León Febres Cordero

León Febres-Cordero
Febres-Cordero in 1985
35th President of Ecuador
In office
10 August 1984  10 August 1988
Vice PresidentBlasco Peñaherrera Padilla
Preceded byOsvaldo Hurtado Larrea
Succeeded byRodrigo Borja
Mayor of Guayaquil
In office
10 August 1992  10 August 2000
DeputyLuis Chiriboga
Preceded byHarry Soria Lamán
Succeeded byJaime Nebot
Personal details
Born
León Esteban Francisco Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra

(1931-03-09)9 March 1931
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Died15 December 2008(2008-12-15) (aged 77)
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Cause of deathLung cancer
Resting placeParques de la Paz, La Aurora, Guayas, Ecuador
Political partySocial Christian Party
Spouses
(m. 1954; div. 1988)
    Cruz María Massuh
    (m. 1988)
    Children4
    Alma materStevens Institute of Technology
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    León Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra (9 March 1931 – 15 December 2008), known in the Ecuadorian media as LFC or more simply Febres-Cordero, was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 35th President of Ecuador, serving a four-year term from 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988. During his presidency he sought to introduce market-oriented reforms, and also led a security crackdown on a guerrilla group named ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!.