Rodrigo Borja Cevallos

Infobox_President | name= Rodrigo Borja


nationality=Ecuadorian
order=President of Ecuador
term_start=August 10, 1988
term_end=August 10, 1992
predecessor=León Febres Cordero
successor=Sixto Durán Ballén
birth_date= Birth date and age|1935|6|19|mf=y
birth_place=Quito, Ecuador
party=Party of the Democratic Left
vicepresident=Luis Parodi Valverde

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (born 19 June 1935) was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992.

Borja was born in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. He helped to found the Party of the Democratic Left, a socialist political party which quickly gained strength. He served several terms in Congress, leaving it in 1982. Borja first ran for President of Ecuador in 1978, coming in fourth place. He again ran for president in 1984, receiving the most votes in the first round, 36%, but he was defeated in the runoff. He succeeded in winning the 1988 presidential election, and focused on Ecuador's economic problems during his presidency. Like all Ecuadorian presidents, he was not allowed to seek a second term. After his presidency, he remained the leader of the Party of the Democratic Left. He ran for President again in 1998, receiving 12% of the vote and coming in third place, and again ran for president in 2002, receiving 14% of the vote and fourth place.

See also

* Party of the Democratic Left
* Alfredo Vera Arrata

External links

* [http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/modulos.asp?id=28/ Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History]