Santiago Guarderas

Santiago Guarderas Izquierdo (born 1964) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer. He is the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito since 30 September 2021.

Santiago Guarderas
Metropolitan Mayor of Quito
Assumed office
30 September 2021
Preceded byJorge Yunda
Vice Metropolitan Mayor of Quito
In office
14 May 2019 – 29 September 2021
Preceded byEduardo del Pozo
Succeeded byBrith Vaca
Member of the National Congress from the Pichincha Province
In office
5 January 2007 – 30 November 2007
Personal details
Born
Santiago Guarderas Izquierdo

1964 (age 58–59)
Quito, Ecuador
Political partyEcuadorian Union Party
(since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Left (before 2007)
Social Christian Party
(2007–2019)
EducationPontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
OccupationLawyer and politician

Early life

Born in 1964, he studied law at Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito. He worked on the faculty at the same institution.

Career

Guarderas was elected to the National Congress in January 2007 as a member of the Social Christian Party. He left office when the assembly was dissolved in November 2007. He unsuccessfully ran for the National Assembly in 2017.

In 2019, he became Vice Mayor of Quito alongside Jorge Yunda as Mayor. In July 2021, he assumed the role of mayor when there was a leadership dispute with Yunda during protests.[1]

On 30 September 2021, Guarderas succeeded Yunda as Quito's mayor.[2]

References
  1. Santiago Guarderas y Gissela Chalá son los vicepresidentes del Concejo Metropolitano de Quito (in Spanish)
  2. Corte Constitucional falla en contra de Jorge Yunda y lo deja sin la Alcaldía (in Spanish)

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