Jorge Salvador Lara (September 4, 1926 – February 8, 2012) was an Ecuadorian politician diplomat, columnist, writer, and historian.

[1] Lara again became foreign minister from 1976 to 1977 within the military regime of Vice Admiral Alfredo Poveda.

[1] His parents introduced him to history, while Lara eventually studied under Father Aurelio Espinosa Pólit, the founder of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

[1] Lara was considered a leading historian and expert on the history of the capital city, Quito.

[1] Lara became a columnist for the El Comercio on May 11, 1970, at the behest of the newspaper's then director, Jorge Mantilla Ortega.