Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos (born October 8, 1940, in
Quito
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) is an
Ecuador
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ian politician and retired
general
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who was
Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2000 to 2009.
Career
During his military career, he was the Commander in Chief of the Army in the
Alto Cenepa War between Ecuador and
Perú
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He served as a National Deputy from 1998 to 2000 and was a member of both the National Security Council and its Consultative Assembly for Foreign Affairs. In 2000 Paco Moncayo was elected
Metropolitan Mayor of Quito on behalf of the Party of the
Democratic Left, and he was re-elected for a second term in 2004.
[ He was co-president of ]United Cities and Local Governments
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as of November 2007 and was longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor
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award.
Between 2009 and 2013 Moncayo was a representative for Pichincha Province
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in the National Assembly
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under the Alianza Libertad. He ran for a seat in the Assembly again in the 2013 general election with the Ruptura 25 Ruptura may refer to:
* Ruptura, a Portuguese student activist movement merged in 2005 with the ''Frente da Esquerda Revolucionária'' to form Ruptura/FER
* Ruptura, a Brazilian Concrete Art group, see Lygia Pape
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movement, but failed to win a seat.¿Qué harán 10 candidatos que perdieron?
Retrieved 5 August 2013.
2017 Ecuadorian presidential election
Moncayo was a candidate in the
February 2017 presidential election, in alliance with Izquierda Democrática, Centro Democrático and Acuerdo Nacional por el Cambio. He placed fourth in the election. His running mate was
Monserrat Bustamante Chán, director of Institutional Planning and full-time professor of the Faculty of Marketing and Communication in ECOTEC University.
Honors
He is a
Legion of Merit
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recipient and has been awarded military and civilian Ecuadorian and international decorations.
File:General_de_ejercito.png, Seal of an Ecuadorian General of the Army
File:US Legion of Merit Commander.png, Legion of Merit, Commander Degree
File:Moncayoribbons.png, General Moncayo's Ribbons
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20110821084313/http://www.pacomoncayo.ec/
External links
English translation of bio on Quito Municipality homepageUCLG bio
1940 births
Living people
Mayors of Quito
Ecuadorian generals
Democratic Left (Ecuador) politicians
Members of the National Congress (Ecuador)
Members of the first National Assembly (Ecuador)
Commanders of the Legion of Merit
People from Quito
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Brazil)
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