Andrés Arauz

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Andrés Arauz
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Arauz in 2021
President of Citizen Revolution Movement
Assumed office
21 December 2020
Preceded byVanessa Freire
Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent
In office
25 March 2015 – 25 April 2017
PresidentRafael Correa
Preceded byGuillaume Long
Succeeded byRaúl Pérez Torres (Culture and Heritage)
Personal details
Born (1985-02-06) 6 February 1985 (age 37)
Quito, Ecuador
Political partyCitizen Revolution Movement
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BS)
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (MA)
National Autonomous University of Mexico

Andrés Arauz Galarza (born 6 February 1985) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist. He was a candidate for President in the 2021 election.

Background[]

Andrés Arauz started his career as a public servant in 2009 at the Central Bank of Ecuador. He was general director of banking at the Central Bank from 2011 to 2013. He was later appointed deputy minister of planning and general director of national procurement.[1] In March 2015, he was appointed Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent in the government of Rafael Correa, replacing Guillaume Long.[2] From this position he led the coordination and supervision of the execution of the politics, programs, and projects of the Ministries of Education, Culture, Higher Education, Science, and Technology. Among the outcomes of these projects were improved technological independence in the country, the use of free software, and the development of free knowledge.[3]

He also headed the Ministry of Culture for a brief period of time due to the resignation of Raúl Vallejo.[4]

In 2017, when Lenín Moreno became president, Arauz turned to an academic career, co-founding the Observatory of Dollarization dedicated to disseminating essays and investigations on the subject of dollarization of various national economies and its effects.[1] He also began doctoral studies on financial economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[4] He is a member of the Executive Council of International Progress.[4]

He is a member of the Executive Council of the Progressive International.[1]

Political career[]

2021 presidential candidacy[]

Allies of former president Rafael Correa were prevented from registering a new political party after Moreno became president.[5] As a result, a political coalition called Unión por la Esperanza (UNES), was formed, which includes the political organisations Citizen Revolution Movement and  [es].[6]

On 18 August 2020, UNES announced Arauz as its candidate for President of Ecuador in the elections scheduled for 7 February 2021. Accompanying Arauz as running mate would have been Rafael Correa, who had been president from 2007 to 2017.[7] However, his acceptance of the position was rejected by the National Electoral Council, which argued that it was mere procedure rather than politically motivated, as Correa, who resided in Belgium, refused to return to the country and serve an 8-year prison sentence for corruption. The courts barred Correa from holding a political position for 25 years.[8]

Arauz won the first round of the presidential election with almost 33% of votes. He faced banker Guillermo Lasso in the runoff on April 11.[9] On the eve of the run-off, Arauz was slightly ahead of candidate Lasso in opinion polls, leading by a margin of 1% of 50% against Lasso's 49%.[10] Lasso defeated Arauz in the run-off.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "¿Quién es Andrés Arauz?". Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica (in Spanish). 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. ^ "Andrés Arauz nuevo Ministro Coordinador del meme y Talento rectal; Guillaume Long nuevo Ministro de Cultura y Patrimonio". 2016-08-12. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  3. ^ "Migración a Software Libre - Ministerio Coordinador de Conocimiento y Talento Humano". Youtube. May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01.
  4. ^ a b c "¿Quién es Andrés Arauz?". CELAG (in Spanish). 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  5. ^ "Ignoring Repression and Dirty Tricks in Coverage of Ecuador's Election". FAIR. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "El correísmo lanzó la plataforma Unión por la Esperanza, con miras a los comicios del 2021". El Comercio (in Spanish). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  7. ^ España, Sara (2020-08-18). "Rafael Correa confirma su candidatura a la vicepresidencia de Ecuador en 2021". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  8. ^ "Rafael Correa intentó aceptar su .precandidatura a la Vicepresidencia de forma virtual; el Consejo Nacional Electoral no entregó el formulario a Pierina Correa". El Universo (in Spanish). 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  9. ^ "Andrés Arauz: Ecuador's Presidential Front-Runner on COVID, Austerity & Ending U.S. Interference". Democracy Now!. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Ecuador: presidenciales dividen al movimiento indígena, clave para definir el balotaje" [Ecuador: presidential elections divide the indigenous movement, key to define the ballot]. France24 (in Spanish). 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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