What is José Plácido Caamaño?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = José Plácido Caamaño |birth_name = José María Plácido Caamaño y Gómez-Cornejo |image = |office = [[List of heads of state of Ecuador|President of Ecuador]] |vicepresident = |term_start = October 15, 1883 |term_end = June 30, 1888 |predecessor = [[Ignacio de Veintemilla]] |successor = [[Pedro José Cevallos]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1837|10|5}} |birth_place = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1901|12|31|1837|10|5}} |death_place = [[Seville]], [[Spain]] |nationality = [[Ecuadorian]] |party = |spouse = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |religion = }} '''José María Plácido Caamaño y Gómez-Cornejo''' (5 October 1837 – December 31, 1901) was [[President of Ecuador]] from 23 November 1883 to 1 July 1888. Caamaño was born in Guayaquil. He studied law and theology in the seminary of his native city, and was educated in Quito. Subsequently he was mayor of Guayaquil, and chief of the custom-house service. He was a member of the Progresistas, a liberal Catholic party. An attempt was made to assassinate him in 1886, and he narrowly escaped death by throwing himself into a river. Under his administration telegraphs, railways, an institute of sciences, several Colleges, and many new schools were added to the resources of Ecuador. After his term ended, he served as ambassador to US from 1889 to 1890. Caamaño died on December 31, 1901 from complications of a heart attack in [[Seville]], [[Spain]], aged 63. ==Other websites== * [http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/modulos.asp?id=28/ Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caamano, Jose Placido}} [[Category:1837 births]] [[Category:1901 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Presidents of Ecuador]] [[Category:Mayors of Guayaquil]] {{bio-stub}}