Emilio Estrada Carmona (28 May 1855-21 December 1911) was President of Ecuador from 1 September to 21 December 1911, interrupting Carlos Freile Zaldumbide's terms.
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Emilio Estrada Carmona was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1855, and he went into exile during Gabriel Garcia Moreno's reign due to his father's service in Jose Maria Urvina's government. Estrada later became a merchant and industrialist, and he participated in the guerrilla war against José Plácido Caamaño before being exiled to Panama in 1884 and returning in 1888. He supported the liberal revolution of 1895 and became a senator in 1898 and Governor of Guayas in 1901. In 1911, he was elected President after Eloy Alfaro's overthrow, but he died three months into his term.