Lidice Larrea Explained

Lidice Larrea
Birth Date:c.1973
Birth Place:Calceta
Occupation:politician and Minister
Party:Alianza País movement.
Nationality:Ecuador

Lidice Larrea (born c.1973) is an Ecuadorian politician. Following the 2016 earthquake she became a minister.

Life

Larrea was born in Calceta in about 1973. She joined the Alianza País movement and she was elected to represent the province of Manabi.

Following the 16 April 2016 earthquake she was soon involved in relief work. She became the Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion in early May.[1] President Rafael Correa replaced Betty Tola with Larrea. Larrea had been president of the Commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development and she could not be replaced in that role by her vice president Juan Carlos Cassinelli as he was also moved at the same time.[2]

Larrea was able to announce some money to support victims on 25 May,[1] and the following week she was thanking the World Food Programme for their assistance.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ponce . Santiago . May 25, 2016 . Lídice Larrea: 'Se pagará los bonos con crédito del BID' . 2022-05-26 . El Comercio . es-EC.
  2. Web site: 2016-05-07 . Dos asambleístas se convierten en ministros El Comercio . 2022-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160507104907/http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/asambleistas-ministros-cambios-gabinete.html . 2016-05-07 .
  3. Web site: WFP Ecuador Country Brief, May 2017 - Ecuador ReliefWeb . 2022-05-26 . reliefweb.int . en.