Jose Javier Eguiguren (3 December 1816-1884) was President of Ecuador from 6 October to 9 December 1875, succeeding Francisco Leon Franco and preceding Antonio Borrero.
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Jose Javier Eguiguren was born in Loja, Ecuador in 1816. He practiced law before serving as a deputy from 1850 to 1851 and serving as Finance Minister from 1870 to 1871 and from 1874 to 1875. After Francisco Leon Franco suffered from mental illness in 1875, Eguiguren assumed the presidency until Antonio Borrero could take power in December 1875.