Rodrigo Fierro Benítez (born 1930 in Ambato) is an Ecuadorean doctor, writer and politician. He was Minister of Public Health of the Republic of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...
during the government of
Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera (5 November 1940 – 24 May 1981) was 33rd President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 until his death on 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights.
Early life and career
Roldós ...
, 1979-1981.
He received the
Bolton S. Corson Medal in 1993.
Sources
1. Carlos Emilio Grijalva, "Genealogía de la familia Fierro, Hierro y del Hierro", Tulcán, junio de 1937.
2. "Rodrigo Fierro Benítez, Estoy Haciendo una vida de Perseguido", Revista "La Casa", No. 67, CCE, Quito, 2009.
3. http://www.conmemoracionescivicas.gov.ec/es/publicaciones/cc31.pdf
4. http://www.fi.edu/winners/1993/fierrobenitez_rodrigo.faw?winner_id=2790
Bibliography
Rodrigo Fierro-Benítez, John B. Stanbury, Andries Querido, Leslie Degroot, Rodrigo Albán and Jorge Córdova, "Endemic Cretinism in the Andean Region of Ecuador", Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 30, No. 2, 228-236.
Rodrigo Fierro-Benitez M.D., Ignacio Ramirez M.D., Juan Garcés M.D., Carlos Jaramillo M.D., Fausto Moncayo M.D., and John B. Stanbury M.D., "The clinical pattern of cretinism as seen in highland Ecuador", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 27, 531-543.
Rodrigo Fierro Benítez, "Capítulos de la biopatología andina: los desórdenes por deficiencia de yodo", Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar/Corporación Editora Nacional, 1993.
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Living people
1930 births