46 Notable alumni of
Central University of Ecuador, Quito
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The Central University of Ecuador, Quito is 1207th in the world, 42nd in Latin America, and 1st in Ecuador by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 46 notable alumni from the Central University of Ecuador, Quito sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Lenín Moreno
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Graduated with licentiate in public administration
- Occupations
- writerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Lenín Voltaire Moreno Garcés is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador from 2017 to 2021. He was also vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.
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José María Velasco Ibarra
- Occupations
- presidentprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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José María Velasco Ibarra was an Ecuadorian politician. He became president of Ecuador five non-consecutive times from 1934 to 1972. Only in 1952–1956 did he complete a full term. In his four other terms, he was removed by military force, and several times he was installed as president through a military coup.
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Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Graduated with Juris Doctor in political science
- Occupations
- university teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Rodrigo Borja Cevallos was an Ecuadorian politician, jurist, and academic who served as president of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992. He was also a descendant of the House of Borgia.
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Matilde Hidalgo
- Occupations
- politiciansuffragetteactivistphysicianpoet
- Biography
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Matilde Hidalgo Navarro de Procel was an Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist. Hidalgo was the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and also the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine. Hidalgo fought for the recognition of women's rights and is one of the most important women in Ecuadorian history. In 1973 she was paralyzed by a stroke, and she died in Guayaquil on February 20, 1974.
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Pablo Palacio
- Occupations
- lawyerwriter
- Biography
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Pablo Arturo Palacio Suárez was an Ecuadorian writer and lawyer. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement in Ecuador and Latin America and one of the most controversial members of the so-called 1930s generation of Ecuadorian authors.
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Luis Cordero Crespo
- Occupations
- botanistpoetwriteruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895.
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Camilo Ponce Enríquez
- Occupations
- lawyerland owneruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Camilo Ponce Enríquez was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the 30th President of Ecuador between 1956 and 1960. He was married to Dolores Marta Gracia de Gangotena y Jijón.
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Benjamín Carrión
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Studied in 1916
- Occupations
- writerjournalistdiplomatcultural activist
- Biography
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Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora was an Ecuadorian writer, diplomat and cultural promoter.
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José María Plácido Caamaño
- Occupations
- land ownerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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José María Plácido Caamaño y Gómez-Cornejo was an Ecuadorian diplomat and served as President of Ecuador 23 November 1883 to 1 July 1888.
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Jaime Jarrín
- Occupations
- sports journalistsports commentator
- Biography
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Jaime Jarrín is an Ecuadorian-born American sportscaster known as the Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He began broadcasting for the Dodgers in 1959 and was the 1998 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame. One of the most recognizable voices in Hispanic broadcasting, Jarrín, "the Spanish Voice of the Dodgers" is also heard on Spectrum SportsNet LA's SAP channel.
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Jorge Yunda
- Occupations
- announcerphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Jorge Homero Yunda Machado is an Ecuadorian politician, physician, musician and radio broadcaster. He was a member of the PAIS Alliance but then changed parties to Centro Democrático. From 2017 until 2018, he served as a member of the National Assembly, when he run for the position as Metropolitan Mayor of Quito, under the Unión Ecuatoriana movement. He occupied the post from 2019 until 2021 when the municipal council decided to remove him from office due to several allegations of corruption against him.
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Javier Espinosa y Espinosa
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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José Manuel Francisco Javier Espinosa y Espinosa was President of Ecuador, from 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869. He was overthrown in a 1869 military coup carried out by Gabriel García Moreno. Gabriel García Moreno sought to prevent Juan Javier Espinosa from holding free elections.
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Paco Moncayo
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- In 1985 graduated with doctorate in international relations
- Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos is an Ecuadorian politician and retired general who was Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2000 to 2009.
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Diana Salazar Mendez
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- prosecutorjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Diana Salazar Méndez is an Ecuadorian jurist and lawyer, and the current Attorney-General of Ecuador. She was said to be leading the country's fight against "narcopolitics" in January 2024, and was described as "Ecuador's iron lady" in February 2025.
