Anabella Azín Explained

Anabella Azín
Office:National Congress of Ecuador
(Province of Guayas)
Term Start:2007
Term End:2008
Office2:Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2008
Birth Name:Annabella Emma Azín Arce
Birth Place:Guayaquil, Ecuador
Birth Date:30 May 1961
Occupation:Politician, activist, and physician
Spouse:Álvaro Noboa
Party:PRIAN
Children:4, including Daniel Noboa Azin

Annabella Emma Azín Arce (born May 30 1961) is an Ecuadorian politician, doctor of medicine, and wife of Álvaro Noboa.[1] She is president of the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation, caring for those afflicted by disease for over 20 years.[2]

Azín has been a member of the National Congress of Ecuador for Guayas Province and a member of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, both times representing the Institutional Renewal Party of National Action. She was a binomial candidate for the office of Vice President of Ecuador with her husband in the Ecuadorian presidential elections of 2009 and 2013.[3]

She has four children, including President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa, the youngest elected president in Ecuador's history.

Biography

left|thumb|Virgilio Saquicela and Marcela Holguín present an award in Guayaquil to Azin's foundation on October 9 2022Azín was born on 30 May 1961. She is the eldest of three daughters born to Giorgio Azín and Grecia Arce. She earned a doctorate in medicine from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.[4]

Azín hosted Ecuador Fashion Week on 17 September 2015. She accepted the invitation of Cecilia Niemes, director of Ecuador Fashion Week, to host the venue after Azín completed her master's degree. She participated in protest marches against the government of Rafael Correa.[5]

Azín has campaigned for the creation of a successor to the political party PRIAN.[6] [7]

On 9 October 2022, she was given a national award by Virgilio Saquicela and Marcela Holguín. The award was for the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation, which she chairs.[8]

Her son, Daniel Noboa Azin, was elected the youngest-ever President of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: 24 diputadas representan a 9 partidos en el Congreso. 1 January 2013. El Comercio. 18 February 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191150/http://www.elcomercio.com/noticias/diputadas-representan-partidos-Congreso_0_145785594.html. 2 January 2014. es.
  2. Web site: Foundation. alvaronoboafoundation.com. Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation. 13 November 2017.
  3. News: Anabella Azín Arce. 18 February 2015. El Universo. 26 December 2012. es.
  4. News: Anabella Azín: La compañera de vida y papeleta de Noboa. 18 February 2016. El Universo. 20 April 2009. es.
  5. News: Paucar. Elena. Anabella Azín, de la política a las pasarelas. 18 February 2016. El Comercio. 17 September 2015. es.
  6. News: Anabella Azín dialogará con todos los partidos . 13 November 2017. El Telégrafo. 13 November 2017. es.
  7. News: Ha muerto Giorgio Azín, el papá de Anabella. 13 November 2017. La República. 13 November 2017. es.
  8. Web site: 9 October 2022. Presidente de la Asamblea llama a la unidad en la sesión en la que se rindió homenaje a Guayaquil . 2022-10-10 . El Universo . es.
  9. Web site: Redacción . 24 May 2023 . Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos . 31 May 2023 . ecuavisa.com . es-EC.
  10. News: 16 October 2023 . Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest elected president . en-GB . BBC News . 17 October 2023.