What is Galo Plaza?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Galo Plaza |image = Galo Plaza Lasso.jpg |caption = |order = 4th |office = Secretary General of the Organization of American States |term_start = 1968 |term_end = 1975 |vicepresident = |predecessor = [[José A. Mora]] |successor = [[Alejandro Orfila]] |order2 = |office2 = [[President of Ecuador]] |term_start2 = September 1, 1948 |term_end2 = August 31, 1952 |predecessor2 = [[Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola|Carlos Julio Arosemena]] |successor2 = [[José María Velasco Ibarra|José María Velasco]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1906|02|17|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1987|01|22|1906|02|17}} |death_place= [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]] |nationality = [[Ecuador]]ian |party = |spouse = [[Rosario Pallares]] |children = |occupation = |alma_mater = [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]]<br>[[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]] |signature = |website = }} '''Galo Plaza Lasso''' (February 17, 1906 – January 28, 1987) was an [[Ecuador]]ian politician and statesman. He was [[President of Ecuador]] from 1948 to 1952 and [[Secretary General of the Organization of American States|Secretary General]] of the [[Organization of American States]] from 1968 to 1975. He is the son of former Ecuadorian President [[Leonidas Plaza]]. Plaza was born on February 17, 1906 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He studied at [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and at the [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]]. Plaza was married to [[Rosario Pallares]]. They had six children. Plaza died on January 28, 1987 from a heart attack in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], aged 80. ==Other websites== *[http://www.presidencia.