Rafael Correa is a politician, economist and the present President of the Republic of Ecuador
Rafael Correa
@Politician, Career and Childhood
Apr 6, 1963
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: April 6, 1963
- Nationality: Ecuadorian
- Famous: Politician, University Of Illinois, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents
- Spouses: Anne Malherbe Gosselin
- Siblings: Bernardita Correa, Fabricio Correa, Pierina Correa
- Known as: Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado
- Childrens: Anne Dominique Correa, Rafael Miguel Correa, Sofía Correa
Rafael Correa born at
Guayaquil
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Birth Place
He married Anne Malherbe Gosselin, his fellow-mate at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, in 2007 in Belgium. The couple has three children – Sofia, Anne Dominique, and Rafael Miguel.
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Personal Life
Rafael Vincente Correa Delgado was born on April 6, 1963 in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to working-class couple Rafael Correa Icaza and Norma Delgado Rendon.
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Childhood & Early Life
He completed his schooling from San Jose-La Salle School, Guayaquil, and graduated in economics from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG) in 1987, through a scholarship.
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Childhood & Early Life
He enrolled at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, in 1990, and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in economics, in 1991.
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Childhood & Early Life
He went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and obtained a Master of Science in economics, in 1999, and PhD in economics, in 2001.
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Childhood & Early Life
After graduating from UCSG, he spent a year at the Salesian order, in the poverty-stricken Zumbahua, in the central highlands, educating the local Indians and supporting micro-enterprise development.
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Career
He was hired as a director at the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education and Culture in 1993, where he oversaw administration and introduced programs to improve the educational system.
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Career
In 2005, he was elected as economic and finance minister, during which he administered measures to reduce poverty and promote economic welfare. However, he worked in this capacity for only four months.
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Career
He contested for the 2006 presidential elections, forming the Alianza PAIS – Patria Altiva y Soberana. Despite very little political experience, he proposed a constituent assembly for creating a new Ecuador’s constitution.
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Career
With support from other parties as well, this charismatic and strong president-elect defeated banana-plantation owner, Alvaro Noboa, and became the 56th President of Ecuador in December 2006 and resumed office in January 2007.
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Career
He announced the Yasuni-ITT initiative at the 2007 United Nations Assembly to close the extraction of crude oil from the Ishpingo-Tiputini-Tambococha (ITT) oil fields, for preserving ecological biodiversity.
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Major Works
In August 2009, he took charge of one year Pro Tempore Presidency of UNASUR, in the presence of the Heads of Government of South America, in Quito. The presidency was then passed over to Guyana, in November 2010.
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Major Works