María Mercedes Cuesta

{{Short description|Ecuadorian journalist and politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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|name = María Mercedes Cuesta

|image = María_Mercedes_Cuesta.jpg

|office1 = Member of the National Assembly

|term_start1 = 14 May 2017

|term_end1 = 14 May 2021

|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|11|28}}

| birth_place = Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

|party = Fuerza Ecuador (until 2019)

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|occupation = {{flatlist|

• Journalist
• politician

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María Mercedes Cuesta Concari (born 28 November 1973){{cite web|title=María Mercedes Cuesta|url=https://especiales.eluniverso.com/elecciones2017/asambleista/maria-mercedes-cuesta/|publisher=El Universo|accessdate=8 March 2019}} is an Ecuadorian journalist and politician. She has worked in news programs in Gamavisión, Telesistema, TC Televisión, CRE, SíTV, Ecuavisa, and Teleamazonas. From 2017 to 2021, she served as a member of the National Assembly, which she was elected as part of Fuerza Ecuador, although she had separated from it in August 2019.{{cite web|title=María Mercedes Cuesta se abre del partido de los Bucaram|url=https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2019/08/16/maria-mercedes-cuesta-abre-partido-bucaram/|work=Diario La República|accessdate=16 October 2020}}