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Cecilia Calderón
Cecilia Calderón Prieto (born 5 December 1949) is an Ecuadorian economist and former politician representing Guayas Province belonging to the Alfarista Radical Front (FRA). Early life Cecilia Calderón was born in Guayaquil on 5 December 1949, the daughter of Abdón Calderón Muñoz and Rosita Prieto. Even in her youth, Calderón leaned towards politics, actively volunteering for the presidential campaign of Andrés Córdova, the Liberal candidate for the 1968 Ecuadorian general election. She attended and graduated from the Catholic University of Guayaquil as an economist. Leadership of the FRA During the Ecuadorian general election of 1978–79, Calderón actively participated in the campaign of Abdón Calderón Muñoz, her father and head and founder of the FRA. Shortly after the first round of the election, Calderon Muñoz was murdered on the orders of the military dictatorship on 29 November 1978, leaving Calderón as leader of the party, making Calderon the first w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Congress (Ecuador)
The National Congress (Spanish: ''Congreso Nacional)'' was the unicameralism, unicameral legislative branch of the government of Ecuador prior to November 2007. Under the Constitution of Ecuador, 1998 Constitution, Congress met in Quito and was made up of 100 Chamber of Deputies, deputies ''(diputados).'' Each of the country's Provinces of Ecuador, 22 provinces returned a minimum of two deputies plus one additional seat for every 200,000 inhabitants. It was dissolved on 29 November 2007 by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly and replaced by the National Assembly of Ecuador under the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, 2008 Constitution. Its demise came when it was already weakened by the disfavorable perception of the Ecuadorian public opinion, which for decades saw it as a corrupt and incompetent entity, as well as a venue for violent disputes between its members and political intrigues, such as the removal of Presidents Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz in 1997 and Lucio Gutiérrez in 2005. Elig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |