Lizardo Garcia (26 April 1844-29 May 1937) was President of Ecuador from 1 September 1905 to 15 January 1906, succeeding Leonidas Plaza and preceding Eloy Alfaro.
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Lizardo Garcia was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1844, and he founded the chamber of commerce of Guayaquil and worked as a firefighter. Garcia served as Finance Minister in 1895, a senator for Guayas, vice president of the Senate, and a Guayaquil councilman before running for president in 1901 and 1905, winning with Leonidas Plaza's support on the latter occasion. However, he was overthrown by Eloy Alfaro a year later, and he died in 1937.