Guillermo Alejandro Celi Santos (born February 5, 1976) is a

doctor of jurisprudence A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is the only qualifying law degree. Other jur ...

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, and

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

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, known for being the national director of the

SUMA Party The United Society - More Action, or SUMA Party (Spanish: ''Partido Sociedad Unida Más Acción)'' is an Ecuadorian political party, founded by Mauricio Rodas and Guillermo Celi in 2012. The party was initially led by Rodas; it was under his ...

. On May 17, 2017, he took office as a

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after being elected in the

2017 Ecuadorian general election General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens. Voters elected a new President and National Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance was not eligible for re-election, havi ...

for the SUMA- CREO alliance.

Biography

Celi was born on February 5, 1976, in the city of

Portoviejo Portoviejo (), also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo, is a city in Ecuador, and the capital of the Province of Manabí from the Pacific coast. It is still known as the city of the "Royal Tamarind Trees" due to former Tamarind plantations in ...

, province of Manabí. He completed his secondary studies at the Cristo Rey Educational Unit of Portoviejo and his higher education at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) (English: ''Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador'') is a Pontifical Catholic university founded in 1946 in Quito, Ecuador. History The university opened in the fall of 1946, with Carlo ...

, where he obtained his

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in jurisprudence. Before starting his political career, he practiced as a lawyer and university professor. He was a trustee of the city of

during the term of Mayor . He was one of the founders of the "Pragmatic Ecuador" collective, the predecessor organization to the SUMA Party. He began his political career in 2009, participating in the as a candidates for the prefecture of Manabí, with the

Patriotic Society Party The Patriotic Society Party (, PSP), formerly the January 21 Patriotic Society () is a populist and personalist political party in Ecuador, led by former army colonel Lucio Gutiérrez. "January 21" refers to the date of the 2000 Ecuadorian coup d ...

During the

2013 Ecuadorian general election General elections were held in Ecuador on 17 February 2013 to elect the President, the National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies and members of the Andean Parliament. The incumbent President Rafael Correa was re-elected by a wide margin. Correa' ...

he ran as a candidate for the assembly of Manabí with the

. He was made the national director of the

a year later in 2014. During the

he was elected as a National Assemblyman for the SUMA- CREO alliance. Near the end of his term, he resigned to run as the presidential candidate for the 2021 Ecuadorian presidential election. He obtained 10th place with 0.91% of the vote

References

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