Events in the year 2018 in Ecuador.

Incumbents

* President: Lenín Moreno * Vice President:

Jorge Glas Jorge David Glas Espinel (; born 13 September 1969) is an Ecuadorian politician and electrical engineer. He served as Vice President of Ecuador from 24 May 2013 to 13 December 2017. President Lenín Moreno suspended Glas of his official duties ...

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3 January Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except ...

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María Alejandra Vicuña María Alejandra Vicuña Muñoz (born 13 February 1978) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the Vice President of Ecuador under President of Ecuador, President Lenin Moreno between January and December 2018, previously as the Housing and Ur ...

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4 December Events Pre-1600 * 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. * 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 ...

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Otto Sonnenholzner Otto Ramón Sonnenholzner Sper (, locally , ; born 19 March 1983) is an Ecuadorian radio broadcaster, politician, and economist who served as the 50th Vice President of Ecuador from December 2018 to July 2020. Biography Otto was born in Guaya ...

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11 December Events Pre-1600 * 220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty. * 361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor. * 861 – Assassination of the Abbasi ...

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Events

2018 attacks on the northern border of Ecuador *4 February – the Ecuadorian referendum and popular consultation, 2018

Sports

*9 to 25 February – Ecuador participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in

PyeongChang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

, South Korea

Deaths

*26 January – José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925). *22 February –

Euler Granda Euler Granda (June 7, 1935 – February 22, 2018) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and psychiatrist. Biography Granda was born in Riobamba, Ecuador, on June 7, 1935, to Aurora Espinoza and Ángel Polibio Granda. He was married to the poet Violeta ...

, poet and psychiatrist (b. 1935) *19 March –

Nicolás Kingman Riofrío Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (November 18, 1918, Loja – March 19, 2018, Quito) was an Ecuadorian journalist, writer and politician. Biography His father, Edward Kingman, moved from Newton, Connecticut, in the United States to coastal Cantón P ...

, journalist, writer and politician (b. 1918) *19 June – Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, musician (b. 1935).

References

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