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President of the Supreme Council of Government of Ecuador. Vice-Admiral of the Ecuadorian Navy.

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Jan 24, 1926 Pillaro, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador Died on 07 Jun 1990 (aged 64)

President of the Supreme Council of Government of Ecuador. Vice-Admiral of the Ecuadorian Navy.

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About Alfredo Poveda

  • Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (January 24, 1926 – June 7, 1990) was an Interim President of Ecuador January 11, 1976, to August 10, 1979. He was born in Píllaro, Tungurahua on January 24, 1926.
  • He attended Mejía High School in Quito and the Escuela Superior Naval "Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde" and graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Náutica Manuel Belgrano (ESNN).
  • In his navy career he became commander of the First Naval Zone and commander of the Marine Infantry Battalion. He came to power in a military coup and was appointed chairman of the Supreme Council of Government.
  • This triumvirate had two other members; general Guillermo Durán Arcentales (for the Ecuadorian Army) and general Luis Leoro Franco (for the Ecuadorian Air Force).
  • The triumvirate structured a plan for return to democratic government that led to multiparty general elections after a referendum on a choice of constitutions between a new one created by a Constitutional assembly appointed by the Triumvirate and the constitution of 1948 with several reforms.
  • The 1979 constitution was adopted.
  • The referendum lead to multi-party general elections among some twenty recognized political parties and the populist lawyer from Guayaquil Jaime Roldós Aguilera was elected President of Ecuador. Upon return to a democratic system Admiral Poveda withdrew from public life and took residency in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • While returning to Ecuador after a conference in Russia, he died from a myocardial infarction during a layover in Miami, Florida.

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