Federico Páez

Federico Páez (* 1880 in Quito ; † 1974 there ) was an Ecuadorian engineer and dictator of his country from September 26, 1935 to October 22, 1937.

Páez was educated in France and Belgium and after his return to Ecuador was made Minister for Public Works by Velasco Ibarra during his presidency from 1934 to 1935. After this was overthrown in 1935, the interim President Antonio Pons transferred the presidency to Páez. In 1937 Páez called a constituent assembly from which he was elected interim president until Alberto Enríquez Gallo overthrew him.

Web links

Humberto Oña Villarreal, Dictadura Del Ing.Federico Páez , short description at EcuadorOnline (Spanish)
Efrén Avilés Pino, Páez, Ing.Federico , in the Enciclopedia del Ecuador (Spanish)
Simón Espinosa Cordero, Federico Páez (1877-1974) , article about his tenure at Edufuturo.com (Spanish)

predecessor	Office	successor
Antonio Pons	President of Ecuador 1935 - 1937	Alberto Enríquez Gallo

personal data
SURNAME	Páez, Federico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ecuadorian engineer and dictator
DATE OF BIRTH	1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Quito
DATE OF DEATH	1974
Place of death	Quito