Dr Andrés F. Córdova (1892-1983)
Doctor Andrés F. Córdova was born in 1892. A man
of profound humanist vocation, he was an extraordinary father and
common stem. 
He graduated as a doctor in jurisprudence in 1919,
en the University of Cuenca.
Among his main works, we have:
Treaty of Civic Instruction,
Criminal Law Compared, Ecuadorian Criminal Procedural Law (2 volumes
- Tobar and Central University awards); Ecuadorian Civil Law (2
volumes - Tobar and Central University awards); Comments to the
Ecuadorian Civil Code; Economic Geography of Azuay and Cañar;
The Problem of Public Roads in Ecuador; My First Ninety Years.
During his prolific life, doctor Andrés F. Córdova
held the following occupations, in order: Municipal clerk in Cañar,
Secretary of a Police dependency in Cuenca, Secretary of the Governor's
Office in Azuay, School Visitor, Professor of Civic in Benigno Malo
school, Principal of Benigno Malo school (2 terms), Professor of
Civil Law and of Criminal Law in the University of Cuenca, Dean
of the Faculty of Law of the same university, Founder and First
President of the Sport Federation of Azuay, City Council Member
of Cuenca, and twice its President;
Congressman for Cañar,
for various terms,
Congressman for Azuay,
Senator for Cañar,
various terms, President of Congress, Minister of Public Works,
Agriculture and Mines; Minister of Government; President of Ecuador,
President of Congress' Commission, Professor of Criminal Procedural
Law in the Central University of Ecuador, Member of the Agriculture
Chamber, Member of the Honorable Consulting Board of the Foreign
Affairs Ministry, Presidential Candidate in en 1968.
Among his pastimes there was sharp-shooting (two time champ in
Cuenca), photography, agriculture and music (Author of Flores Marchitas
(Withering Flowers), Te Espero (I Await You), Soledad (Solitude)
and other songs).
He died in Quito, on October 3 1983.