Abdalá Bucaram

Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz (/ɑːbdəˈlɑː bʊkəˈrɑːm/  ahb-də-LAH buu-kə-RAHM; Arabic: عبد الله خايمي بوكرم أورتيز; born 20 February 1952) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1996 to 6 February 1997. As President, Bucaram was nicknamed "El Loco Que Ama" ("The Madman Who Loves", a nickname he championed). He was removed from office after being declared mentally unfit to rule by the National Congress of Ecuador on 12 February 1997. He lived in exile in Panama under political asylum laws, then returned to Ecuador in 2017 when the charges against him expired. He started the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party, named after his brother in law Jaime Roldos

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