Abdalá Bucaram
President of Ecuador from 1996 to 1998 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz (/ɑːbdəˈlɑː bʊkəˈrɑːm/ ⓘ ahb-də-LAH buu-kə-RAHM; Arabic: عبد الله خايمي بوكرم أورتيز; born 20 February 1952) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1996 to 6 February 1997.[2] As President, Bucaram was nicknamed "El Loco Que Ama" ("The Madman Lover", a nickname he championed)[3] and was removed from office after being declared mentally unfit to rule by the National Congress of Ecuador on 12 February 1997.[4] He lived in exile in Panama under political asylum laws, then returned to Ecuador in 2017 when the charges against him expired. He started the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party, named after his brother in law Jaime Roldos.[1]
Abdalá Bucaram | |
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عبد الله بوكرم | |
38th President of Ecuador | |
In office 10 August 1996 – 6 February 1997 | |
Vice President | Rosalía Arteaga |
Preceded by | Sixto Durán Ballén |
Succeeded by | Rosalía Arteaga |
Mayor of Guayaquil | |
In office 10 August 1984 – September 1985 | |
Preceded by | Bolívar Cali Bajaña |
Succeeded by | Jorge Norero González |
Personal details | |
Born | Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz (1952-02-20) 20 February 1952 (age 72) Guayaquil, Ecuador[1] |
Political party | Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (1983–2014) Fuerza Ecuador (2017–2021) |
Spouse |
María Rosa Pulley Vergara
(m. 1977) |
Alma mater | University of Guayaquil |