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Fander Falconí Benitez (born 19 September 1962), 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: ' ...
ian economist and politician. 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), 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 ...
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
Lenín Voltaire Moreno Garcés (; born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador, from 2017 to 2021. Moreno was vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.
He was nomina ...
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He studied Economics in
Pontificia Universidad Católica del 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 ...
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External links
Curriculum vitaePlan de Gobierno de Alianza PAIS
1962 births
Living people
20th-century Ecuadorian economists
Education ministers of Ecuador
Foreign ministers of Ecuador
PAIS Alliance politicians
21st-century Ecuadorian economists
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