Rodrigo Paz

{{Short description|Ecuadorian politician (1933–2021)}}

{{For|the Bolivian politician|Rodrigo Paz Pereira}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Family name hatnote|Paz|Delgado|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rodrigo Paz Delgado

| image = File:RODRIGO PAZ (16223479821) (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| office = Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Quito

| term_start = 10 August 1988

| term_end = 10 August 1992

| predecessor = Gustavo Herdoíza

| successor = Jamil Mahuad

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|12|20}}{{cite book |title=LIGA y el NEGRO PAZ |last=Ribadeneira Araujo |first=Jorge |year=2008 |location=Quito |isbn=9789942020741 |page=67}}

| birth_place = Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|8|17|1933|12|20}}

| death_place = Tampa, Florida, United States

| spouse = Cecilia Rodríguez

| occupation = Businessman

| children = Verónica, Gloria, Esteban

}}

Rodrigo Paz Delgado (20 December 1933 – 17 August 2021{{Cite web|last=Madrid|first=Roxana|date=2021-08-17|title=Rodrigo Paz Delgado falleció este 17 de agosto de 2021|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/quito/exalcalde-quito-rodrigo-paz-delgado-fallecimiento.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=El Comercio|language=es-EC}}) was an Ecuadorian politician and businessman. He was the mayor of Quito from 1988 to 1992. He ran as a presidential candidate in 1996.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M_oaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4331,1796828&dq=rodrigo-paz+mayor&hl=en|last=Hayes|first=Monty|title=Ecuador holds elections as economy stagnates|work=The Daily News|date=17 May 1996}} One of his political parties was Democracia Popular (DP).{{cite book|author=Allen Gerlach|title=Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ChY2I6D6j0C&pg=PA83|year=2003|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8420-5108-8|page=83}}

Paz was Minister of Finance from 1980 to 1981.{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70814F93F550C7A8DDDAA0894D1494D81|last=Rohter|first=Larry|authorlink=Larry Rohter|title=Ecuadorean Concessions Win Support for Austerity Measures|work=The New York Times|date=19 March 1999}} He had been the principal director of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito since 1997, but had been involved with the club since 1959.

On August 17, 2021, Paz died of gastrointestinal bleeding in Tampa, Florida at the age of 87.[https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/rodrigo-paz-delgado-fallecio-a-los-87-anos-nota/ Rodrigo Paz Delgado falleció a los 87 años; se declaran 3 días de luto en Quito] (in Spanish)