Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (January 24, 1926 – June 7, 1990) was President of Ecuador January 11, 1976 to August 10, 1979. He was born in Píllaro, Tungurahua on January 24, 1926. He attended Mejía High School in Quito and the Escuela Superior Naval "Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde" and graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Náutica Manuel Belgrano (ESNN). In his navy career he became commander of the First Naval Zone and commander of the Marine Infantry Battalion. Upon return to a democratic system Admiral Poveda withdraw from public life and took residency in Florida where he died.