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Matilde Elena López
- Occupations
- essayistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Matilde Elena López was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic. Her most important works include “Masferrer, alto pensador de Centro América”, “Cartas a Grosa” and “La balada de Anastasio Aquino”.
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Violeta Luna
- Occupations
- literary criticpoetnovelistessayist
- Biography
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Violeta Luna is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, professor and literary critic.
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Eliécer Cárdenas
- Occupations
- novelistshort story writerwriter
- Biography
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Eliécer Cárdenas Espinosa was an Ecuadorian novelist.
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Paola Pabón
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election. She has served as a representative to the National Assembly for the PAIS Alliance movement from 2009 and 2015 and has also worked under the presidencies of Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno.
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Lourdes Tibán
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Lourdes Licenia Tibán Guala is an Ecuadorian lawyer politician and is currently a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and is considered one of the national leaders of the indigenous movement. She was one of the main opposition assembly members in the Rafael Correa government. She was also member of the National Assembly.
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Christian Zurita
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Graduated with licentiate in social communication
- Occupations
- investigative journalistpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Christian Gustavo Zurita Ron is an Ecuadorian journalist and politician who was a candidate for president of Ecuador in the 2023 general election. He was selected as Fernando Villavicencio's replacement on the Movimiento Construye ticket following his assassination. Prior to his presidential candidacy, he was an investigative journalist based in Quito.
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Freddy Ehlers
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Freddy Ehlers Zurita is an Ecuadorian politician. He served as Ecuador's State Secretary for the Presidential Initiative for the Construction of a Society of Good Life from 2013 to 2017 during the Rafael Correa administration. Previously, he was Minister of Tourism from 10 May 2010 until June 2013. In 1996 and 1998, Ehlers stood candidate for the office of President of Ecuador. Between 1 February 2007 and 7 May 2010, Ehlers was the Secretary-General of the Andean Community of Nations
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Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño was an Ecuadorian historian, archeologist, and politician. He was the mayor of the city of Quito (the capital of Ecuador) from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the Ecuadorian parliament and a candidate for the presidency of Ecuador. He published several works about the pre-Hispanic history of cultures in Ecuador.
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Nina Pacari
- Occupations
- lawyerdiplomatjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Nina Pacari, born as María Estela Vega Conejo (born 9 October 1961 in Cotacachi, Imbabura) is a Kichwa politician, lawyer and indigenous leader from Ecuador.
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Gonzalo Escudero
- Occupations
- diplomatpoetpolitician
- Biography
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Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso was an Ecuadorian poet and diplomat.
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Luis Macas
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Luis Macas Ambuludí is a Kichwa politician and intellectual from Saraguro, Ecuador.
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Augusto Barrera
- Occupations
- physiciansociologistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Adrián Augusto Barrera Guarderas is an Ecuadorian professor and politician who served as the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2009 to 2014.
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Luis Chiriboga Acosta
- Enrolled in the Central University of Ecuador, Quito
- Studied civil engineering
- Occupations
- sports executiveengineerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Luis Chiriboga Acosta is an Ecuadorian businessman, civil engineer and sports administrator. He is the former President of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), a former member of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee and a former FIFA standing committee member.
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Rafael Carvajal
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerwriterjournalistpoet
- Biography
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Rafael Carvajal Guzmán was the vice president of Ecuador from 1864 to 1865 and the acting president from 31 August 1865 to 7 September 1865.
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Galo Chiriboga
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Galo Chiriboga is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician, administrator and the president of "La Asociación Interamericana de Juristas". He is best known as the "Oil Minister for Ecuador".
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Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper
- Occupations
- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Gloria Dorothy Hooper, Baroness Hooper, CMG, DSG, FRSA, FRGS is a British lawyer and a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
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Ximena Bohórquez
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Ximena Bohórquez Romero is an Ecuadorian physician and politician of the Patriotic Society Party. She served as the First Lady of Ecuador from January 15, 2003, to April 20, 2005, as the wife of President Lucio Gutiérrez. She was also a member of the National Congress and the Constituent Assembly of 2007.
