Guillaume Long
| Guillaume Long | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 3 March 2016 – 24 May 2017 |
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| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Patiño |
| Succeeded by | María Fernanda Espinosa |
| Minister of Culture and Heritage | |
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In office 25 March 2015 – March 2016 |
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| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Francisco Borja Cevallos |
| Succeeded by | Ana Rodríguez Ludeña |
| Coordinating Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent | |
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In office 6 May 2013 – 2015 |
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| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Augusto Espinoza |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Araúz |
| Personal details | |
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22 February 1977 Créteil, France |
| Political party | PAIS Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Lola Macdonald Allen |
| Children | Ambar Allen, Ernesto Long, Olivia Long. |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Guillaume Jean Sebastien Long (born 22 February 1977) is an Ecuadorian politician and academic of French origin, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador and Human Mobility, in the government of Rafael Correa. He was previously the Minister of Culture and Heritage, and Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent.
Long was born in Créteil, a suburb of Paris, France, in 1977, to a French mother and a British father. He completed his studies at the University of London, where he earned a Ph.D. at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, a Masters in Political Science and a Bachelor in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Long first went to Latin America at the age of 18 and spent some extended time traveling in Central America before arriving in Ecuador in 1996.
Aftter completing his Ph.D., Long taught History and International Relations in several Ecuadorian universities. His political career started when he became advisor to the National Secretary of Planning and Development René Ramírez Gallegos. Long also became a member of the Academic Board of the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN; English: Institute of Higher National Studies), and later became its Dean.
In September 2011, President Correa appointed Long as a member of the "Consejo de Evaluación, Acreditación y Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior" (CEAACES). The members of the CEAACES eventually elected Long as their President. His task, as mandated by the new Constitution and by the Law of Higher Education, was to guarantee a minimal degree of quality in Ecuador's universities and to close down those establishments, often referred to as garage universities, considered too precarious to offer higher education degrees. Some of them were seen as incurring in the outright sale of degrees or not upholding the most elementary academic standards expected from an institution of higher education. In April 2012, Long announced the closure of 14 sub-standard universities, in a polemic decision that meant that almost 10% of the total student population was affected. Students whose universities were closed down were later enrolled on a scheme to be reinserted in the remainder of Ecuador's higher education institutions.
On 6 May 2013, Long was named Coordinating Minister for Knowledge and Human Talent. His role was to oversee the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, as well as a number of public research institutes and other state entities. From this post, Long was one of the key promoters of the creation of four high standard universities in Ecuador: Ikiam located in the Amazon and essentially focused on life sciences; Yachay University, a university located at the heart of a science, technology and innovation cluster; Unae, a large-scale teacher's training university for primary and secondary teachers; and Uniartes, a university for the arts located in the historic center of Guayaquil.
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