José Luis Tamayo Terán (29 July 1858 – 7 July 1947) was President of Ecuador from 1 September 1920 to 31 August 1924. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. He was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in 1898, and President of the Senate in 1905. He was the last Ecuadoran President to complete a full term in office until Galo Plaza Lasso did so nearly a quarter-century later.[1]
José Luis Tamayo Terán | |
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| 20th President of Ecuador | |
| In office 1 September 1920 – 31 August 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Baquerizo |
| Succeeded by | Gonzalo Córdova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1858 Chanduy, Guayas, Ecuador |
| Died | 7 July 1947 (aged 88) Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador |
| Political party | Radical Liberal |
| Spouse |
Esther Concha Torres
(m. 1897) |
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Among Tamayo's actions in office was to promulgate Ecuador's first regulations regarding the oil industry, although the law had little practical effect.[2] He was also active in establishing vice taxes in order to fund programs to arrest the spread of venereal disease among the prostitutes of Quito.[3]
References
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- ^ Pineo, Ronn F. (2010). Ecuador and the United States: Useful Strangers. University of Georgia Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780820337265.
- ^ Martz, John D. (1987). Politics and Petroleum in Ecuador. Transaction Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 9781412831338.
- ^ Clark, A. Kim (2012). Gender, State, and Medicine in Highland Ecuador: Modernizing Women, Modernizing the State, 1895-1950. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780822978053.
- JOSE LUIS TAMAYO TERAN. diccionariobiograficoecuador.com
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