Luisa González
Luisa González | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office May 14, 2021 – May 17, 2023 | |
Secretary of Public Administration | |
In office January 4, 2017 – May 24, 2017 | |
President | Rafael Correa |
Preceded by | Pedro Solines Chacón |
Succeeded by | Juan Sebastián Roldán |
Personal details | |
Born | Luisa Magdalena González Alcivar November 22, 1977 Quito, Ecuador |
Political party | Citizen Revolution Movement |
Other political affiliations | Union for Hope |
Education | Complutense University of Madrid |
Luisa Magdalena González Alcivar (born November 22, 1977) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer. She was elected to the National Assembly in the 2021 legislative elections. She was a candidate for President of Ecuador in the 2023 general election.[1] Between 2007 to 2017, González had several government jobs during the presidency of Rafael Correa. She is a member of the Citizen Revolution Movement, a left-wing party founded by Correa.
Early life[change | change source]
González was born in Quito, Pichincha Province. She was raised in Chone Canton, Manabí Province.[2] She studied to become a lawyer. She has a master's degree in economics from Complutense University of Madrid in Spain.[3][4]
González was a research assistant at the International University of Ecuador in 2005.[4]
Political career[change | change source]
In 2007, she was a candidate for the right-wing Social Christian Party (PSC) in the province of Pichincha.[5]
She had many government positions when Rafael Correa was president. In 2016, she worked at the Ecuadorian embassy in Spain.[6][7] From January to May 2017, she was the Secretary of Public Administration.[6]
González was elected as member of the National Assembly in the 2021 legislative elections.[8] Despite being a member of a progressive political party, she had been against legalizing marijuana, abortion and same-sex marriage.[9][10] On May 17, 2023 when President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly, González's time in the assembly ended.[11]
In 2019, she was charged by the Comptroller's Office (Contraloría) for being responsible for USD 880.473,47 for the irregular use of the Presidential plane, in flights to fiscal paradises.[12]
2023 presidential campaign[change | change source]
On June 10, 2023, González became the presidential candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement for the 2023 general election.[13] 2021 presidential candidate Andrés Arauz was nominated as her running mate.[13] Should González be elected president, she would be the first female elected president in the country's history.[14]
On June 13, while González was about to register her presidential candidacy, she was attacked with pepper spray and tear gas by the National Police.[15] After being hospitalized in Quito, she was able to register her candidacy at the end of the day.[16]
In the first round of the election, González advanced to the run-off election set for October 15, after winning 33% of the vote.[17] She faced businessman and former Assembly member Daniel Noboa of the National Democratic Action.[18] She lost the run-off election to Noboa on 15 October, after winning 47% of the vote.[19]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Redacción (2023-05-23). "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: entre Andrés Arauz, Carlos Rabascal y Luisa González está el candidato del correísmo a la Presidencia". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ↑ "Entrevista en exclusiva a Luisa González, candidata a la presidencia de Ecuador" (in European Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "¿Quién es Luisa González, la carta a la Presidencia por la Revolución Ciudadana?". www.expreso.ec. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "¿Quién es Luisa González?, pieza clave del correísmo para llegar a la Presidencia" (in European Spanish). www.ecuadorenvivo.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ↑ "Candidatos a asambleístas por Pichincha". www.lahora.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: ¿quién es Luisa González, candidata a la Presidencia de Ecuador por el correísmo?" (in Spanish). www.ecuavisa.com. 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "¿Quién es Luisa González, la candidata del correísmo?" (in Spanish). El Diario Ecuador. 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "Asambleístas del Ecuador por Manabí, periodo 2021-2025" (in Spanish). REVISTA DE MANABÍ. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ↑ "Se aprueba proyecto que garantiza la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo en caso de violación" (in Spanish). Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ↑ "La carta electoral de Rafael Correa, entre la lealtad política y el antiabortismo". Yahoo. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Guillermo Lasso firma la "muerte cruzada" en Ecuador en medio de su juicio político" (in Spanish). CNN. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ↑ Borja, María Sol (2023-06-13). "¿Quién es Luisa González, candidata a la presidencia del Ecuador?". GK (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Revolución Ciudadana define a Luisa González y Andrés Arauz como su binomio tras la declinación de Jorge Glas". El Universo. 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ↑ "Luisa González, rumbo a ser la primera presidenta de Ecuador" (in Spanish). La Vision. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Denuncian ataque un con gas lacrimógeno a una precandidata a la Presidencia en Ecuador" (in Spanish). Qué Pasa. 2023-06-13. Archived from the original on 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ↑ "Luisa González y Andrés Arauz inscribieron su candidatura en el CNE" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ↑ "Luisa Gonzalez will face Daniel Noboa in Ecuador's presidential runoff election". CNN. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ↑ "Factbox-Ecuador's Gonzalez and Noboa go to second round in presidential vote". AOL. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ↑ "Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to banana empire, elected president in Ecuador". MSN. Retrieved 16 October 2023.