Santiago Guarderas Izquierdo (born 1964) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer. He is the
Metropolitan Mayor of Quito
The Metropolitan Mayor of Quito ( es, Alcalde Metropolitano de Quito) is the head of the executive branch of the Metropolitan District of Quito, and is the highest-ranking official on the Council of the Metropolitan Municipal District of Quito ...
since 30 September 2021.
Early life
Born in 1964, he studied law at
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) (English: ''Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador'') is a Pontifical Catholic university founded in 1946 in Quito, Ecuador.
History
The university opened in the fall of 1946, with Carlo ...
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 ...
. He worked on the faculty at the same institution.
Career
Guarderas was elected to the
National Congress in January 2007 as a member of the
Social Christian Party. He left office when the assembly was dissolved in November 2007. He unsuccessfully ran for the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
in 2017.
In 2019, he became Vice Mayor of
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 ...
alongside
Jorge Yunda as Mayor. In July 2021, he assumed the role of mayor when there was a leadership dispute with Yunda during protests.
On 30 September 2021, Guarderas succeeded Yunda as Quito's mayor.
Corte Constitucional falla en contra de Jorge Yunda y lo deja sin la Alcaldía
References
External links
Living people
1964 births
21st-century Ecuadorian politicians
Mayors of Quito
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