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León Febres Cordero

1931 - 2008

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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 small guerrilla group named ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. León Febres Cordero is the 11,716th most popular politician (down from 11,008th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 19th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Ecuadorean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, León Febres Cordero ranks 11,716 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Mart Laar, Malek Jahan Khanom, Dragoljub Ojdanić, and Elvira Nabiullina. After him are Jacques Lauriston, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Milton George Henschel, Giuseppe Saracco, Saye Zerbo, and Muhammad Jamalul Alam II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, León Febres Cordero ranks 243. Before him are Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Elliott Belgrave, Robert Enrico, Sven Tumba, Shunichiro Okano, and Ernst Degner. After him are Galina Zybina, Bernard Panafieu, Jean Béliveau, Yulian Semyonov, Mino De Rossi, and Michel Deville. Among people deceased in 2008, León Febres Cordero ranks 160. Before him are Bill Miller, Nina Foch, Robert Jonquet, Bernie Mac, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, and Tsutomu Miyazaki. After him are Dee Dee Warwick, Dorival Caymmi, Cornell Capa, Claude Abbes, Buck Adams, and Odetta.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, León Febres Cordero ranks 18 out of 147. Before him are Gustavo Noboa (1937), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), Jamil Mahuad (1949), Eloy Alfaro (1842), Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940), and Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (1935). After him are Mariana de Jesús de Paredes (1618), Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919), Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934), Julio Jaramillo (1935), Andrés Gómez (1960), and Abdalá Bucaram (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ecuador

Among politicians born in Ecuador, León Febres Cordero ranks 14. Before him are Gustavo Noboa (1937), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), Jamil Mahuad (1949), Eloy Alfaro (1842), Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940), and Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (1935). After him are Abdalá Bucaram (1952), Álvaro Noboa (1950), José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780), Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), José de la Mar (1778), and Vicente Ramón Roca (1792).

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