 He was sworn in on 15 January 2007 as the 56th President of Ecuador, the seventh to occupy the post since the legislature removed President Abdalá Bucaram 10 years earlier in the midst of a debt crisis that had devastated the country.His inauguration was attended by most regional leaders, as well as the Iranian president and the Spanish Crown Prince.Declaring that "Ecuador had voted for itself", Correa proclaimed that his election meant an end to neoliberalism in the country.