Julio Teodoro Salem Gallegos (September 26, 1900 – September 3, 1968) was an Ecuadorian politician of Lebanese background. He was born in Riobamba. Salem was a member of Liberal Radical Party and was elected to the Congress is 1934. He also served as minister of public works. Salem was Head of State of Ecuador

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 29 May 1944 to 31 May 1944 after Carlos Arroyo del Río was deposed.