Vicente Lucio Salazar (20 December 1832 – 14 February 1896) was Acting President of Ecuador between 16 April 1895 and 1 September 1895. Salazar was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in 1873, and President of the Senate in 1892. He became Vice President in 1894,[1] becoming president when Luis Cordero left office. He was also Minister of Finance on numerous occasions.

Vicente Lucio Salazar
Acting President of Ecuador
In office
16 April 1895 – 4 September 1895
Preceded byLuis Cordero Crespo
Succeeded byEloy Alfaro
Vice President of Ecuador
In office
27 January 1894 – 5 June 1895
Preceded byPablo Herrera
Succeeded byPosition vacant
Personal details
Born
Vicente Lucio Salazar y Cabal

(1832-12-20)December 20, 1832
Quito, Ecuador
DiedFebruary 14, 1896(1896-02-14) (aged 63)
Quito, Ecuador
Political partyConservative Party

Biography

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Vicente Lucio Salazar was born to Manuel María Salazar y Lozano and Carolina Cabal y Salazar on 20 December 1832 in Quito. He became a Juris Doctor and worked as an economist for thirty years, serving variously as the Minister of Finance in 1873, 1883, 1884-1887, 1888, and 1893.[2] He later served in the National Congress as a Deputy. In 1892 he was elected as the President of the Senate, and in 1893 was delegated by Luis Cordero to be the Minister of the Interior and Foreign Relations, but he was shortly thereafter elected as the Vice President. His president, though, was caught up in a controversy regarding the First Sino-Japanese War, called the Venta De La Bandera. Cordero resigned, leading to Lucio's presidency, which began on 16 April 1895. His presidency saw the beginning of the Liberal Revolution of Ecuador [es]. Meanwhile, he could not fulfill government obligations because of paralysis. This led to a resignation filed on 28 June 1895 (where he was succeeded by Eloy Alfaro) and later death on14 February 1896 in Quito.[3][4]

In his time as a finance minister, he went to Washington, D.C., on occasions to ask for loans from the United States.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ Juan Maiguashca. "Historia y región en el Ecuador: 1830-1930". Flacso Ecuador.
  3. ^ "LISTA CRONOLOGICA DE LOS MINISTROS DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR". mmrree. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Dr. Vicente Lucio Salazar". enciclopediadelecuador. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ^ House documents. Bavarian State Library: US Government. 1875. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Ecuador
1894–1895
Succeeded by
Vacant
Preceded by Acting President of Ecuador
1895
Succeeded by