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Events in the year 2023 in Ecuador .

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lenín Moreno</span> President of Ecuador from 2017 to 2021

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guillermo Lasso</span> President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023

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Events in the year 2021 in Ecuador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Ecuadorian general election</span>

Snap general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to vote for President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly and two referendums. Elections followed the invocation of muerte cruzada, which dissolved the National Assembly on 17 May 2023. A run-off election was held on 15 October 2023 to elect the President after candidates were unable to reach the threshold needed to win in the first round. Incumbent president Guillermo Lasso was eligible for a second term, but he announced on 18 May that he would not stand for re-election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ecuadorian security crisis</span> Increased presence of criminal organizations

Since around 2018, Ecuador has suffered a security crisis resulting from conflicts between criminal organizations with connections to drug trafficking. In recent years, coca leaf production has risen in neighboring Colombia and Peru, with both cocaine and coca base entering Ecuador by land and leaving by sea. The border with Colombia became more porous after Rafael Correa in 2009 declined to renew the US military's lease at Eloy Alfaro Military Base in Manta and stopped working with the United States' Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Following Correa was Lenín Moreno, who cut funding for the prison system and the National Police of Ecuador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Ecuadorian political crisis</span>

A political crisis began in Ecuador on 17 May 2023 as a result of the impeachment trial against President Guillermo Lasso. The impeachment inquiry began in the National Assembly on 9 May and lasted until 17 May when Lasso dissolved parliament through the constitutional provision known as muerte cruzada. That triggered the end of the impeachment inquiry as it dissolved the National Assembly and caused an earlier general election. The mutual dissolution marks the first time this constitutional measure has been triggered by an Ecuadorian president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fernando Villavicencio</span> Ecuadorian politician (1963–2023)

Fernando Alcibiades Villavicencio Valencia was an Ecuadorian journalist, trade unionist, and politician who ran for president of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2021 until the dissolution of the legislative body on 17 May 2023, which caused the 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis and a snap election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrea González Náder</span> Ecuadorian environmental activist, vice-presidential candidate, entrepreneur and political figure

Andrea González Náder is an Ecuadorian environmental activist, entrepreneur and political figure. She ran for vice-president in the 2023 Ecuadorian election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luisa González</span> Ecuadorian lawyer and politician

Luisa Magdalena González Alcivar is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2023 general election. She was elected to the National Assembly in the 2021 legislative elections representing the Province of Manabi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan Topić</span> Ecuadorian businessman and presidential candidate

Jan Tomislav Topić Feraud is an Ecuadorian businessman, economist, and politician who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. He was eliminated in the first round held on 20 August 2023, coming fourth with 14.66% of the vote. He has served as president of Telconet since 2010. His alleged activities for the French Foreign Legion have raised concerns of Topić being a mercenary, a label that he denied. Prior to the 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis, he was briefly nominated to serve as Minister of Security by Guillermo Lasso.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio</span> Assassination of an Ecuadorean presidential candidate

On 9 August 2023, eleven days before the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated after leaving a campaign rally in Quito. One assailant was killed during the attack. Several bystanders were injured.

Abdón Calderón Muñoz was an Ecuadorian politician and economist. He was the founder of the Alfarista Radical Front. He was a candidate for president of Ecuador in the 1978 general election shortly before his assassination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Zurita</span> Ecuadorian journalist and politician

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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