Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
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{{short description|President of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox President
| name=Rodrigo Borja
| image= González y Borja (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| order=36th President of Ecuador
| term_start =10 August 1988
| term_end =10 August 1992
| predecessor = León Febres Cordero
| successor= Sixto Durán Ballén
| vicepresident= Luis Parodi Valverde (1988–1992)
| birth_date={{birth-date and age|19 June 1935}}
| birth_place=Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
| party=Democratic Left
| spouse = {{marriage|Carmen Calisto|1966}}
| children = 4
| alma_mater = Central University of Ecuador
}}
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (born 19 June 1935){{cite book|title=Latin American lives: selected biographies from the five-volume Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture|date=1 October 1988|author=Macmillan General Reference Staff|publisher=Prentice Hall & IBD|ISBN=9780028650609|page=161}} is an Ecuadorian former politician who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/ecuador/rodrigo_borja_cevallos|title=Ecuador Presidente de la República|website=Barcelona Centre for International Affairs|last1=Zarate|first1=Roberto Ortiz de|language=es|access-date=29 January 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.explored.com.ec/ecuador/borja.htm|title=Dr. Rodrigo Borja Cevallos|website=Explored|language=es|access-date=29 January 2013}} He is also a descendant of the House of Borgia.
Life
Borja was born in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. He helped to found the Party of the Democratic Left, a socialist political party which quickly gained strength. He served several terms in Congress, leaving it in 1982. Borja first ran for President of Ecuador in 1978, coming in fourth place. He again ran for President in 1984, receiving the most votes in the first round, 36%, but he was defeated in the runoff. He succeeded in winning the 1988 presidential election.
He focused on Ecuador's economic problems during his presidency, and he increased collaboration with other countries in the Americas. He spent time with U.S. President George H. W. Bush on 22 and 23 July 1990, even playing tennis with him.{{cite web |url=http://bush41library.tamu.edu/files/Press--Meetings%20with%20Foreigners%201990.pdf |title=Meetings with Foreigners, 1990 |publisher=The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum |page=18 |access-date=1 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://bush41library.tamu.edu/archives/public-papers/2095 |title=Remarks Following Discussions With President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos of Ecuador |publisher=The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum |date=23 July 1990 |access-date=1 July 2016}} The two met again on 26 February 1992, at a drug policy conference.{{cite web |url=http://bush41library.tamu.edu/files/Press--Meetings%20with%20Foreigners%201992.pdf |title=Meetings with Foreigners, 1992 |publisher=The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum |page=7 |access-date=1 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://bush41library.tamu.edu/archives/public-papers/3999 |title=The President's News Conference With the Drug Summit Participants in San Antonio |publisher=The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum |date=27 February 1992 |access-date=1 July 2016}}
Like all Ecuadorian presidents, he was not allowed to seek a second term. After his presidency, he remained the leader of the Party of the Democratic Left. Reelection was allowed after a 1994 referendum and he ran for President in 1998, receiving 12% of the vote and coming in third place, and again ran for president in 2002, receiving 14% of the vote and fourth place.
It is claimed that he is a direct descendant of Pope Alexander VI through his son Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia.{{cite web|author=Jaime de Salazar y Acha |url=http://www.ramhg.es/images/stories/pdf/boletin/boletin-075.pdf |title=Boletín de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía |language=es |page=17 |publisher=Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía |date=2010 |access-date=4 May 2014}}
=Marriage and children=
On 16 December 1966, in the city of Quito, he married Carmen Calisto. They had four children:{{cite web|last1=Pérez Pimentel|first1=Rodolfo|title=Rodrigo Borja Cevallos|url=http://www.diccionariobiograficoecuador.com/tomos/tomo9/b3.htm|website=diccionariobiograficoecuador.com|publisher=Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil|access-date=15 November 2017|location=Guayaquil|language=es}}
- Gabriela Borja Calisto
- María del Carmen Borja Calisto
- Rodrigo Borja Calisto
- Verónica Borja Calisto
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/ecuador/rodrigo_borja_cevallos Biography by CIDOB] (in Spanish)
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Category:Politicians from Quito
Category:Presidents of Ecuador