
Fander Falconí Benitez (born 19 September 1962), is an
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
ian
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
and
politician
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. He served as Foreign Minister (known in Ecuador as "Chancellor") in the government of President
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (; born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as the 45th president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Corr ...
from December 2008 until his resignation on 13 January 2010 because of the
Yasuní oil project.
On 23 May 2017 he was named Minister of Education in the cabinet of
Lenín Moreno.
He studied Economics in
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
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Curriculum vitaePlan de Gobierno de Alianza PAIS
1962 births
Living people
20th-century Ecuadorian economists
Education ministers of Ecuador
Ministers of foreign affairs of Ecuador
PAIS Alliance politicians
21st-century Ecuadorian economists
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