero Crespo in Quichua, with Spanish translation Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine