In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Plaza and the second or maternal family name is Lasso de la Vega.
Galo Plaza
Galo Plaza in 1951
4th Secretary General of the Organization of American States
In office 1968–1975
Preceded by
José Antonio Mora
Succeeded by
Alejandro Orfila
29th President of Ecuador
In office 1 September 1948 – 31 August 1952
Vice President
Manuel Sotomayor Abel Gilbert
Preceded by
Carlos Julio Arosemena
Succeeded by
José María Velasco
Personal details
Born
Galo Lincoln Plaza Lasso de la Vega
(1906-02-17)17 February 1906 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died
28 January 1987(1987-01-28) (aged 80) Quito, Ecuador
Nationality
Ecuadorian
Political party
National Democratic Civic Movement (1947–1987)
Other political affiliations
Radical Liberal Party (1930–1947)
Spouse
Rosario Pallares
(m. 1933)
Children
6
Alma mater
University of Maryland University of California, Berkeley Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
Galo Lincoln Plaza Lasso de la Vega[1] (17 February 1906 – 28 January 1987) was an Ecuadorian statesman who served as President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952 and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1968 to 1975. He is the son of former Ecuadorian President Leonidas Plaza.
Galo Lincoln Plaza Lasso de la Vega (17 February 1906 – 28 January 1987) was an Ecuadorian statesman who served as President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952...
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nominated for the first time such as Pope Paul VI, Shigeru Yoshida, U Thant, GaloPlaza, Arne Geijer and The Salvation Army. No women were nominated that year...
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following year, three different men briefly held executive power before GaloPlaza Lasso, running under a coalition of independent Liberals and socialists...
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and naming avenues with his name. In 1948 he was economy minister of GaloPlaza's government, and then senator for agriculture. Yerovi died in Guayaquil...
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did not experience a boom until 1948, when the government of President GaloPlaza began issuing agricultural credits, tariffs, building ports and a highway...
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arms or other material across the Lebanese borders". A "Group of Three"—GaloPlaza, Rajeshwar Dayal and Odd Bull—Dag Hammarskjöld, the Secretary-General...
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effort. Following the sudden death of Ambassador Tuomioja in August, GaloPlaza was appointed Mediator. He viewed the problem in communal terms. In March...
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