Paco Moncayo
| Paco Moncayo Gallegos | |
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| Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Quito | |
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In office August 10, 2000 – January 29, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Roque Sevilla |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Vallejo Arcos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 8, 1940 Quito, Ecuador |
| Political party | Izquierda Democrática |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Miño de Moncayo |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Quito |
| Alma mater |
Colegio Militar "Eloy Alfaro" Universidad Central del Ecuador Inter American Defense College |
| Profession | Military, Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Signature |
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| Website | http://www.pacomoncayo.ec/ |
Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos (born October 8, 1940 in Quito) is a former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador and a retired general.
During his military career, he was the victorious Commander in Chief of the Army in the Alto Cenepa War between Ecuador and Perú.[1] In 2000 Paco Moncayo was elected mayor of metropolitan Quito on behalf of the Party of the Democratic Left, and re-elected for a second term in 2004.[1] As well as mayor of Quito he also has previously been a National Deputy (1998–2000), and a member of both the National Security Council and its Consultative Assembly for Foreign Affairs. He also is co-president of United Cities and Local Governments as of November 2007 and was longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.
Between 2009 and 2013 Moncayo was a representative for Pichincha Province in the National Assembly under the Alianza Libertad.[2] He ran for a seat in the Assembly again in the 2013 Ecuadorian general election with the Ruptura 25 movement, but failed to win a seat.[3]
He is a Legion of Merit recipient and has been awarded many Ecuadorian and international decorations for both, his military and political career.
Seal of an Ecuadorian General of the Army
Legion of Merit, Commander Degree
General Moncayo's Ribbons
General Paco Moncayo is now candidate to the Presidency of Ecuador. He has a blameless reputation in his management of public affairs. He is a moderate orator who gives the impression of patriotism, dedication and resourcefulness. The weakness of his candidacy appears to be his economics. His running mate is Monserrat Bustamante Chán, in alliance with Izquierda Democrática, Centro Democrático and Acuerdo Nacional por el Cambio. She is the director of Institutional Planning and full-time professor of the Faculty of Marketing and Communication in ECOTEC University.
Ecuador is highly indebted, price levels are excessive, the government has lost most part of its main source of income besides taxes, namely oil. Tariffs on imports are high, public debt is sky high. There is 5% tax on capital exports, which makes capital imports practically impossible. General Moncayo will need great ingenuity to conceive the right economic strategy. The key to solving the mystery must be in getting most imports to be financed for a year or more by foreign export banks and other providers of export finance. So the import duties could be much lowered and the general price level could fall making life less expensive for everybody. The job of the presidency will be at any rate extremely difficult. He is the most important representative of the city of Quito and its surrounding provinces. The country, for quite some time, has been ruled by populist men from Guayaquil, with rather questionable results.
References
- 1 2 http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/quito-mayor.html
- ↑ "Afiche Oficial de Asambleístas (en funciones hasta mayo de 2013)" (in Spanish). National Assembly of Ecuador. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ (Spanish) ¿Qué harán 10 candidatos que perdieron? Retrieved 5 August 2013.