Same-sex marriage in Ecuador has been legal since 8 July 2019 in accordance with a Constitutional Court ruling issued on 12 June 2019 that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional under the Constitution of Ecuador. The ruling took effect upon publication in the government gazette on 8 July. Ecuador became the fifth country in South America to allow same-sex couples to marry,after Argentina,Brazil,Uruguay and Colombia,but adoption by married couples remains restricted to opposite-sex couples. The country has also recognized same-sex civil unions since 2008.
The President of the National Assembly is the presiding officer of the legislature of Ecuador. In 2009 the National Congress of Ecuador was replaced by the National Assembly. The position of President of the National Assembly has existed since then.
Annabella Emma Azín Arce is an Ecuadorian politician,doctor of medicine,and wife of Álvaro Noboa she has four children. She is the president of the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation,caring for those afflicted by disease for over 20 years. She has participated in protest marches against the government of Rafael Correa.
Evalina Orellana,screen name Julia Evelina Macías Lopera,was the first Ecuadorian actress in silent film.
Ivonne Juez Abuchacra de Baki is an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat. She is most known for her time as the Ecuadorian Minister of Industries and Productivity and as the President of the Andean Parliament. She is Ecuador's former Ambassador to Qatar and current Ambassador to the United States.
Mariana de Jesús Mendieta is an Ecuadorian politician. She was the first woman to hold the mayoralty of Durán.
Wilma Josefina Salgado Tamayo is an Ecuadorian politician and economist.
Gina Zita Sanmiguel Palacios is an Ecuadorian politician who was the first woman to be elected governor for the Social Christian Party and would later be the first female represent the Napo Province in the National Assembly of Ecuador,this time for PAIS Alliance.
Lucía de Lourdes Sosa Robinzon is an Ecuadorian teacher,engineer,and politician,who was prefect of Esmeraldas Province from 2005 to 2013 and 2014 to 2018,and is currently mayor of the city of the same name.
Yaku Sacha Pérez Guartambel,often simply known as Yaku Pérez,is an Ecuadorian politician and indigenous rights,human rights activist,who ran for president of the country in the 2021 Ecuadorian presidential elections and came third in the first round.
Pierina Sara Mercedes Correa Delgado is an Ecuadorian architect and politician,sister of the former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa and a National Assembly member for Union for Hope.
Rocío Valarezo is an Ecuadorian politician. She trained as a teacher and in politics she rose to be second member of the Legislative Administration Council.
María Fernanda Astudillo Barrezueta is an Ecuadorian politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2021.
Maria Roberta Zambrano Ortiz is an Ecuadorian politician. She was a member of the National Assembly before becoming the President of the Consortium of Provincial and Municipal Autonomous Governments of Northern Ecuador.
Silvia Betzabeth Salgado Andrade is an Ecuadorian politician. She has been a socialist leader,a member of the National Assembly and from 2013 a member of the Andean Parliament.
Dina Maribel Farinango Quilumbaquin is an Ecuadorian member of the National Assembly of Ecuador. She is a member of the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement –New Country party and she represents Pichincha Province 4.
Javier Virgilio Saquicela Espinoza is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who has been serving as the President of the National Assembly of Ecuador since May 2022. He served as mayor of Azogues between 2014 and 2019.
This is a list of the assembly members who belong or have belonged to the 4th legislative period of the National Assembly of Ecuador.
Anita Carolina Rivas Párraga is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. She was the mayor of Puerto Francisco de Orellana from 2005 to 2019. In 2009 she visited the United Kingdom,Luxembourg and Spain to propose that oil in her area could remain unexploited if compensation could be found and Yasuni National Park's habitat would be preserved. The eventual support delivered was less than 0.5 per cent of the money requested. The oil revenue that was delivered was spent on items including the supply of toilets and drinking water.
Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar is an Ecuadorian shuar politician. She has been a member of the National Assembly. In 2018 she became the president of the Consejo Nacional Electoral (Ecuador).
