Vice President of Ecuador

Vice President of the
Republic of Ecuador
Vicepresidente de la República del Ecuador
Vice President of the; Republic of Ecuador ; Vicepresidente de la República del Ecuador
	Coat of arms of Ecuador
	Incumbent; María José Pinto; since 24 May 2025
	Executive branch of the; Government of Ecuador
Appointer	Direct popular vote or the President (with approval from the National Assembly)
Term length	Four years; renewable once
Inaugural holder	José Joaquín de Olmedo
Formation	March 6, 1845
Salary	4,869 USD per month

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.

History

In November 2024, Vice President Verónica Abad Rojas was temporarily suspended by the Ecuadorian government after failing to leave Israel and travel to Turkey while also serving as ambassador.^[1] On 23 December 2024, Abad Rojas was ordered reinstated as Vice President after a judge ruled her suspension unconstitutional.^[2]

List

Name	Took office	Left office	President
José Joaquín de Olmedo	1830	1831	Juan José Flores
José Modesto Larrea	1831	1835	Juan José Flores
Juan Bernardo León	1835	1839	Vicente Rocafuerte
Francisco Aguirre	1839	1843	Juan José Flores
Francisco Marcos	1843	1845	Juan José Flores
Pablo Merino	1845	1847	Vicente Ramón Roca
Manuel de Ascásubi	1847	1851	Vicente Ramón Roca
Position abolished	1851	1852
Pacifico Chiriboga	1852	1854	José María Urbina
Manuel Bustamante	1854	1856	José María Urbina
Marcos Espinel	1856	1858	José María Urbina Francisco Robles
Jerónimo Carrión	1858	1860	Francisco Robles
Mariano Cueva	1861	1863	Gabriel García Moreno
Antonio Borrero	1863	1864	Gabriel García Moreno
Rafael Carvajal	1864	1865	Gabriel García Moreno
Pedro José de Arteta	1865	1867	Jerónimo Carrión
Position vacant	1867	1868
Pedro José de Arteta	1868	1869	Juan Javier Espinosa
Francisco Javier León	1869	1875	Gabriel García Moreno
Position vacant	1875	1883
Rafael Pérez Pareja	1883	1884	José Plácido Caamaño
Agustín Guerrero Lizarzaburu	1884	1886	José Plácido Caamaño
Pedro José Cevallos	1886	1890	José Plácido Caamaño Antonio Flores Jijón
Pablo Herrera	1890	1894	Antonio Flores Jijón Luis Cordero Crespo
Vicente Lucio Salazar	1894	1895	Luis Cordero Crespo
Position vacant	1895	1897
Manuel Benigno Cueva	1897	1899	Eloy Alfaro
Carlos Freile Zaldumbide	1899	1903	Eloy Alfaro Leonidas Plaza
Alfredo Baquerizo	1903	1906	Leonidas Plaza Lizardo García
Position abolished	1906	1946
Mariano Suárez Veintimilla	1946	1947	José María Velasco Ibarra
José Rafael Bustamante	1947	1948	Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola
Manuel Sotomayor	1948	1949	Galo Plaza Lasso
Abel Gilbert	1949	1952	Galo Plaza Lasso
Alfredo Chiriboga	1952	1956	José María Velasco Ibarra
Francisco Illingworth	1956	1960	Camilo Ponce Enríquez
C. J. Arosemena Monroy	1960	1961	José María Velasco Ibarra
Reinaldo Varea	1961	1963	Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
Position vacant	1963	1968
Jorge Zavala	1968	1972	José María Velasco Ibarra
Position vacant	1972	1979
Osvaldo Hurtado	1979	1981	Jaime Roldós Aguilera
León Roldós Aguilera	1981	1984	Osvaldo Hurtado
Blasco Peñaherrera	1984	1988	León Febres Cordero
Luis Parodi	1988	1992	Rodrigo Borja
Alberto Dahik	1992	1995	Sixto Durán Ballén
Eduardo Peña	1995	1996	Sixto Durán Ballén
Rosalía Arteaga	1996	1998	Abdalá Bucaram Fabián Alarcón
Pedro Aguayo Cubillo	1998	1998	Fabián Alarcón
Gustavo Noboa	1998	2000	Jamil Mahuad
Pedro Pinto Rubianes	2000	2003	Gustavo Noboa
Alfredo Palacio	2003	2005	Lucio Gutierrez
Alejandro Serrano	5 May 2005	15 January 2007	Alfredo Palacio
Lenín Moreno	15 January 2007	24 May 2013	Rafael Correa
Jorge Glas	24 May 2013	Powers and duties suspended on 3 August 2017 6 January 2018	Rafael Correa Lenín Moreno
María Alejandra Vicuña	4 October 2017	6 January 2018 (Acting for Jorge Glas to 2 January 2018)	Lenín Moreno
María Alejandra Vicuña	6 January 2018	Powers and duties suspended on 3 December 2018 4 December 2018
Otto Sonnenholzner	11 December 2018	7 July 2020
María Alejandra Muñoz	22 July 2020	24 May 2021
Alfredo Borrero	24 May 2021	23 November 2023	Guillermo Lasso
Verónica Abad Rojas	23 November 2023	24 May 2025 ^[a]	Daniel Noboa
Sariha Moya (Acting)	11 November 2024	23 December 2024
Cynthia Gellibert (acting)	30 March 2025	24 May 2025
María José Pinto	24 May 2025	Incumbent

Notes

↑ Powers and duties suspended from 9 November 2024 to 3 December 2024 and again on 30 March 2025

References

↑ "Ecuador government suspends vice president from office ahead of 2025 elections". Reuters. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
↑ "Judge reinstates Ecuador's vice president after deeming her suspension unconstitutional". Associated Press. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

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[3] Powers and duties suspended from 9 November 2024 to 3 December 2024 and again on 30 March 2025

[1] "Ecuador government suspends vice president from office ahead of 2025 elections". Reuters. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[2] "Judge reinstates Ecuador's vice president after deeming her suspension unconstitutional". Associated Press. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

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Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador Vicepresidente de la República del Ecuador
Coat of arms of Ecuador
Incumbent María José Pinto since 24 May 2025
Executive branch of the Government of Ecuador
Appointer	Direct popular vote or the President (with approval from the National Assembly)
Term length	Four years renewable once
Inaugural holder	José Joaquín de Olmedo
Formation	March 6, 1845
Salary	4,869 USD per month