What is Alfredo Palacio?
{{Infobox_ officeholder | name=Alfredo Palacio | image=Alfredo Palacio (cropped).jpg | imagesize=200px | order=[[President of Ecuador]] | term_start=April 20, 2005 | term_end=January 15, 2007 | predecessor=[[Lucio Gutiérrez]] | successor=[[Rafael Correa]] |office2 = [[Vice President of Ecuador]] |term_start2 = January 15, 2003 |term_end2 = April 20, 2005 |predecessor2 = [[Pedro Pinto Rubianes]] |successor2 = [[Alejandro Serrano]] |office3 = Minister of Health |term_start3 = November 11, 1994 |term_end3 = August 10, 1996 |predecessor3 = Patricio Abad |successor3 = Marcelo Cruz | birth_date={{Birth date and age|1939|1|22|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] | death_date= | death_place= | spouse=María Beatriz Paret | party=No party affiliation | vicepresident=[[Alejandro Serrano]] | alma_mater=[[Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine|Case Western Reserve University]] }} '''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 vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the [[Ecuador]]ian [[National Congress of Ecuador|Congress]] removed President [[Lucio Gutiérrez]] from power following a week of growing unrest with his government. Palacio was born on January 22, 1939 in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]. He studied at [[Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine|Case Western Reserve University]]. Palacio was married to María Beatriz Paret. ==Other websites== *[http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/modulos.asp?id=192 Presidencia de la República&nbsp;– Presidente] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114042128/http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/modulos.asp?id=192 |date=2007-01-14 }} Biography as president *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4468000/4468617.stm BBC Mundo | América Latina | ¿Quién es Alfredo Palacio?] ([[BBC News]]) *[http://www.coha.org/2005/06/17/ecuadors-balancing-act-palacio-the-people