Correa ecuador biography

President of Ecuador from to

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Correa and the second or maternal family name is Delgado.

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (Spanish pronunciation:[rafaˈelβiˈsentekoˈre.aðelˈɣaðo]; born 6 April ) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from to The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until , Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the UNASUR. Since , he has been living in exile in Belgium.

Born to a lower middle-class mestizo family in Guayaquil, Correa studied economics at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), and the University of Illinois, where he received his PhD. Returning to Ecuador, in he became the Minister for the Economy under President Alfredo Palacio, successfully lobbying Congress for increased spending on health and education projects.

Correa won the presidency in the general election on a platform criticizing the established political elites. Taking office in January , he sought to move away from Ecuador's neoliberal economic

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Correa, Rafael

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President of Ecuador

B orn Rafael Correa Delgado, April 6, , in Guayaquil, Ecuador; married Anne Malherbe. Education: Economics degree, Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, ; master of arts in economics, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), ; master of science in economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ; doctorate in economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

Addresses:Office—Presidente, Palacio Nacional, Garcia Moreno , Quito, Ecuador.

Career

I ndustrial specialist for the Center of Industrial Development of Ecuador, ; volunteer for a rural development mission in Sumbahua, Ecuador, ; financial director and associate professor of economics at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, ; administrative director of finance for educational projects in Ecuador, Inter-American Development Bank, ; associate professor of economics at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, ; economics professor, University of San Francisco in Quito, , ; Ecuadorian finance minister, ; elected president of Ecuador, ; sworn in as president,

Sidelights

R afael Correa, who was sworn in as president of Ecuador in January of , is one of many South American leaders elec