Gabriel García Moreno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gabriel García Moreno

9th & 12th President of Ecuador

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1821

Place of Birth: Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1875

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Ecuador

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García Moreno y Morán de Butrón (December 24, 1821 – August 6, 1875) was an Ecuadorian politician who twice served as President of Ecuador (1861–65 and 1869–75) and was assassinated during his second term, after being elected to a third.
He is noted for his conservatism, Catholic religious perspective and rivalry with liberal strongman Eloy Alfaro.
Under his administration, Ecuador became a leader in science and higher education within Latin America.
In addition to the advances in education and science, he was noted for economically and agriculturally advancing the country, as well as for his staunch opposition to corruption, even giving his own salary to charity.
However, a contemporary account from a consortium of London publishers, The Annual Register for 1875, reports, "the deceased President was a ruler more feared than loved in the Republic whose destinies he had guided for nearly fifteen years, having governed it rather as a military dictator than as the head authority of a Liberal Constitution.”