Consuelo Flores
{{Short description|Ecuadorian lawyer and politician}}
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| birth_name = Consuelo Piedad Flores Carrera
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|28}}
| birth_place = Guayaquil, Ecuador
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| occupation = Lawyer, politician
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| education = University of Guayaquil
| party = Social Christian
| office1 = Member of the {{ill|Municipal Council of Guayaquil|es|Concejo Municipal de Guayaquil}}
| constituency1 = Urban 2
| term_start1 = May 14, 2014
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| office2 = Member of the National Assembly of Ecuador
| constituency2 = Guayas
| term_start2 = July 31, 2009
| term_end2 = May 14, 2013
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Consuelo Piedad Flores Carrera (born November 28, 1962) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. She was a member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2013, and has been a member of the {{ill|Municipal Council of Guayaquil|es|Concejo Municipal de Guayaquil}} since 2014.
Biography
Consuelo Flores was born in Guayaquil on November 28, 1962.{{Cite news |url=http://especiales.eluniverso.com/elecciones2013/asambleistas/consuelo-flores-carrera/ |title=Consuelo Flores Carrera |newspaper=El Universo |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820211746/http://especiales.eluniverso.com/elecciones2013/asambleistas/consuelo-flores-carrera/ |archive-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-08-17}} She completed her higher education at the University of Guayaquil, where she obtained a teaching degree, and at the Metropolitan University, where she obtained a law degree. Later she served as leader of the taxi drivers' union.{{Cite news |url=https://quenoticias.com/comunidad/concejala-consuelo-flores-presento-su-rendicion-de-cuentas-2019-en-zumar/ |title=Concejala Consuelo Flores presentó su rendición de cuentas 2019 en Zumar |trans-title=Councilor Consuelo Flores Presents Her 2019 Accountability in Zumar |newspaper=Diario Qué |language=Spanish |date=2020-03-13 |access-date=2021-08-17}}
She began her political career in the {{ill|2009 Ecuadorian legislative election|es|Elecciones legislativas de Ecuador de 2009|lt=2009 legislative election}}, where she obtained a seat as a member of the National Assembly representing Guayas for the Social Christian Party.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2009/05/25/1/1355/05CC4790AAEF49A0A91EC652D97EED6F.html |title=Definidos asambleístas de Guayas |trans-title=Definite Assembly Members of Guayas |newspaper=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2009-05-25 |access-date=2021-08-17}}
For the {{ill|2013 Ecuadorian legislative election|es|Elecciones legislativas de Ecuador de 2013|lt=2013 legislative election}}, she tried to keep her seat, but was unsuccessful.{{Cite news |url=http://www.andes.info.ec/es/pol%C3%ADtica/8761.html |title=Alianza Socialcristiana-Madera de Guerrero aprobó lista de candidatos a asambleístas |trans-title=Christian Social Alliance-Madera de Guerrero Approves List of Candidates for Assembly |agency=Andes |location=Guayaquil |language=Spanish |date=2012-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809120809/http://www.andes.info.ec/es/pol%C3%ADtica/8761.html |archive-date=2016-08-09 |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-08-17}}
In 2014, she participated in the municipal elections as a candidate for {{ill|Municipal Council of Guayaquil|es|Concejo Municipal de Guayaquil|lt=councilor}} in Urban Constituency 2 of Guayaquil for the Social Christian Party,{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2013/12/08/nota/1885436/diversidad-listas-concejales-captar-mayoria-municipio/ |title=Diversidad en listas de concejales para captar mayoría en Municipio de Guayaquil |trans-title=Diversity in Lists of Councilors to Capture a Majority in the Municipality of Guayaquil |newspaper=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2013-12-08 |access-date=2021-08-17}} winning a seat along with nine members of her party.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/nebot-alcanza-mayoria-concejo-municipal.html |title=Nebot alcanza la mayoría en el Concejo Municipal de Guayaquil |trans-title=Nebot Reaches the Majority in the Municipal Council of Guayaquil |newspaper=El Comercio |location=Guayaquil |language=Spanish |date=2014-03-18 |access-date=2021-08-17}} She retained her seat after the 2019 sectional elections.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/guayaquil/2019/05/15/nota/7331408/cynthia-viteri-preside-concejo-cantonal-guayaquil |title=Cynthia Viteri preside Concejo Cantonal de Guayaquil |trans-title=Cynthia Viteri Chairs the Cantonal Council of Guayaquil |newspaper=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2019-05-15 |access-date=2021-08-17}} During her subsequent term, she has been the representative of mayor Cynthia Viteri on the board of the {{ill|Guayaquil Municipal Transit Authority|es|Autoridad de Tránsito Municipal de Guayaquil}}.
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Category:Members of the National Assembly (Ecuador)
Category:People from Guayaquil
Category:Social Christian Party (Ecuador) politicians
Category:University of Guayaquil alumni
Category:21st-century Ecuadorian women politicians