Blasco Peñaherrera Padilla

Blasco Peñaherrera Padilla (Quito, Ecuador; February 22, 1934) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. He served as Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador in the government of President León Febres Cordero Ribadeneyra from August 10, 1984 to August 10, 1988.

Peñaherrera Padilla was a prominent figure in Ecuadorian politics during the second half of the 20th century. He held important roles such as leader and top representative of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party, legislator, Vice President of Ecuador, ambassador, and Andean parliamentarian, among others. Throughout his public life, he maintained firm and often controversial positions, but his adversaries respected him, primarily for his well-known integrity.