Ximena del Rocío Peña Pacheco (born 11 February 1976) is an Ecuadorian politician.[1] She served as a member of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2020, and was the presidential candidate of the incumbent PAIS Alliance party in the 2021 election.[2]
Ximena Peña | |
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.jpg) Peña in 2013 | |
| National Assembly of Ecuador | |
| In office 24 May 2013 – 5 October 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ximena del Rocío Peña 11 February 1976 Cuenca, Ecuador |
Career
editXimena Peña was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, on 11 February 1976.[3] She moved to New York City at the age of 19. She earned an associate degree from LaGuardia Community College, then entered Baruch College. At Baruch, she completed a Bachelor and Master of Business Administration. Peña returned to Ecuador in 2008 and joined the PAIS Alliance political party.[1]
In the 2013 general elections, Peña was elected to the National Assembly for the United States and Canada overseas constituency. She was reelected in 2017.[4] In May 2019, she became the president of the Justice and State Structure Commission in the National Assembly. She also led the parliamentary group for Human Rights and Mobility.[5] In 2020, Peña was coordinator of her party's legislative bloc in the assembly during the third legislative period of the National Assembly, a position she resigned in July 2020.[6]
In a national party convention, Peña was chosen as the presidential candidate of the PAIS Alliance for the 2021 election. Her vice-presidential candidate was Patricio Barriga, who had served as a Secretary of Communications under the Correa government.[7][8] Peña was the only female presidential candidate in this election, although there were several female vice presidential candidates.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "¿Quién es Ximena Peña, la única mujer candidata a la presidencia?". GK (in Spanish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Ximena Peña y Patricio Barriga, el binomio de Alianza PAIS para competir en las elecciones presidenciales del 2021". Diario El Universo (in Spanish). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Ximena Peña retornó a su patria buscando lugar en la revolución". El Universo (in Spanish). 5 December 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Alianza País pasó de seis a cuatro asambleístas por las circunscripciones del exterior". El Comercio. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Candidatos presidenciales 2021". www.elcomercio.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Asambleísta Ximena Peña renuncia a la coordinación del bloque de Alianza País". El Comercio. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Alianza País escoge a Ximena Peña y Patricio Barriga como su binomio presidencial". El Comercio. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Alianza PAIS inscribe a Ximena Peña como candidata a la presidencia". Primicias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Ni correísta, ni morenista, se define la única mujer candidata a la Presidencia de Ecuador". www.efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.