Noboa y Arteta, Diego (1789–1870)
Noboa y Arteta, Diego (1789–1870)
Diego Noboa y Arteta (also Novoa; b. 15 October 1789; d. 3 November 1870), president of Ecuador (1850–1851). A wealthy Guayaquil-born merchant and landowner, Noboa joined the governing Liberal triumvirate after the 6 March 1845 overthrow of President Juan José Flores. He was a candidate in the 1850 presidential election, which ended in a deadlock, with support in Congress evenly divided between Noboa and General Antonio de Elizade. When Vice President Manuel de Ascásubi assumed authority, Noboa's ally General José María Urbina led a revolt that placed Noboa in power. In 1851 Congress ratified the coup. Largely ineffectual during his brief tenure in office, Noboa is chiefly remembered for allowing the Jesuits to return to Ecuador. In July 1851 his erstwhile friend Urbina (president, 1851–1856) staged a coup, sending Noboa into exile in Costa Rica. He died in Guayaquil.
See alsoEcuador: Since 1830; Flores, Juan José; Urbina, José María.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Frank MacDonald Spindler, Nineteenth Century Ecuador: An Historical Introduction (1987).
Mark J. Van Aken, King of the Night: Juan José Flores and Ecuador, 1824–1864 (1989).
Additional Bibliography
Ayala Mora, Enrique. Historia de la revolución liberal ecuatoriana. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional, 1994.
Maiguashca, Juan. Historia y región en el Ecuador, 1830–1930. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional, 1984.
Ronn F. Pineo