Paco Moncayo
{{Short description|Ecuadorian politician and general}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paco Moncayo
| image = Paco Moncayo 2010.jpg
| caption = Moncayo in 2010
| office = Metropolitan Mayor of Quito
| term_start = August 10, 2000
| term_end = January 29, 2009
| predecessor = Roque Sevilla
| successor = Andrés Vallejo Arcos
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|10|08}}
| birth_place = Quito, Ecuador
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality =
| party = Democratic Left
| spouse = Martha Miño de Moncayo
| relations =
| children = 4
| residence = Quito
| alma_mater = Colegio Militar "Eloy Alfaro"
Universidad Central del Ecuador
Inter American Defense College
| occupation =
| profession = Military, politician
| signature = Paco Moncayo signature.png
| website = http://www.pacomoncayo.com/
| footnotes =
}}
{{family name hatnote|Moncayo|Gallegos|lang=Spanish}}
Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos (born October 8, 1940) is an Ecuadorian politician and retired general who was Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2000 to 2009.
Career
During his military career, he was the Commander in Chief of the Army in the Alto Cenepa War between Ecuador and Peru.{{cite web |url=http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/quito-mayor.html |title = City Mayors: Paco Moncayo - Mayor of Quito}} He served as a National Deputy from 1998 to 2000 and was a member of both the National Security Council and its Consultative Assembly for Foreign Affairs. In 2000 Paco Moncayo was elected Metropolitan Mayor of Quito on behalf of the Party of the Democratic Left, and he was re-elected for a second term in 2004. He was co-president of United Cities and Local Governments as of November 2007 and was longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.
Between 2009 and 2013 Moncayo was a representative for Pichincha Province in the National Assembly under the Alianza Libertad.{{cite web |url=http://2009-2013.asambleanacional.gob.ec/Afiche-Oficial-de-Asambleistas-en-funciones-hasta-mayo-de-2013.html |title=Afiche Oficial de Asambleístas (en funciones hasta mayo de 2013) |language=Spanish |publisher=National Assembly of Ecuador |accessdate=13 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130616053915/http://2009-2013.asambleanacional.gob.ec/Afiche-Oficial-de-Asambleistas-en-funciones-hasta-mayo-de-2013.html |archivedate=16 June 2013 }} He ran for a seat in the Assembly again in the 2013 general election with the Ruptura 25 movement, but failed to win a seat.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/que-haran-10-candidatos-que-perdieron-574793.html ¿Qué harán 10 candidatos que perdieron?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520235714/http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/que-haran-10-candidatos-que-perdieron-574793.html |date=May 20, 2013 }} Retrieved 5 August 2013.
=2017 Ecuadorian presidential election=
Moncayo was a candidate in the February 2017 presidential election, in alliance with Izquierda Democrática, Centro Democrático and Acuerdo Nacional por el Cambio. He placed fourth in the election. His running mate was Monserrat Bustamante Chán, director of Institutional Planning and full-time professor of the Faculty of Marketing and Communication in ECOTEC University.
Honors
He is a Legion of Merit recipient and has been awarded military and civilian Ecuadorian and international decorations.
File:General_de_ejercito.png|Seal of an Ecuadorian General of the Army
File:US Legion of Merit Commander.png|Legion of Merit, Commander Degree
File:Moncayoribbons.png|General Moncayo's Ribbons
References
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https://web.archive.org/web/20110821084313/http://www.pacomoncayo.ec/
External links
- [http://www.in-quito.com/mayor-quito-ecuador/quito-mayor.htm English translation of bio on Quito Municipality homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011141027/http://www.cities-localgovernments.org/uclg/index.asp?pag=template.asp&L=EN&ID=221 UCLG bio]
- [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/quito-mayor.html CityMayors profile]
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Category:Democratic Left (Ecuador) politicians
Category:Members of the National Congress (Ecuador)
Category:Members of the first National Assembly (Ecuador)
Category:Commanders of the Legion of Merit
Category:Politicians from Quito
Category:Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Brazil)
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