Alfredo Baquerizo

"Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno" redirects here. For other uses, see Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Baquerizo and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (28 September 1859, in Guayaquil – 20 March 1951) was an Ecuadorian politician. He served as Vice President of Ecuador of Leónidas Plaza and Lizardo García from 1903 to 1906^[1] and as President of Ecuador three times in August – September 1912, September 1916^[2] – August 1920 and October 1931 – August 1932. He was President of the Senate from 1912 to 1915, and in 1930. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party.

Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
Acting President of Ecuador
In office 1 October 1931 – 31 August 1932
Preceded by	Luis Larrea Alba
Succeeded by	Carlos Freile Larrea
In office 1 August 1912 – 30 September 1912
Preceded by	Francisco Andrade Marín
Succeeded by	Leónidas Plaza
19th President of Ecuador
In office 1 September 1916 – 31 August 1920
Preceded by	Leónidas Plaza
Succeeded by	José Luis Tamayo
Vice President of Ecuador
In office 1 September 1905 – 15 January 1906
President	Lizardo García
Succeeded by	Abolished
In office 1 October 1903 – 31 August 1905
President	Leónidas Plaza
Preceded by	Carlos Freire Zaldumbide
Personal details
Born	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (1859-09-28)28 September 1859 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died	20 March 1951(1951-03-20) (aged 91) New York City, New York, USA
Political party	Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
Spouse	Piedad Roca Marcos ​ ​ (m. 1872; died 1937)​

Statue of Moreno in Malecón

Moreno is noted for sanctioning the abolition of the agricultural practice of concertaje,^[3] which was a system of contracted debt that held Indian hacienda laborers called conceirtos under threat of imprisonment.^[4] His administration was also considered a factor in the public disenchantment that led to the July Revolution of July 9, 1925.^[5]