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Apr 15, 1975 Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador 49 years old
Ecuadorian politician
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About Mauricio Rodas
- Mauricio Esteban Rodas Espinel (born 15 April 1975) is a lawyer and right-wing politician (SUMA party) who served as the Mayor of Quito between May 2014 and May 2019.Born in Quito on April 15, 1975, he is married and father of four children.
- He is a Doctor in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito.
- Thanks to a Fulbright fellowship and a scholarship from de Organization of American States (OAS), he earned two master's degrees at the University of Pennsylvania in Government Administration and Political Science. He began his professional carrier at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile, where he published works on sustainable development in Latin America.
- Later, he founded DS Consultores, a public policy consulting firm based in Mexico City, through which he advised different Federal Government ministries in Mexico, as well as state and local governments in that country.
- In 2007, Dr.
- Rodas founded the Mexico-based Fundacion Ethos, a public policy Think Tank focus in social policies for Latin America.
- Since 2008, Dr.
- Rodas promotes a political concept called "Responsible Government Model", an innovative and modern vision that seeks to go beyond the traditional left-right wing divide to foster prosperity based on responsible policies. Dr.
- Rodas has worked as analyst for various international media enterprises, including: CNN, Televisa, TV Azteca, Foreign Policy, BBC World, Reforma, Revista Poder, among others. In 2011, he returned to Ecuador and began his political career.
- He is the founder and president of Movimiento Sociedad Unida Más Acción (SUMA), a national political party.
- He ran for president of Ecuador in the 2013 general elections, obtaining the fourth place among eight candidates, becoming the surprise of the election. On May 14, 2014, he was appointed Mayor of Quito, after winning the elections against the incumbent candidate, becoming the youngest mayor in the history of the city. Mauricio Rodas was the hosting Mayor of the United Nations Conference on Urban Sustainable Development Habitat III, receiving almost 30,000 international delegates.
- He has also been very active in the most important network of cities.
- He is currently the world co President of United Cities and Local Governments (for which he was reelected for a second term), he is also a member of the Global Executive Committee of Local Governments for Sustainability, member of the Board of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy and member of the Steering Committee of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. He is also a Global Young Leader and a member of the Global Future Councils of the World Economic Forum.
