Lenín Moreno
President of Ecuador from 2017 to 2021 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈnim bolˈtajɾe moˈɾeno ɣaɾˈses];[lower-alpha 1] born 19 March 1953) is a politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador, from 2017 to 2021. Moreno was vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.
Lenín Moreno | |
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46th President of Ecuador | |
In office 24 May 2017 – 24 May 2021 | |
Vice President | Jorge Glas María Vicuña Otto Sonnenholzner María Alejandra Muñoz |
Preceded by | Rafael Correa |
Succeeded by | Guillermo Lasso |
47th Vice President of Ecuador | |
In office 15 January 2007 – 24 May 2013 | |
President | Rafael Correa |
Preceded by | Alejandro Serrano |
Succeeded by | Jorge Glas |
Acting President of Ecuador | |
In office 15 January 2013 – 14 February 2013 | |
Preceded by | Rafael Correa |
Succeeded by | Rafael Correa |
President of the PAIS Alliance | |
In office 1 May 2017 – 3 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Rafael Correa |
Succeeded by | Patricio Barriga |
United Nations Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility | |
In office 19 December 2013 – 30 September 2016 | |
Secretary General | Ban Ki-moon |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | María Soledad Cisternas |
Personal details | |
Born | Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (1953-03-19) 19 March 1953 (age 71) Nuevo Rocafuerte, Ecuador |
Political party | Independent (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | PAIS Alliance (2006–2021) |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Central University of Ecuador |
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Website | twitter |
He was nominated as the candidate for Correa's PAIS Alliance, a social democratic[1] political party, in the 2017 presidential election and won a narrow victory in Ecuador's second round of voting on 2 April 2017.[2] However, after his election Moreno drastically shifted his political stance, distancing himself from Correa's leftist legacy in both domestic and foreign policy.[3] By the end of Moreno's presidency, he had left office with a staggeringly low approval rating of 9%,[4] the lowest in modern Ecuadorian history. He was expelled from PAIS Alliance in March 2021 after the party's crushing defeat in the 2021 elections.
Moreno was shot in a 1998 robbery attempt and thereafter has used a wheelchair. For his advocacy for people with disabilities, he was nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.[5] According to The New York Times, while he was in office from 2017 to 2021, Moreno was the world's only serving head of state to use a wheelchair.[6]