Fabiola Maribel Sanmartín Parra (1974 - ) is an Ecuadorian politician who is a member of the

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. She represents the province of Cañar and she was a member of the Pachakutik party before she joined

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Life

Sanmartin was born in about 1974 in Azogueña. She graduated from the

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after studying communication and information science. Her later qualifications are from the Catholic University of Cuenca and her masters is from Salesian Polytechnic University. New national elections were unexpectedly required in 2023, because of the cross-death decree issued by President

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. Henry Kronfle became the president of the re-formed National Assembly of 137 representatives in 2023. At his election there were only nine members who voted against him being President and these included

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, Lucia Posso, Carmen Tiupul,

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, Mariana Yumbay and Sanmartin. She was one of five women who won Pachakutik seats in the assembly in November 2023, although one of these was in an alliance. She represented Cañar and the others represented Bolívar, Chimborazo, Morona Santiago and Tungurahua. Bolivar had Mariana Yumbay, Chimborazo had Carmen Tiupul, Morona Santiago had Luzmila Abad and Tungurahua had

. left, At the Commission of Autonomous Governments, Decentralization, Competencies and Territorial Organization in April 2024 After she joined the assembly in 2024, she was elected to serve on the ''Commission of Autonomous Governments, Decentralization, Competencies and Territorial Organization''.

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was the President and the commission's members also included Gabriela Molina and Gissella Molina. On

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, 2024, she gave out awards in the name of

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to Vicenta Chuma, Luz Palomeque and

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. In the following week she presented the Organic Health Law project on Assisted Human Reproduction Techniques. This project delivers laws that gives those who could benefit from help with reproduction the right to use it. It recognises existing techniques and establishes a framework so that new techniques can be added as they are discovered. In May 2024 she welcomed a vote in the National Assembly which set aside moves to impeach State Attorney General,

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. In 2025 she was the

party's top choice of three candidates for Cañar as she sought re-election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanmartin, Fabiola Living people University of Cuenca alumni Members of the National Assembly (Ecuador) Women members of the National Assembly (Ecuador) 21st-century Ecuadorian politicians 21st-century Ecuadorian women politicians People from Cañar Province Year of birth missing (living people) 1970s births Members of the fifth National Assembly (Ecuador)