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Wilma Andrade
- Occupations
- activistcomptrollerpolitician
- Biography
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Wilma Piedad Andrade Muñoz is an Ecuadorian politician. Since 2017, she has served as a member of the National Assembly, after she was elected as part of the Democratic Left. In 2024 she became Ecuador's ambassador to Spain.
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Luis Gallegos
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, is an Ecuadorian diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador since July 2020 until March 2021, appointed by president Lenín Moreno.
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Andrés Vallejo
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Andrés Vallejo Arcos is an Ecuadorian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito. He assumed the role after the previous mayor, Paco Moncayo, resigned to run for congress. Vallejo previously served as a city councilman. Vallejo has also served in high-profile roles such as the President of the National Congress from 1986 to 1987, and the minister of the Ministerio de Gobierno from 1988 to 1990.
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Luis Félix López
- Occupations
- writernovelistphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Luis Ramón Félix López was an Ecuadorian doctor, politician and renowned writer who held many senior public positions in his country during his lifetime.
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Ariruma Kowii
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Ariruma Kowii is an Ecuadorian poet of Quechua origin. He was born in Otavalo in 1961. He studied at the Central University of Ecuador. He has worked at the Quito newspaper Hoy.
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Eduardo Estrella Aguirre
- Occupations
- physicianscientist
- Biography
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Eduardo Estrella Aguirre was an Ecuadorian doctor and researcher who published Flora Huayaquilensis: The Botanical Expedition of Juan Tafalla 1799-1808.
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Plutarco Naranjo Vargas
- Occupations
- historianphysicianjournalist
- Biography
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Plutarco Naranjo Vargas was a doctor, teacher, journalist, historian, and scientific researcher. He served as the Ecuadorian ambassador to the Soviet Union, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic (concurrently) from 1977 to 1978. In 1988, he accepted a four-year appointment to the cabinet of newly elected president Rodrigo Borja Cevallos as Minister of Health.
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Raquel Verdesoto
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Raquel Verdesoto Salgado de Romo Dávila was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, teacher, feminist, and activist.
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Fernando Callejas Barona
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- architectpolitician
- Biography
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Fernando Callejas Barona is the current mayor of Ambato, Ecuador. Callejas is a native Ambateño. He studied at the Central University of Ecuador and graduated in 1976 with a degree in Urban Architecture. Before he became mayor, he worked as an architect and in the planning department of the city. He has also served on numerous local commercial boards and associations. He is married to Matilde Ayala, Callejas has two daughters: Ivon Carolina and Maria Fernanda.
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Lira Villalva
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lira de la Paz Villalva Miranda is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was the first woman to be appointed the post of governor of the Tungurahua Province. She served as a national assemblyman from 2017 to 2021.
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Magdalena León T
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Magdalena León Trujillo, commonly known as Magdalena León T, is an Ecuadorian economist and researcher specializing in feminist economics, solidarity economy, and Sumak Kawsay as an alternative to traditional development and the economic implications therein.
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Gustavo Pareja
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gustavo Pareja Cisneros is an Ecuadorian politician. He was the Mayor of Otavalo upon defeating the incumbent Mario Conejo in the 2014 mayoral election. He won the election with 10% more votes than Conejo. Previously, he served as the 8th Provincial Prefect of Imbabura Province from 1997 through 2009.
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Erika Sylva Charvet
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Erika Sylva Charvet is an Ecuadorian politician who was Minister of Culture from 21 April 2010 until 9 May 2013.
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Sylvia R. Mata
- Born in
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Ecuador - Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Sylvia R. Mata is an Ecuadorian social advocate, community leader, economist, and column editor. She is the current President of the League of United Latin American Citizens Queens Council for Arts and Education and the Vice President of the NYS LULAC for women. She is also the founder and Vice President of ArteLatAm; an arts organization with its headquarters in Queens, New York.
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José de Cuero y Caicedo
- Occupations
- Catholic bishoppolitician
- Biography
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José de Cuero y Caicedo was a bishop and politician who served as President of Ecuador, Vice President of Sovereign Board of Quito, Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito, and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca.
