Alfredo Enrique Borrero Vega (born 19 October 1955) is an Ecuadorian neurosurgeon and politician. He is the 52nd

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since 24 May 2021. He was elected to the vice presidency in the 2021 election. Borrero Vega was the running mate of

Guillermo Lasso Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (; born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker, writer and politician who has served as the 47th president of Ecuador since 24 May 2021. He is the country's first centre-right president ...

from the political party called

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Medical career

Between 2005 and 2014, Borrero was the medical director of th
Hospital Metropolitano
of

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. He was the president of the Association of Private Hospitals and Clinics from 2007 to 2014. He is the dean and administrator of the Faculty of Medicine of th
Universidad de las Americas
(UDLA). Borrero has 40 years of experience in health administration and has worked in medical and educational institutions for more than 25 years in the same city. In March 2020, he became the director o
Saving Lives
an initiative created by

against the

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and raised 8 million dollars to help purchase supplies and equipment for the Ecuadorian Health System. In the middle of that same month, he was named the Executive Director of this institution.

Vice Presidency (since 2021)

Vice President Alfredo Borrero (cropped)

2021 election

In October 2020,

, presidential candidate of the party called

, named Borrero as his running mate for the 2021 election. In February 2021, the ticket advanced to the April run-off election, following a narrow second-place victory over

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. One poll before the run-off had the

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Arauz leading Lasso with a 82% certainty of winning. The Lasso-Borrero ticket defeated Arauz with 52% on 11 April in the run-off election in an

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. On 19 May 2021, he received his credentials as the constitutional Vice President in anticipation of his inauguration.

Tenure

Borrero was inaugurated as the 52nd vice president of Ecuador on 24 May 2021.

Personal life

Borrero was born in

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in 1955. Borrero is a graduate in Health Administration from

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. He is married to Lucia Pazmiño and has four children from previous marriages, one of whom is Juan David Borrero, director of international markets at Snap Inc and husband to the

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References

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