Kharla del Rocío Chávez Bajaña (born March 19, 1975) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who served as the first woman mayor of the city of

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from 2009 to 2014.

Career

Chávez was born on March 19, 1975, in the city of

. In 1992, she was elected as the

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of her home city. Chávez began her political career ten years later when she was elected councillor of the city of Babahoyo by the Social Christian Party. She later distanced herself from the party leadership and thus sought to be re-elected in 2006 with the

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. After receiving an invitation to participate in the mayoral elections for Babahoyo by the pro-government movement

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in 2008, Chávez resigned her role as a councillor. In the Ecuadorian municipal elections held the following year, she became the first woman to be elected mayor of that city after achieving the minimum lead of 230 votes over

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then-mayor Johnny Terán. During Chávez's time in the mayor's office, she oversaw the construction of a land terminal in the city, the Eugenio Espejo replica school and new access bridges in the Barreiro parish. She personally managed the construction of a shopping mall chain called El Paseo Shopping. In March 2015, Chávez was appointed governor of the

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by the

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. In the 2017 Ecuadorian legislative elections, she was elected a national assemblyman by PAIS Alliance and represents the party in the Los Ríos Province. At the beginning of Chávez's term in the assembly, she was named vice-president of the Commission on Oversight and Political Control.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chávez, Kharla 1975 births Living people People from Babahoyo 21st-century Ecuadorian women politicians 21st-century Ecuadorian politicians Women mayors of places in Ecuador Social Christian Party (Ecuador) politicians Ecuadorian Roldosist Party politicians PAIS Alliance politicians Women governors of provinces of Ecuador Provincial Prefects of Ecuador 20th-century Ecuadorian women