Spouse(s) Aída Judith León Succeeded by Alfredo Poveda | Religion Roman Catholic | |
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Preceded by José María Velasco Ibarra Born November 4, 1924 (age 92)
Pujilí, Ecuador ( 1924-11-04 ) Alma mater Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Similar José María Velasco Ibarra, Otto Arosemena, Alfredo Poveda, Clemente Yerovi, Osvaldo Hurtado | ||
Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (born November 4, 1924), known as "Bombita", is a former military dictator of Ecuador who was in power from February 15, 1972 to January 11, 1976. He took courses in C&R&Bn Staff, Irregular Warfare Orientation, and Maintenance Management at the School of the Americas in Panama. As commander of the army, he led a military coup d'etat executed by a navy commander named Jorge Queirolo G. and forced president José María Velasco into exile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. During his rule, drilling the country's oil reserves funded the construction of hospitals, schools, roads (notably, paving the Quito-Tulcán road), the oil refinery at Esmeraldas, and new equipment for the armed services. The Ecuadorian Military removed him from power in 1976.
