The Joint Command of the Armed Forces () is responsible for the administration and coordination of the military branches of the Armed Forces of Ecuador.https://www.defensa.gob.ec/fuerzas-armadas-ecuador/
History Between 1830 and 1924, the president as commander-in-chief commanded the joint Armed Forces, a function that was delegated on several occasions during armed conflicts. Beginning in 1924, a position of operational administrative authority for the joint Armed Forces was created, undergoing several changes: General Inspectorate of the Army, Superior Command of the Army, Chief of the General Staff and finally, Joint Command since 1971.
Structure Joint Command Headquarters of the Armed Forces Operational Staff Headquarters Directorate of Military Mobilization - DIRMOV Control Organs Cyber Defense Command Joint Military Intelligence Command Joint Communications Systems and Electronic Warfare Group Institutional General Staff Headquarters General Secretariat Administrative and Financial Directorate General Directorate of Health of the Armed Forces and Health General Directorate of Education and Military Doctrine Armed Forces Specialty Hospital No. 1 General Directorate of Institutional Advice Legal Advisory Office Directorate of Social Communication Directorate of Military Research and Development Directorate of Interinstitutional Cooperation University of the Armed Forces - ESPE Supreme Council of the Armed Forces - COSUPRE Educational Units of the Armed Forces - COLEMIL
Heads of the Armed Forces HolderPeriodBranchDesignatorGeneral Command of the Army (extraordinary position)General Juan José Flores y Aramburu1835 - 1839Vicente RocafuerteGeneral Antonio Elizalde Lamar1843 - 1843Provisional GovernmentGeneral José María Urbina y Viteri1859 - 1859Francisco RoblesGeneral José María Sarasti y Ladrón de Guevara1883 - 1883Supreme Provisional GovernmentGeneral Leonidas Plaza Gutierrezhttps://www.google.com.ec/books/edition/La_campa%C3%B1a_de_1906/HpBKAAAAMAAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&bsq=General+:+Comandante+en+Jefe+,+Coronel+Tom%C3%A1s+Larrea+Jefe+de+Estado+Mayor+,+Coronel+Carlos+Andrade&dq=General+:+Comandante+en+Jefe+,+Coronel+Tom%C3%A1s+Larrea+Jefe+de+Estado+Mayor+,+Coronel+Carlos+Andrade&printsec=frontcover1906 - 1906Lizardo Garcia1912 - 1912Carlos Freile ZaldumbideGeneral Inspectorate of the ArmyGeneral Francisco Gómez de la Torre Zaldumbide1924 - 1925Gonzalo CordovaColonel Ricardo Garzón Arreguihttps://www.google.com.ec/books/edition/Registro_oficial/ceLtECmzQ9IC?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&bsq=coronel+ricardo+garz%C3%B3n+inspector+general+1926&dq=coronel+ricardo+garz%C3%B3n+inspector+general+1926&printsec=frontcover1925 - 1926Provisional Governing BoardGeneral Ángel Isaac Chiriboga Navarro1926 - 1931Isidro Ayorahttps://patriciolloretorellana.blogspot.com/2015/General Luis Telmo Paz y Miño Estrella1931 - 1931General Ángel Isaac Chiriboga Navarro1931 - 1932Luis Larrea AlbaColonel Carlos A. Guerrero Cruz1933 - 1933Juan de Dios MartínezColonel Aquilino Vásconez Naranjo1933 - 1933Colonel Alfonso Darquea Cevallos1933 - 1933General Alcides Pesantes Villacís1934 - 1934Abelardo MontalvoColonel Nicanor Solís Coello1934 - 1935José María Velasco IbarraColonel Benigno Andrade Flores1935 - 1935Antonio PonsColonel Manuel Cepeda Endara1935 - 1935Federico PáezColonel Enrique Rivadeneira Pazmiño1935 - 1937Colonel Aurelio Baquero González1937 - 1938Alberto Enríquez GalloGeneral Enrique Rivadeneira Pazmiño1938 - 1939Aurelio Mosquera NarváezArmy High CommandColonel Rafael Villacís Coello1939 - 1940Aurelio Mosquera NarváezColonel Francisco Urrutia Suárez1940 - 1941Carlos Arroyo del RíoColonel Alberto Romero Arroyo1941 - 1942Colonel Ricardo Astudillo Morillo1942 - 1944Colonel Ángel Baquero Dávila1944 - 1945José María Velasco IbarraColonel Abelardo Aguirre Sánchez1945 - 1946General Staff Headquarters of the Armed ForcesLt. Col. José Frechou Stacey1946 - 1946José María Velasco IbarraColonel Miguel Estrella Arévalo1946 - 1947General Luis Larrea Alba1947 - 1948Carlos Julio Arosemena TolaGeneral César Jaramillo Zumárraga1948 - 1949General Carlos Pinto Díaz1949 - 1951Galo PlazaColonel Ángel Baquero Dávila1951 - 1952Colonel César Alfaro Alarcón1952 - 1953José María Velasco IbarraColonel Carlos Cabrera Sevilla1953 - 1953Colonel Luis Piñeiros Pastor1953 - 1954Colonel Manuel María Mejía Erazo1954 - 1956General of Aviation Bolívar Pico Santos1956 - 1958Calm. Manuel Nieto Cadena1958 - 1959Camilo PonceGeneral Nestor Gonzalez Zurita1959 - 1960Colonel Jorge Calle Solano1960 - 1961José María Velasco IbarraColonel Andrés Arrata Macías1961 - 1963Carlos Julio Arosemena MonroyColonel Federico González Coba1963 - 1964Ramón Castro JijónDef. Telmo Vargas Benalcázar1964 - 1966Calm. Carlos Monteverde Granados1966 - 1967Clemente YeroviGeneral Gustavo Banderas Román1967 - 1968Otto ArosemenaGrad. Leopoldo Mantilla Ante1968 - 1968José María Velasco IbarraColonel Jorge Navarrete Vasconez1968 - 1969Calm. Edmundo Mena Salvador1969 - 1971Joint Command Headquarters of the Armed ForcesAdmiral Jorge Cruz Polanco1971 - 1972José María Velasco IbarraBrig. Gen. Jorge Izurieta Iturralde1972 - 1975Guillermo Rodríguez LaraCalm. Sergio Vásquez Pacheco1975 - 1975General Ángel Polibio Vega Mora1975 - 1976Admiral Alfredo Poveda Burbano1976 - 1979Admiral Raúl Sorroza Encalada1979 - 1981Jaime RoldósGeneral Medardo Salazar Navas1981 - 1983Osvaldo HurtadoAdmiral Mario Jaramillo del Castillo1983 - 1984Admiral Santiago Coral Terán1984 - 1985Leon Febres CorderoLieutenant General Frank Vargas Pazzos1985 - 1986General Manuel Albuja Albuja1986 - 1986General Jorge Asanza Acaiturri1986 - 1988Admiral Hugo Unda Aguirre1988 - 1992Rodrigo BorjaAdmiral Héctor Yépez Espinoza1992 - 1992General Alfonso Alarcón Santillán1992 - 1994Sixto Durán BallénGeneral Víctor Manuel Bayas García1994 - 1995General Jorge Ortega Espinoza1995 - 1996General Paco Moncayo Gallegos1996 - 1998Abdalá BucaramGeneral César Durán Abad1998 - 1998Fabian AlarconGeneral Patricio Nuñez Sanchez1998 - 1998Jamil MahuadGeneral Carlos Mendoza Poveda1998 - 2000General Telmo Sandoval Barona2000 - 2000Gustavo NoboaAdmiral Miguel Saona Roca2000 - 2002Grab. Oscar Isch Lizarzaburu2002 - 2003General Oswaldo Jarrín Román2003 - 2003Lucio GutiérrezGrad. Octavio Romero Ochoa2003 - 2004Admiral Víctor Hugo Rosero Barba2004 - 2005Admiral Manuel Zapater Ramos2005 - 2005Alfredo PalacioGeneral Nelson Enriquez Gomez2005 - 2007Lieutenant General Hector Camacho Pauta2007 - 2008Rafael CorreaGrad. Claudio Varela Moncayo2008 - 2010Grad. Luis González Villarreal2010 - 2012Lieutenant General Leonardo Barreiro Muñoz2012 - 2014General Luis Garzón Narváez2014 - 2016Admiral Oswaldo Zambrano Cueva2016 - 2016Lieutenant General César Merizalde Pavón2016 - 2018Grad. Roque Moreira Cedeño2018 - 2019Lenin MorenoGeneral Luis Lara Jaramillo2019 - 2021Admiral Jorge Cabrera EspinosaMay 24, 2021 - November 14, 2021Guillermo LassoGrad. Fabián Fuel ReveloNovember 14, 2021 - May 5, 2022Grab. Nelson Proaño RodríguezMay 5, 2022 - November 23, 2023Calm. Jaime Patricio Vela Erazohttps://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/actualidad/44/presidente-daniel-noboa-designo-al-nuevo-mando-militarhttps://www.armada.mil.ec/biografia-ccffaa-navalNovember 28, 2023 - September 1, 2025Daniel NoboaGrad. Henry Santiago Delgado Salvadorhttps://www.primicias.ec/seguridad/daniel-noboa-decretos-nueva-cupula-militar-104139/September 1, 2025–present
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