Cynthia Fernanda Viteri Jiménez de Váscones (born 19 November 1965) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, journalist and politician. On March 24, 2019, she was elected Mayor of Guayaquil, the second-largest city in Ecuador, in the sectional elections of Ecuador for a term from May 14, 2019 until May 14, 2023. She was the presidential candidate for Partido Social Cristiano in the 2017 presidential elections, and was a candidate in the

2006 presidential elections Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament. The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September – 20 October. At the election, ...

of Ecuador and finished fifth. Between 1998 and 2007 she was a member of the National Congress. In 2009 she became a member of 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 ...

Early life

Viteri was born on 19 November 1965 in Guayaquil. Her parents are José Viteri Peña and Leonor Jiménez Campuzano. Viteri went to the Colegio Inmaculada for her primary education and continued at the Indoamérica de Guayaquil. She studied at the

University of Guayaquil The University of Guayaquil (Spanish: ''Universidad de Guayaquil''), known colloquially as the ''Estatal'' (i.e., "the State niversity), is a public university in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador. Estatal was founded in 1883. It is the old ...

where she got her licentiate in social science and politics. She continued at the same university, obtaining a doctor's degree in jurisprudence.

Career

Viteri was a newsreader at Telecentro. She went on to become public relations manager of

Jaime Nebot Jaime José Nebot Saadi (born October 22, 1946) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. He formerly served as mayor of Guayaquil, which is Ecuador's largest city. He is affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the . Nebot ran twice f ...

. Nebot leads the Social Christian Party and Viteri's sister, Nathalie Viteri, is one of their national assembly members.

Political career

Viteri started her political career in 1997 when she was elected to the National Constituent Assembly for the Social Christian Party. After that congress finished in 1998 she was elected to the National Congress for Guayas Province. Her term ended in 2003. In the 2002 elections she was elected once more to the National Congress. Between 2005 and 2006 she was First Vice President of the National Congress. In that capacity she inaugurated Alfredo Palacio as President of Ecuador. On 15 October 2006, she took part in the Ecuadorian presidential election and got 525,728 votes, representing 9.63% of the total poll. Her term as member of Congress ended in 2007 when

Rafael Correa Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (; born 6 April 1963), known as Rafael Correa, is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation ...

called for a

Constituent Assembly A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...

to replace the old Congress, that he deemed corrupt, and draft a new constitution. Viteri was elected to this Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly proposed a National Assembly to replace the National Congress, this was approved by the population in the 2008 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum. In 2009 Viteri ran for the new National Assembly and was

elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an American indie rock band See also *Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...

for Guayas Province. Viteri was reelected to National Assembly in the Ecuadorian general election of 2013, this time earning a seat for the National Constituency. The assembly was installed on 14 May 2013. After being elected Viteri became the longest serving legislator in Ecuador. In 2020 during the coronavirus, she ordered the local police to block the runway of the airport. Because of this action, several repatriation aircraft could not land. The Ecuadorian government was not happy with this action.

Personal life

She is married to Juan Carlos Váscones. She has five children. Viteri's mother was a candidate for

Plurinational Unity of the Lefts Plurinational Unity of the Lefts (''Unidad Plurinacional de las Izquierdas'') is a left-wing political coalition in Ecuador, created in 2011. History In 2009, Pachakutik and the Democratic People's Movement (MPD) broke with the ruling PAIS Alli ...

for the National Assembly in 2013 but did not win a seat. On March 18, 2020, Viteri announced that she had been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19).Cynthia Viteri: 'Hoy me informaron que he sido contagiada de coronavirus' Este contenido ha sido publicado originalmente por Diario EL COMERCIO en la siguiente dirección: https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/cynthia-viteri-contagio-coronavirus-guayaquil.html. Si está pensando en hacer uso del mismo, por favor, cite la fuente y haga un enlace hacia la nota original de donde usted ha tomado este contenido. ElComercio.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viteri, Cynthia 1965 births Living people People from Guayaquil University of Guayaquil alumni Ecuadorian journalists Ecuadorian women journalists 20th-century Ecuadorian lawyers Women members of the National Assembly (Ecuador) Members of the National Congress (Ecuador) Members of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly (2007–2008) Members of the first National Assembly (Ecuador) Members of the second National Assembly (Ecuador) Social Christian Party (Ecuador) politicians Ecuadorian women lawyers 21st-century Ecuadorian women politicians 21st-century Ecuadorian politicians