Mae Montaño
Mae Montaño | |
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Ecuadorian National Assembly | |
Assumed office May 13, 2014 | |
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly | |
In office November 30,2 007 – October 27, 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | April 7, 1953
Nationality | Ecuador |
Political party | A New Option (2006–07) National Democratic Coalition (2007–10) Creating Opportunities (2010–18) Independent (2018–present) |
Education | |
Occupation | Politician |
Mae Montaño Valencia (born April 7, 1953, Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian politician.[1] She has worked for human and women's rights and youth rehabilitation.[2][unreliable source?]
Political career[]
Montaño became the director of A New Option in 2006, for whom she won a seat in the Constituent Assembly in 2007.[3] Later, she helped organize the National Democratic Coalition.
Montaño is one of the founders of the Creating Opportunities (CREO) party, organized in 2010.[4] She was elected to the National Assembly representing CREO in and .[5] On March 2, 2018, Montaño, dissatisfied with CREO, left the party and became an independent.[6]
Odebrecht scandal[]
On June 18, 2018, under Article 131 of the Ecuadorian constitution, Montaño presented a request to the National Assembly for the impeachment of for his role in the Odebrecht scandal, backed by 37 signatures, 23 annexes, and 1467 pieces of evidence.[7] García had already resigned from the Attorney Generalship on January 31, 2018, after a decade at the post,[8] but the , the governing body of the National Assembly, approved the request on September 18, 2018,[9] passing it to the Supervisory Commission the next day.[10]
Citations[]
- ^ "Mae Montaño Valencia". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2013.
- ^ Montaño, Mae. "Mae Montaño: Perfil Profesional". maemontano.blogspot.com (in Spanish). Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Mae Montaño. Perfil de la asambleísta nacional" (PDF). americo.usal.es (in Spanish). University of Salamanca. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "Mae Montaño: "Al burocratizar la participación se quita el alma de movilizaciones"". El Universo (in Spanish). February 5, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "36 asambleístas fueron reelectos". La Hora (in Spanish). March 4, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Mae Montaño se desafilia de Creo; el movimiento respeta su decisión". El Comercio (in Spanish). May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ "Mae Montaño plantea juicio político a exprocurador García". Ecuavisa (in Spanish). June 18, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "Diego García renuncia a la Procuraduría General del Estado tras 10 años en el cargo". Ecuavisa (in Spanish). January 21, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "CAL da paso a juicio político contra exprocurador García". Ecuavisa (in Spanish). September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "Proyecto de Ley Anticorrupción y pedido de interpelación para exprocurador García pasan primer filtro en Asamblea". El Comercio (in Spanish). September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- Living people
- 1953 births
- People from Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- Members of the National Congress (Ecuador)
- Ecuadorian women in politics
- Women government ministers of Ecuador
- 21st-century Ecuadorian women