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ALFREDO PALACIO
Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born January 22, 1939) served as President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005, he served as vicepresident, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a week of growing unrest with his government. Bornin Guayaquil, Palacio is a physician by profession, specializing in cardiology. He studied in his home town and, later, at Cleveland, Ohio, doing residency at Case Western Reserve University, followed by atwo-year cardiology fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. He later lectured in cardiology and public healthat Guayaquil University's faculty of medicine.
Palacio was chosen as Lucio Gutiérrez's running mate in the 2002 election. It was a common sight during the campaign to see Gutiérrez, dressed in his armyfatigues, accompanied by Palacio, wearing surgical scrubs. Palacio had previously served as the minister for health during the administration of Sixto Durán Ballén. Many of the ministers he chose were fromthe Democratic Left (Ecuador).
One of Palacio's first proposals made as president was to hold a Constitutional Assembly to amend Ecuador's 1998 Constitution. For a period of several months prior toassuming office, he had been a critic of the Gutiérrez regime, saying that the country was "falling apart" and in need of "intensive care".
Hijo del conocido escultor ecuatoriano Alfredo Palacio,quien elaboró el monumento a la Revolución Liberal, con la figura de Eloy Alfaro, que fue ordenada por el Municipio de Guayaquil. Realizó sus estudios primarios en el Instituto Particular Abdón Calderón,y los secundarios en el colegio "La Salle" de Guayaquil. Se graduó en 1967 de la Universidad de Guayaquil como Doctor en Medicina, especializándose en medicina interna, cardiología y cirugía en...