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The previous Ecuadorian general election, on 19 February 2017 (alongside a referendum on tax havens) [15] saw voters elect a new president and National Assembly.Incumbent President Rafael Correa, of the PAIS Alliance, had already served two terms and was ineligible for reelection.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020, when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus.
Ecuador elects on the national level a president and a legislature. The President of the Republic and the Vice President are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 137 members elected for a four-year term in the 24 provinces (so multi-seat constituencies).
Snap general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to elect the President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly, and to decide on two referendums.The elections were triggered by the invocation of muerte cruzada, which dissolved the National Assembly on 17 May 2023. [1]
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín was born in Miami, Florida, on 30 November 1987 [16] [17] however, he was raised in Guayaquil. [18] [19] [20] He is the son of Ecuadorians Álvaro Noboa, businessman, and Anabella Azín, physician.
February 21 – The Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) declares that Andrés Arauz of the Unión por la Esperanza alliance had 3,033,753 votes (32.72%) and Guillermo Lasso of Creando Oportunidades (CREO), had 1,830,045 votes (19,74%) in the recent election. Yaku Pérez of Pachakutik was in third place with 1,797,445 votes (19,39%). [10]
The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador. It replaced the National Congress in 2009 following reforms under the 2008 Constitution. [1] Within Ecuador, the National Assembly has the power to pass laws, while appointment of judges to the National Court of Justice is done by a separate Judicial ...
The politics of Ecuador are multi-party. [1] The central government polity is a quadrennially elected presidential , unicameral representative democracy . The President of Ecuador is head of state and head of the army on a multi-party system , and leads a cabinet with further executive power .