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1830 Riobamba It meets on August 14, presided over by José Fernández Salvador. Its objective was the creation of the Republic of Ecuador and named Juan José Flores as provisional president.
He wrote the first Constitution and elects General Juan José Flores, the original Constitutional President. The Catholic religion is declared the only one in the Republic. -
1835 Ambato Chaired by José Joaquín de Olmedo, drafted the second Constitution, electing Dr. Vicente Rocafuerte as President of the Republic.
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1843 Quito It is presided over by Francisco Marcos, preparing the third Constitution called the Slavery Charter and electing Juan José Flores as president. It provided that Congress meet only every four years.
The duration of the presidential mandate and that of the Chamber of Deputies was eight years. Senators were elected for a 12-year term -
1845 Cuenca It is chaired by Pablo Merino, drafts the fourth Constitution that legitimized the Marcista Revolution that overthrew Flores and established a Provisional Triumvirate, led by Vicente Ramón Roca.
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1850 - 1851 Quito President Ramón de la Barrera drew up the fifth Constitution and elected Diego Noboa as Constitutional President. The death penalty for political crimes was eliminated.
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1852 Guayaquil It is presided over by Pedro Moncayo, drafting the sixth Constitution and General José María Urbina was appointed as president.
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1861 Quito It was presided over by General Juan José Flores. The seventh Constitution was drafted and Gabriel García Moreno was appointed president. Direct and universal suffrage was established and the right of citizenship was expanded
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1869 Quito It was chaired by Rafael Carvajal. The eighth Constitution was drafted, called the Black Letter by the opposition, and allowed the second presidency of Gabriel García Moreno. To be a citizen required to be a Catholic. The Constitution is approved for the first time in popular consultation.
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1878 Ambato Presided over by General José María Urbina, he wrote the ninth Constitution and appointment of General Ignacio de Veintemilla as president, after the overthrow of Antonio Borrero.
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1884 Quito President Francisco J. Salazar, drafts the tenth Constitution and names José María Plácido Caamaño as president, after the dictatorship of Ignacio Ventimilla. The death penalty for ordinary crimes was eliminated.
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1896 - 1897 Quito First Liberal Constitution, after the revolution of June 5 and General Eloy Alfaro elected president.
The death penalty for crimes of murder and patricide was eliminated and freedom of worship was established -
1906 Quito Second Liberal constitution and General Eloy Alfaro was elected president.
The Constitution, called "atheist" by opponents, separated the church from the state and eliminated the article that declared the Catholic religion as the official one of the state. It was restored in 1938 by Aurelio Mosquera Narváez until 1945, the year in which it was replaced. -
1928-1929 Quito New Constitution and election for the presidency of Isidro Ayora.
It includes the achievements of the Julian Revolution of 1925 and guarantees female suffrage. -
1938 Quito Convened by Alberto Enríquez, the Constituent Assembly promulgated the new Constitution and elected Aurelio Mosquera Narváez as president. However, it was only in force for 2 months as it was repealed by Narváez.
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1945 Quito Drafts a Constitution product of the Revolution of May 28, 1944 that overthrew President Carlos Arroyo del Río. Appoints José María Velasco Ibarra president. It was restored by Guillermo Rodríguez Lara until 1979, the year in which it was replaced.
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1946 Quito Summoned by José María Velasco Ibarra after giving a coup, a new Constitution is drawn up
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1967 Quito Summoned by Clemente Yerovi. Draft the Magna Carta and elect Otto Arosemena Gómez as president.
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1978-1979 Quito Commissions of Political Restructuring of the State, Convened by the Military Government. It elaborates on the Magna Carta and reforms the Constitution of 1945 and results in the election as President of Jaime Roldós Aguilera.
It was approved by the referendum and allowed the Ecuadorian State to return to the democratic exercise of powers. -
1997 - 1998 Ambato, Quito, Sangolquí, and Riobamba Convened by Fabián Alarcón. It was installed as a Constituent Assembly backed by a popular consultation and was approved through the promulgation by the inaugural president of the Constitution of the Republic, Jamil Mahuad on August 10, 1998.
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2007 - 2008 Montecristi Summoned by Rafael Correa. The National Constituent Assembly is installed, backed by a popular consultation, and approved in a referendum in 2008.
