Ángel Duarte Valverde

{{Short description|Ecuadorian politician (1934–2024)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1934|10|29}}

| birth_place = Guayaquil, Ecuador

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|03|02|1934|10|29}}

| death_place = Guayaquil, Ecuador

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| occupation = Lawyer

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| education = University of Guayaquil

| party = CFP

| office = Governor of Guayas Province

| term_start = 1992

| term_end = 1995

| predecessor = {{ill|Oswaldo Molestina|es}}

| successor = Antonio Andretta Arizaga

| office2 = Member of the National Congress of Ecuador for Guayas

| term_start2 = 1986

| term_end2 = 1988

| office3 = {{ill|List of agriculture ministers of Ecuador|es|Anexo:Ministros de Agricultura de Ecuador|lt=Minister of Agriculture}}

| term_start3 = 25 March 1969

| term_end3 = 4 February 1970

| predecessor3 = {{ill|Fausto Cordovez|es}}

| successor3 = Rubén Espinoza Román

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Ángel Duarte Valverde (29 October 1934 – 2 March 2024) was an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician.

Life

He was born in 1934. His mother, Bertha Valverde, made history as the first Ecuadorian woman to be elected to office in 1930.{{Cite web |title=Guayaquileñas en el municipio de su ciudad {{!}} La Revista {{!}} EL UNIVERSO |url=http://www.larevista.ec/cultura/historia/guayaquilenas-en-el-municipio-de-su-ciudad |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.larevista.ec |language=es}}

A member of the Concentration of People's Forces, he served in the National Congress from 1986 to 1988{{cite web|url=http://www.flacsoandes.edu.ec/biblio/catalog/resGet.php?resId=44113|title=El Congreso Nacional del Ecuador 1986/88|work=Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301155113/http://www.flacsoandes.edu.ec/biblio/catalog/resGet.php?resId=44113|archivedate=1 March 2016}} and was governor of Guayas Province from 1992 to 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.gobernaciondelguayas.gov.ec/web/?page_id=2|title=Historia de la Gobernación de la Provincia del Guayas|work=Government of Guayas Province|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612064702/http://www.gobernaciondelguayas.gov.ec/web/?page_id=2|archivedate=12 June 2010}} He was also a presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988.

Duarte died in Guayaquil on 2 March 2024, at the age of 89.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 March 2024|title=El exgobernador Ángel Duarte Valverde ha muerto|trans-title= |url=https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2024/03/02/el-exgobernador-angel-duarte-valverde-ha-muerto/|language=Spanish|work=La República|location=Guayaquil|access-date=6 March 2024}}

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