26 Notable alumni of
University of Guayaquil
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The University of Guayaquil is 1557th in the world, 65th in Latin America, and 2nd in Ecuador by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from the University of Guayaquil sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jaime Roldos Aquilera
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- lawyerpolitician
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Jaime Roldós Aguilera was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 33rd President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 until his death on 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights, which led to clashes with other Latin American governments and poor relations with Ronald Reagan's United States administration.
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Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz
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- politiciangaysissylawyer
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Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1996 to 6 February 1997. As President, Bucaram was nicknamed "El Loco Que Ama" ("The Madman Who Loves", a nickname he championed). He was removed from office after being declared mentally unfit to rule by the National Congress of Ecuador on 12 February 1997. He lived in exile in Panama under political asylum laws, then returned to Ecuador in 2017 when the charges against him expired. He started the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party, named after his brother in law Jaime Roldos.
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Álvaro Noboa
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Álvaro Fernando Noboa Pontón is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician. He is the father of the incumbent president, Daniel Noboa.
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Gustavo Noboa
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- In 1965 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gustavo José Joaquín Noboa Bejarano was an Ecuadorian politician. He served as the 42nd president of Ecuador from 22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003. Previously he served as the vice president during Jamil Mahuad's government from 1998 until 2000. From 1983 until 1984, he also was the Governor of the province of Guayas.
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Alfredo Palacio
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- university teacherpoliticianphysiciancardiologist
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Luis Alfredo Palacio González is an Ecuadorian cardiologist and former politician who was President of Ecuador from 20 April 2005 to 15 January 2007. From 15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005, he was vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a week of growing unrest with his government.
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Cynthia Viteri
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- In 1989 graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistlawyer
- Biography
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Cynthia Fernanda Viteri Jiménez de Váscones is an Ecuadorian lawyer, journalist and politician. On March 24, 2019, she was elected Mayor of Guayaquil, the second-largest city in Ecuador, in the sectional elections of Ecuador for a term from May 14, 2019 until May 14, 2023. She was the presidential candidate for Partido Social Cristiano in the 2017 presidential elections, and was a candidate in the 2006 presidential elections of Ecuador and finished fifth. Between 1998 and 2007 she was a member of the National Congress. In 2009 she became a member of the National Assembly.
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Enrique Gil Gilbert
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- writerpoliticianshort story writer
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Enrique Gil Gilbert was an Ecuadorian novelist, journalist, poet, and a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of Ecuador.
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Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
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- university teacherpolitician
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Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy was an Ecuadorian politician. Arosemena Monroy was elected as Vice President of Ecuador in 1960 and due to the ousting of President José María Velasco Ibarra, became President of Ecuador from 7 November 1961 to 11 July 1963.
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Carlos Arroyo
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- politician
- Biography
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Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río was President of Ecuador from 1940 to 1944. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. During his term, the country lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.
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María Alejandra Vicuña
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- Studied clinical psychology
- Occupations
- psychologistpolitician
- Biography
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María Alejandra Vicuña Muñoz is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the Vice President of Ecuador under President Lenin Moreno between January and December 2018, previously as the Housing and Urban Development Minister of Ecuador.
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Marcela Aguiñaga
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- In 2007 graduated with master's degree in environmental law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Marcela Paola Aguiñaga Vallejo is an Ecuadorian politician. She most recently served as the Second Vice President of the National Assembly of Ecuador. Previously she was the Ecuadorian Minister of the Environment.
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Frank Vargas Pazzos
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- fighter pilotpoliticianmilitary personnel
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Frank Vargas Pazzos is a former commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE). He also served as Chief of the Joint Armed Forces Command of Ecuador.
