Andrea González Náder (born 1 April 1987) is an
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
ian environmental activist, entrepreneur and political figure who is currently running for
President of Ecuador in the
2025 general election. She ran for vice-president in the
2023 Ecuadorian election.
Biography
Born in
Guayaquil
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, González holds an Engineering Degree in Environmental Technology from Universidad Del Pacífico.
After graduating, she founded and led several environmental organizations.
Political career
In 2018 González ran for the vice prefecture of
Guayas for the
Popular Unity party
and, in 2020, she ran for a seat in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
;
both bids were unsuccessful.
In 2023,
Fernando Villavicencio
Fernando Alcibiades Villavicencio Valencia (; 11 October 1963 – 9 August 2023) was an Ecuadorian journalist, trade unionist, and politician who ran for president of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. He served as a member of the ...
, the presidential candidate for
that year's general election of the political party
Movimiento Construye (MC-25), named her his vice-presidential running mate.
Villavicencio was
assassinated on 9 August after a rally, at which point the party began exploring the possibility of González replacing him on the presidential ticket.
[
] On 12 August, González was announced as the new presidential candidate;
however there were legal uncertainties regarding her eligibility, and on 13 August they backtracked on that decision and named the journalist
Christian Zurita
Christian Gustavo Zurita Ron (born 4 April 1970) is an Ecuadorian journalist and politician who was a candidate for president of Ecuador in the 2023 general election. He was selected as Fernando Villavicencio's replacement on the Movimiento ...
as the candidate, with González as his running mate.
In June 2024, González Náder registered as a pre-candidate for
President of Ecuador in the upcoming
2025 general election.
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1987 births
Living people
Ecuadorian politicians
Ecuadorian women in politics