León Roldós Aguilera (born 21 July 1942) is an

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

ian politician. He was born in

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

in 1942. His mother died during his birth. He studied law at the state University of Guayaquil. He became secretary of the Municipality of Guayaquil under Mayor Assad Bucaram (his brother's father in law), of the populist party Concentración de Fuerzas Populares. He also had a private practice of law and consultancy mostly to the banking sector. He later became a professor in the University of Guayaquil and a dean of the law school of the Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte. In 1979, his brother Jaime Roldós was elected president in a ticket representing the alliance between Concentración de Fuerzas Populares and the Christian Democrat Party Democracia Popular. He was then appointed chairman of the Monetary Board (Junta Monetaria). President Jaime Roldós died in an airplane crash while in office; the National Congress elected León Roldós to serve out the term (1981–84) as vice-president, with President Osvaldo Hurtado, of Democracia Popular. León Roldós did not enjoy a good relationship with President Hurtado, having opposed the assumption of the private external debt by the government (known as the "sucretización"), among other economic policies. On 31 October 1994, León Roldós was elected rector of the University of Guayaquil, and served two terms, which were acknowledged to have revitalized this institution. León Roldos ran for president in 1992 under the banner of the Socialist Party of Ecuador and in a second attempt in

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as an independent; he received then 15.4% of the vote and barely missed the runoff election. He was also elected Congressman for the Province of Guayas. In the

2006 Ecuadorian general election General elections were held in Ecuador on 15 October 2006 to elect a new President and National Congress. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off was held on 26 November, which was won by Rafa ...

he ran again, this time in a ticket of the alliance of "Ethics and Democracy Network" (Red Etica y Democrática) and of the Democratic Left Party. He raked a fourth place of the vote, receiving 14.8% of the votes cast. Note: León Roldós does not belong to the

Ecuadorian Roldosist Party The Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE) (''Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano'') was a populist political party in Ecuador. The party was named after former President Jaime Roldós. It was founded after Roldós' death by his brother-in-law Abdalá Buca ...

, which is named after his brother, former President Jaime Roldós.

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Democratic Left Party web site
1942 births Living people Politicians from Guayaquil University of Guayaquil alumni Academic staff of the University of Guayaquil 20th-century Ecuadorian lawyers Vice presidents of Ecuador Members of the National Congress (Ecuador) Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador politicians Democratic Left (Ecuador) politicians Concentration of People's Forces politicians Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador) politicians Roldós family {{Ecuador-politician-stub