Annabella Emma Azín Arce (born May 30 1961) is an Ecuadorian politician, doctor of medicine, and wife of Álvaro Noboa.[1] She is president of the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation, caring for those afflicted by disease for over 20 years.[2]
Anabella Azín | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Azín in 2022 | |
| National Congress of Ecuador (Province of Guayas) | |
| In office 2007–2008 | |
| Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 2008–2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Annabella Emma Azín Arce 30 May 1961 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Political party | PRIAN |
| Spouse | Álvaro Noboa |
| Children | 4, including Daniel Noboa Azin |
| Occupation | Politician, activist, and physician |
Azín has been a member of the National Congress of Ecuador for Guayas Province and a member of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, both times representing the Institutional Renewal Party of National Action. She was a binomial candidate for the office of Vice President of Ecuador with her husband in the Ecuadorian presidential elections of 2009[3] and 2013.[4]
She has four children, including President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa, the youngest elected president in Ecuador's history.
Biography
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Azín was born on 30 May 1961. She is the eldest of three daughters born to Giorgio Azín (-2017[5]) and Grecia Arce. She earned a doctorate in medicine from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.[3]
Azín hosted Ecuador Fashion Week on 17 September 2015. She accepted the invitation of Cecilia Niemes, director of Ecuador Fashion Week, to host the venue after Azín completed her master's degree.[6] She participated in protest marches against the government of Rafael Correa.[6]
Azín has campaigned for the creation of a successor to the political party PRIAN.[7][8]
On 9 October 2022, she was given a national award by Virgilio Saquicela and Marcela Holguín. The award was for the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation, which she chairs.[9]
Her son, Daniel Noboa Azin, was elected the youngest-ever President of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "24 diputadas representan a 9 partidos en el Congreso". El Comercio (in Spanish). 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Foundation". alvaronoboafoundation.com. Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Anabella Azín: La compañera de vida y papeleta de Noboa". El Universo (in Spanish). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Anabella Azín Arce". El Universo (in Spanish). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20210122170228/https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/tag/giorgio-azin/
- ^ a b Paucar, Elena (17 September 2015). "Anabella Azín, de la política a las pasarelas". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Anabella Azín dialogará con todos los partidos". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Ha muerto Giorgio Azín, el papá de Anabella". La República (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Presidente de la Asamblea llama a la unidad en la sesión en la que se rindió homenaje a Guayaquil". El Universo (in Spanish). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Redacción (24 May 2023). "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos". ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest elected president". BBC News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.