Maria Jose Plaza Gomez De La Torre known as Maria Jose Plaza is an
Ecuador politician from Quito. She was elected to the
National Assembly in 2021 for the province of
Pichincha. She took an interest in sport and mental health.
Life
She was born in
Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...
into a family involved in politics. Both her great-grandfather,
Leonidas Plaza
Leonidas I (; grc-gre, Λεωνίδας; died 19 September 480 BC) was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod Heracles. Leonidas I was son of King ...
, and her grandfather,
Galo Plaza
Galo Lincoln Plaza Lasso de la Vega (17 February 1906 – 28 January 1987) was an Ecuadorian statesman who served as President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952 and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1968 to 1975. He is the ...
, had been Presidents of Ecuador.
From 1995 to 2021 she was a company's general manager.
She was elected to the National Assembly in 2021 for the province of
Pichincha.
[
Plaza was elected to be the Vice President of the National Assembly's Commission on the Right to Health and Sport and served until 2023. She was also the Secretary of the Parliamentary Thematic Group for the Promotion and Popularization of Sport.]Yeseña Guamaní
Ludvia Yeseña Guamáni Vásquez is an Ecuadorian politician. She represents a constituency in the Andes and the Democratic Left party. Until 2022 she was a vice-president of the National Assembly.
Life
She was born in about 1987. Her school wa ...
, was called to defend a charge of breach of duties made by Jhajaira Urresta
Jhajaira Estefanía Urresta Guzmán (born c.1992) is an Ecuadorian member of the National Assembly (Ecuador), National Assembly of Ecuador. She came to notice after she lost an eye during the 2019 Ecuadorian protests, 2019 Ecuadorian Protests aga ...
. A committee was formed consisting of Patricia Mendoza
Patricia Monserrat Mendoza Jiménez is an Ecuadorian politician from the Democratic Center party. She attends the National Assembly on behalf of the Province of Esmereldas after the 2021 election.
Life
She qualified as a lawyer at the Central U ...
, Mireya Pazmiño, Elina Narváez, Rocio Guanoluisa and Plaza to consider Urresta's complaint. Guamani did not recognise the authority of the committee.
Plaza was the President of the Interparliamentary Friendship Group between Ecuador and Spain.[
The President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso brought in the constitution clause number 148 known as Mutual death in May 2023 when he knew that he was about to be impeached. This required all of the National Assembly members including Plaza to resign although they could stand for re-election.
Plaza was credited (by her party) in 2023 with initiating Ecuador's first law concerning mental health. She credited a meeting she had with Mexican and the Argentinian the previous year. Their experiences influenced the laws design which was being created as the country emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.]
References
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Living people
Politicians from Quito
Members of the National Assembly (Ecuador)
Women members of the National Assembly (Ecuador)
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Ecuadorian women politicians
21st-century Ecuadorian politicians