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María Elsa Viteri

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María Elsa Viteri
Viteri in 2010
Minister of Finance
In office
6 March 2018 – 14 May 2018
PresidentLenín Moreno
Preceded byCarlos de la Torre
Succeeded byRichard Martínez Alvarado [es]
In office
16 September 2008 – 21 April 2010
PresidentRafael Correa
Preceded byWilma Salgado
Succeeded byPatricio Rivera
Personal details
Born(1965-02-25)25 February 1965
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died18 November 2021(2021-11-18) (aged 56)
Guayaquil, Ecuador

María Elsa Viteri Acaiturri (25 February 1965 – 18 November 2021) was an Ecuadorian economist and politician.[1] She served as Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2010 and again in 2018.[2] Viteri died on 18 November 2021 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.[3]

Biography

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María Elsa Viteri was born in Guayaquil on 25 February 1965. She completed her secondary education with a specialization in physics and mathematics at La Asunción School in Guayaquil. She then studied at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, graduating in 1989 with a degree in economics and receiving the distinction of top graduate.[4]

From 1989 to 1992, Viteri served as director of the Center for Economic Research at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil and was also a lecturer at the institution.[5] She later taught at several Ecuadorian universities, including the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, the University of the Pacific, and the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL).[6]

Viteri also completed a specialization in Economic Sciences and Agricultural Economics at the University of Iowa in the United States.[7]

During her university years, she met future president Rafael Correa. Together they participated in the Alianza Estudiantil (Student Alliance), a political movement founded by Correa. They later worked together at the university's Institute of Economic Research, producing economic research projects and policy papers, where Viteri eventually became director.[8][9]

In 2000, Viteri moved to Chile to manage her family's business at Clínica Alborada, where she served as general manager until 2007. At the invitation of Finance Minister Fausto Ortiz and President Rafael Correa, she returned to Ecuador and was appointed Minister of Finance in 2008.[10][11]

Viteri died on 18 November 2021 at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ "Falleció exministra de Finanzas María Elsa Viteri". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri regresa a la cartera de Finanzas luego de ocho años". El Comercio (in Spanish). 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Muere la economista guayaquileña María Elsa Viteri". El Universo (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri es la nueva titular de la cartera de Finanzas". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 6 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri regresa a la cartera de Finanzas luego de ocho años". El Comercio (in Spanish). 6 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri es la nueva titular de la cartera de Finanzas". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 6 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri Acaiturri" (PDF). Ministry of Economy and Finance of Ecuador (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri Acaiturri" (PDF). Ministry of Economy and Finance of Ecuador (in Spanish).
  9. ↑ "De un negocio familiar al Ministerio de Finanzas". El Universo (in Spanish). 17 September 2008.
  10. ↑ "De un negocio familiar al Ministerio de Finanzas". El Universo (in Spanish). 17 September 2008.
  11. ↑ "María Elsa Viteri regresa a la cartera de Finanzas luego de ocho años". El Comercio (in Spanish). 6 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "La ex ministra de Finanzas María Elsa Viteri falleció este 18 de noviembre de 2021". Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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