Fabián Alarcón
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Fabián Ernesto Alarcón Rivera (born April 14, 1947) was President of Ecuador
from 6 February 1997 to 9 February 1997 and from February 11, 1997 to August 10, 1998.
Alarcón was born in Quito
. He was head of the Congress from August 1995 to February 1997, when he was made acting president due to the impeachment of President Abdalá Bucaram
. This deepened the political crisis in Ecuador as vice-president Rosalía Arteaga
challenged Alarcón's assumption of the presidency. Arteaga then became president for two days but Alarcón was then restored. He gave up the presidency after early elections were held in 1998, in which he did not run. In 1999 he was arrested on corruption charges, but was later released. Alarcón is a member of the Alfarista Radical Front
.
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
from 6 February 1997 to 9 February 1997 and from February 11, 1997 to August 10, 1998.
Alarcón was born in Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
. He was head of the Congress from August 1995 to February 1997, when he was made acting president due to the impeachment of President Abdalá Bucaram
Abdalá Bucaram
Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortíz is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who briefly occupied the Presidency of Ecuador...
. This deepened the political crisis in Ecuador as vice-president Rosalía Arteaga
Rosalía Arteaga
Lupe Rosalía Arteaga Serrano de Fernández de Córdova is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the country's first female president for only two days in 1997....
challenged Alarcón's assumption of the presidency. Arteaga then became president for two days but Alarcón was then restored. He gave up the presidency after early elections were held in 1998, in which he did not run. In 1999 he was arrested on corruption charges, but was later released. Alarcón is a member of the Alfarista Radical Front
Alfarista Radical Front
The Alfarista Radical Front is a centrist liberal party in Ecuador, founded in 1972. One of its best known figures is former acting president Fabián Alarcón....
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