Danilo Carrera Drouet

{{Short description|Ecuadorian businessman}}

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Danilo Carrera Drouet (born 13 October 1938) is an Ecuadorian businessman and banker who served as the President of Banco Guayaquil from 1983 to 1984.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecuavisa.com/noticias/ecuador/quien-es-danilo-carrera-el-cunado-de-guillermo-lasso-acusado-de-liderar-una-trama-de-corrupcion-BJ4964461|title=¿Quién es Danilo Carrera? El cuñado de Guillermo Lasso investigado de liderar una trama de corrupción|date=19 April 2023 |publisher=Ecuavisa|accessdate=18 May 2023}} He is the brother-in-law of President Guillermo Lasso, who also served as president of Banco Guayaquil. Carrera Drouet was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Carrera Drouet was listed on the Paradise Papers for serving as vice president of an investment firm in the Cayman Islands.{{Cite web|url=https://oldb.internal-production-cluster.icij.org/nodes/80058311|title=Drouet - Danilo Carrera {{!}} ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database|accessdate=14 February 2023|publisher=ICIJ.org}}

On 9 January 2023, {{ill|La Posta (website)|lt=La Posta|es|La Posta (Ecuador)}} published a report titled El Gran Padrino ("The Great Godfather"), in which it detailed an alleged corruption plot within public companies centered around Carrera Drouet.{{Cite web|url=https://4pelagatos.com/2023/01/10/la-version-desolada-de-el-padrino/|title=La versión desolada de El Padrino|accessdate=2023-02-17|date=2023-01-11|publisher=4pelagatos|language=es|archive-date=2023-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328001133/https://4pelagatos.com/2023/01/10/la-version-desolada-de-el-padrino/|url-status=dead}} The report eventually led to an impeachment inquiry against Lasso and his invocation muerte cruzada which led to the dissolution of the National Assembly.{{Cite news |last=Valencia |first=Alexandra |date=17 May 2023 |title=Ecuador president dissolves legislature, bringing elections forward |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-dissolves-legislature-bringing-elections-forward-2023-05-17/ |access-date=17 May 2023}}