Who was elected President of Ecuador in 2006?
Rafael Correa was officially declared President on 4 December 2006 by the electoral court.
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General elections were held in Ecuador on 15 October 2006 to elect a new President and National Congress.
As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off was held on 26 November, which was won by Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance.
According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the first-round total of null and blank votes was 1,091,833, which is less than the vote for either of the top two candidates.
On November 28, 2006, Correa was declared the winner, although Noboa did not accept defeat, and suggested that he might challenge the validity of the ballot.
According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), out of 97.29% of the votes counted, 57.07% were for Correa and 42.96% for Noboa. Among others, the Organization of American States, US Ambassador Linda Jewell, and representatives of many South American countries have recognized Correa as the winner of the election. However, as of November 29, 2006, Álvaro Noboa had still
Rafael Correa was duly sworn in as president for a four-year term on January 15, 2007.
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Where did Rafael Correa go to college?
Correa attended the prestigious San José La Salle high school on a scholarship, and he spent a year as a church-sponsored volunteer with Quechua-speaking
He continued his studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a Master of Science in economics in May 1999, and a Ph.D. in economics. President Correa holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001), a master of science.
Correa attended Catholic schools, including the Catholic university in his hometown, which helped shape his sympathy for the poor. After college. Correa founded the Alianza PAIS party. Before entering politics, President Correa was a professor in the Department of Economics, University of Illinois
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