Juana Vallejo Explained

Juana Vallejo
Office:Andean Parliament
(For Ecuador)
Term Start:2003
Term End:2007
Office2:
Term Start2:1997
Term End2:1998
Predecessor2:Napoleón Ycaza Córdova
Successor2:Isabel Laniado
Office3:
Term Start3:1988
Term End3:1988
Predecessor3:Jaime Nebot
Successor3:Rafael Guerrero Valenzuela
Nationality:Ecuador

Juana María Vallejo Klaere is an Ecuadorian television producer and politician. She was elected Governor of Guayas Province in 2018.[1] [2]

Career

Vallejo began her career in politics in the 1970s as a community organizer in the Guayaquil neighborhoods of Urdesa and . In the latter of these two, she founded the Civic Management Foundation, which she used to build schools, shelters, and day care centers, gradually expanding the influence of the Foundation over other barrios of Guayaquil. Vallejo's work would see her decorated by the city government and she would make an unsuccessful bid for the office of . However, her candidacy gave her a media platform that Vallejo used to created public service announcements and hold talk shows.[3]

In 1988, President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos appointed Vallejos at a time when the Province was experiencing high levels of crime and violence.[3] [4] However, she would resign in the same year following disagreements over leadership with the President's party, the Democratic Left.[5]

Vallejo was appointed by President Fabián Alarcón to the office of, an office she ran from 1997 to 1998. Primary objectives of her term was the establishment of measures and legislature designed at protecting the Galapagos Islands and the increasing of investment of hotel chains in Ecuador.[3] [6]

In 2002, she won a seat in the Andean Parliament for the Social Christian Party from 2003 to 2007,[7] [8] [9] later becoming the vice president of the Parliament.[10] In 2007, Vallejo made an unsuccessful bid to be elected to the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly.[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: Madero. Verónica. Simplemente abuelas. 21 September 2016. Revista Hogar. 21 September 2016. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921184017/http://www.revistahogar.com/impresa/especial.php?edicion=561&id=542. 21 September 2016.
  2. News: Viviana Bonilla es la nueva gobernadora del Guayas. 21 September 2016. El Universo. 17 April 2012. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20140210002733/http://www.eluniverso.com/2012/04/17/1/1355/viviana-bonilla-nueva-gobernadora-guayas.html. 10 February 2014.
  3. News: Juana María Vallejo Klaere, una vida enfocada al civismo y labor social. 6 October 2017. El Universo. 5 October 2017. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007003547/http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2017/10/05/nota/6415312/vida-enfocada-civismo-labor-social. 7 October 2017.
  4. News: El escándalo de las comisarías sacó a Roberto Cuero. 21 September 2016. El Comercio. 18 April 2015. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231254/http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/escandalo-de-comisarias-saco-a.html. 3 March 2016.
  5. News: Relaciones peligrosas. 21 September 2016. Hoy. 25 July 1992. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105214/http://www.explored.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/relaciones-peligrosas-57478.html. 2 April 2015.
  6. News: Ecuador adopta drásticas medidas para proteger las islas Galápagos y controlar a los visitantes. 21 September 2016. El País. 23 June 1997. es. 21 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921185815/http://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/23/sociedad/867016809_850215.html.
  7. News: Parlamentarios andinos sesionaron. 21 September 2016. El Universo. 6 January 2003. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005025709/http://www.eluniverso.com/2003/01/06/0001/8/710AC2BF19D641E391821591D2A81F42.html. 5 October 2016.
  8. News: Parlamento Andino revisará proceso integracionista. 21 September 2016. La Hora. 1 April 2003. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921190414/http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1000152641/-1/home/goRegional/Loja#.V-LZx5PhCUk. 21 September 2016.
  9. News: El Parlamento Andino y las funciones de sus representantes. 21 September 2016. El Universo. 20 August 2002. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921190839/http://www.eluniverso.com/2002/08/20/0001/804/CDE472D912764AC4A37FFC6A35A35E20.html. 21 September 2016.
  10. News: Parlamentarios andinos y europeos reunidos en Guayaquil. 21 September 2016. Ecuador Inmediato. 24 November 2005. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921190616/http://www.ecuadorinmediato.com/Noticias/news_user_view/ecuadorinmediato_noticias--24577. 21 September 2016.
  11. News: Hay que gobernar desde la ciudadanía. 21 September 2016. La Hora. 5 July 2007. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005030028/http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/590344/-1/home/goRegional/Quito#.V_Rs_-ArLIU. 5 October 2016.