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Esther Cuesta Santana
4 August 2022 in the National Assembly
BornJune 23, 1975
Guayaquil
NationalityEcuador
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Occupationpolitician
Known formember of the National Assembly

Esther Adelina Cuesta Santana (born June 23, 1975) is an Ecuadorian politician and a member of the National Assembly.

Life

Cuesta was born in Guayaquil[1] in 1975. She has a graduate, masters and doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1]

In 2009 she went to Italy where she became Consul and later Equador's Consul General in Genoa. She was in that position until April 2015. In she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Vice Minister of Human Mobility and in 2016 she was promted to be the minister.[1]

Cuesta was President of the Commission for Sovereignty, Integration, International Relations and Integral Security. She was elected by the National Assembly in June 2018 with Ana Belen Marin as her vice-President.[2]

Before the elections in February 2021, Cuesta requested unpaid leave from the assembly so that she could take part in the elections. 42 other members also made the same request including Wilma Andrade, Mónica Alemán, Cristina Reyes, Dallyana Passailaigue and Verónica Arias. During her absence her job would be carried out by her substitute.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Discurso Asambleísta ESTHER CUESTA - Entrega de Credenciales". Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  2. ^ "Esther Cuesta y Ana Belén Marín dirigen la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales". Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  3. ^ "43 Asambleístas solicitaron licencia para intervenir en las elecciones de febrero". Mundial Medios (in Spanish). 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2022-07-04.