Gabriela Rivadeneira
| Gabriela Rivadeneira | |
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Gabriela Rivadeneira in 2015.
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| President of the National Assembly | |
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In office 14 May 2013 – 14 May 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando Cordero Cueva |
| Succeeded by | José Serrano |
| Member of the National Assembly for the National Constituency | |
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Assumed office 14 May 2013 |
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| Governor of Imbabura Province | |
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In office 28 July 2011 – 9 November 2012 |
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| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Pedro Dávila |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Villamarín |
| Vice Prefect of Imbabura Province | |
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In office 31 August 2009 – 27 July 2011 |
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| President | Rafael Correa |
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25 July 1983 Quito, Ecuador |
| Political party | PAIS Alliance |
| Website | gabrielarivadeneira.com |
Gabriela Alejandra Rivadeneira Burbano (born 25 July 1983) is an Ecuadorian politician. She was President of the National Assembly of Ecuador between May 2013 and May 2017. Previously she was Governor of Imbabura Province from 2011 to 2012. She has been the Executive Secretary of the PAIS Alliance since 1 May 2017.
Rivadeneira was born in Quito as the first of four children. At age five she moved to Otavalo. In 2000, when she was seventeen, she received the beauty pageant title of Reina del Yamor (English: Queen of Yamor). The popularity and local fame she gained with this achievement enabled her to be successful in local politics.
Rivadeneira went to the Colegio Santa Juana de Chantal. During her stay there she became president of the advice board and leader of the student board.
Rivadeneira founded the cultural organisation Mirarte in 1998, while she was fourteen years old. For her, it was a relief valve against the Ecuadorian government during those years. The organisation later produced the first children's film in Ecuador, Sara la Espantapájaros. Rivadeneira had a role in the movie. Rivadeneira has said that in her youth she sprayed graffiti for ideological goals as a protest against foreign debt, free-trade treaties and the presence of the U.S. Manta Air Base at Eloy Alfaro International Airport.
Rivadeneira started her political career as councilwoman for the municipality of Otavalo; she served in this capacity between 2004 and 2008. During that time she won the elections in 2004 and 2008. From 2004 till 2006 she was a member of the Pachakutik party. But in 2006 she left and became a member of a group that would later join forces with the PAIS Alliance. She was vice mayor of the city of Otavalo between 2006 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2011 she served as vice prefect of Imbabura Province. She also was a member of the national directory of PAIS Alliance between 2010 and 2012.
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