What is José María Velasco Ibarra?
{{Infobox President | name = José María Velasco Ibarra | image = José María Velasco Ibarra.jpg | order = [[President of Ecuador]] | term_start = September 1, 1934 | term_end = May 20, 1935 | vicepresident = | predecessor = [[Abelardo Montalvo]] | successor = [[Antonio Pons]] | term_start2 = May 28, 1944 | term_end2 = March 30, 1946 | vicepresident2 = | predecessor2 = [[Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río]] | successor2 = [[Carlos Mancheno Cajas]] | term_start3 = September 1, 1952 | term_end3 = August 31, 1956 | vicepresident3 = | predecessor3 = [[Galo Plaza]] | successor3 = [[Camilo Ponce Enríquez]] 1961 | term_start4 = September 1, 1960 | term_end4 = November 7, 1961 | vicepresident4 = | predecessor4 = Camilo Ponce Enríquez | successor4 = [[Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy]] | term_start5 = September 1, 1968 | term_end5 = February 15, 1972 | vicepresident5 = | predecessor5 = [[Otto Arosemena]] | successor5 = [[Guillermo Rodríguez]] | birth_date = March 9, 1893 | birth_place = [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|03|30|1893|03|09|mf=yes}} | death_place = Quito, Ecuador | spouse = Corina Parral de Velasco Ibarra | alma_mater = [[Central University of Ecuador]] | party = | signature = Firma de Velasco Ibarra.svg }} {{Spanish name|Velasco|Ibarra}} '''José María Velasco Ibarra''' (March 19, 1893 &ndash; March 30, 1979) was an [[Ecuadorian]] [[politician]]. He was seen by many to be a [[dictator]], <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ecuador Ends Dictatorship of Jośe María Velasco Ibarra in Finds of Electing New President|url=https://cowlatinamerica.voices.wooster.edu/archive-item/ecuador-ends-dictatorship-of-jose-maria-velasco-ibarra-in-finds-of-electing-new-president/|access-date=2022-04-04|website=cowlatinamerica.voices.wooster.edu}}</ref> He was elected five times to the post of [[president of Ecuador]]: 1934–1935, 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, and 1968–1972. But only once (1