Otto Ramón Sonnenholzner Sper (, locally , ; born 19 March 1983) is an Ecuadorian radio broadcaster, politician, and economist who served as the 50th

Vice President of Ecuador The vice president of Ecuador is the second highest political position in Ecuador. In many instances, the vice president succeeded the president in turbulent political situations. The last time was in 2005 after the resignation of president Lucio ...

from December 2018 to July 2020.

Biography

Otto was born in Guayaquil on March 19, 1983, to father Ramón Sonnenholzner and mother Rosa Elena Sper. After studying social sciences, communication and international economics in

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, and

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, he became speaker and general manager of Tropicana radio, then president of the Ecuadorian Association of broadcasting (AER). He teaches at the

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. He has three children with his wife, Claudia Salem Barakat. After the resignation of María Alejandra Vicuña in December 2018, and at the proposal of President Lenín Moreno, the National Assembly of Ecuador entrusted him with the office of vice-president. On July 7, 2020, Otto resigned from his position as Vice President due to the

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outbreak in

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. He left office in the middle of several corruption scandals affecting Moreno's administration. He signed the ''

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'', a document drafted by the

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

Spanish party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of

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involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".

References

21st-century Ecuadorian economists Ecuadorian people of German descent 1983 births Vice presidents of Ecuador Living people People from Guayaquil Ecuadorian people of Lebanese descent Signers of the Madrid Charter {{Ecuador-politician-stub