2023 In Ecuador
Events in the year 2023 in Ecuador.
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Incumbents
- President:
- Guillermo Lasso (until 23 November)
- Daniel Noboa (from 23 November)
- Vice President:
- Alfredo Borrero (until 23 November)
- Verónica Abad Rojas (from 23 November)
Events
- 5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
- 16 March — 2023 Guayas earthquake: A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400.
- 20 March — Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.
- 27 March — At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province.
- 17 May — 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
- 9 August — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated by gunmen at a campaign rally in Quito.
- 10 August — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.
- 12 August —
- Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.
- Andrea González Náder, the running mate of assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is nominated by the Movimiento Construye party to run for president.
- 15 August — Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas.
- 20 August — First round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election occurs.
- 3 September — Footballer Yarol Tafur is shot dead.
- 15 October —
- Ecuadorians vote in the second round of their presidential election, choosing between the candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa.
- The National Electoral Council declares Noboa as president-elect with González conceding defeat. Noboa is Ecuador's youngest president-elect.
- 22 December — Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum in Mexico.
References
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