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Diane Marie Rodriguez Zambrano
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- psychologistLGBTQ rights activistpoliticianwriterhuman rights activist
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Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano is an Ecuadorian activist and politician who focuses on human rights and LGBT rights in Ecuador. She is the transgender chairwoman of the Silhouette X Association and a representative of the Observatory LGBTI of Ecuador. In 2009, she created a legal precedent in favor of the transgender population, to sue the Civil Registry to change her birth name to her present name. In 2017, she was elected as the first trans member of the National Assembly of Ecuador, and the second LGBT member after Sandra Alvarez Monsalve, who was elected as an alternate assembly member in 2009. She completed her mandate in 2021.
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Susana González
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- Graduated with master's degree in diplomacy and political studies
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Dalia Susana González Rosado is an Ecuadorian politician, currently the Prefect of Guayas Province. She is a professional journalist with a licentiate in Social Communication and master's degree in International Political Science and Diplomacy.
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Danilo Drouet
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- Studied in 1963
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Danilo Carrera Drouet is an Ecuadorian businessman and banker who served as the President of Banco Guayaquil from 1983 to 1984. He is the brother-in-law of President Guillermo Lasso, who also served as president of Banco Guayaquil. Carrera Drouet was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Jacobo Bucaram
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- athlete
- Biography
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Jacobo Bucaram Ortiz was an Ecuadorian agronomic engineer and politician. A member of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party, he served in the National Congress from 1988 to 1994 and again from 1996 to 1998.
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León Roldós Aguilera
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- In 1969 graduated with Juris Doctor in social science
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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León Roldós Aguilera is an Ecuadorian politician. He was born in Guayaquil in 1942. His mother died during his birth. He studied law at the state University of Guayaquil. He became secretary of the Municipality of Guayaquil under Mayor Assad Bucaram (his brother's father in law), of the populist party Concentración de Fuerzas Populares. He also had a private practice of law and consultancy mostly to the banking sector. He later became a professor in the University of Guayaquil and a dean of the law school of the Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte.
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Francisco Huerta Montalvo
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- politiciansurgeoneditorial columnist
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Francisco Huerta Montalvo was an Ecuadorian politician. A member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party and later the Democratic Party, he served as Minister of Government from January to April 2000 and Minister of Public Health from 1982 to 1983.
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Teddy Cobeña
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- physicianwriterpatron of the artssculptor
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Teddy Cobeña Loor is a figurative expressionist sculptor with a surrealist component. He lives in Barcelona.
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Sonia Manzano
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- writerpianistshort story writer
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Sonia Manzano Vela is an Ecuadorian writer and poet.
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Leopoldo Benites
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- Graduated with licentiate in social science
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Leopoldo Benites was an Ecuadorian diplomat who served as the 28th President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1973. He had been the permanent representative of Ecuador since October 1960.
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Jorge Velasco Mackenzie
- Enrolled in the University of Guayaquil
- Graduated with Bachelor of Literature
- Occupations
- writerjournalistuniversity teacher
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Jorge Eduardo Velasco Mackenzie was an Ecuadorian writer and professor. His most popular novel is El rincón de los justos (1983) about Guayaquil's lumpen proletariat.
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Raúl Baca Carbo
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- engineerpolitician
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Oswaldo Raúl Baca Carbo was an Ecuadorian engineer and politician. He is thought to be a historic leader of the Democratic Party of Ecuador. He was one of the most influential figures in Ecuadorian politics.
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Jorge Perrone Galarza
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- urban plannercivil engineer
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Jorge Perrone Galarza was Ecuador's Guayaquil Major from 1986 to 1988. He married Laura Delgado and was also father to Sonia, Bruno, Mario and Laura Perrone. Summa cum laude student, Perrone was Director of Urban Planning in Guayaquil for many years. As major he turned city's garbage dump into what today is known as Bellavista and legally protected Guayaquil's hill forests from irresponsible development.
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Consuelo Flores
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- politician
- Biography
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Consuelo Piedad Flores Carrera is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. She was a member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2013, and has been a member of the Municipal Council of Guayaquil since 2014.
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Sergio Román Armendáriz
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- poet
- Biography
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Sergio Román Armendáriz is an Ecuadorian poet, playwright, and university teacher.
