Rafael Correa

About Rafael Correa

In 2007, he was elected President of the Republic of Ecuador, leading the country through economic and social transformation. Although he has been criticized of being a dictatorial leader, many people in his country credit him with lowering poverty and unemployment.

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado, known as Rafael Correa, is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. Leading the political movement of the PAIS Union since its inception. Up until 2017, Correa was a democratic socialist and his administration focused on his management. on the implementation of leftist policies. Internationally, he was the interim president of UNASUR. Born into a middle-class family in Guayaquil, Correa studied economics at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, the University of Louvain and the University of Illinois, where he obtained his doctorate. Returning to Ecuador in 2005, he became Minister of the Economy under President Alfredo Palacio, successfully campaigning for Congress to increase spending on health and education projects. Correa won the presidential election in the 2006 general election on an established political elite critical forum.

Preceded by	Alfredo Palacio
Alma mater	Catholic University of Guayaquil (BA), UCLouvain (MA), University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (MS, PhD)
Born	Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado, April 6, 1963, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Vice President	Lenín Moreno, Jorge Glas
Other political affiliations	[/es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acuerdo_Nacional_(Ecuador) Acuerdo Nacional] (since 2018)
Political party	PAIS Alliance (until 2018), Citizen Revolution Movement (since 2018)
Succeeded by	Lenín Moreno
Children	3

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Trivia

He served as both director of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education and Culture and Minister of Finance before becoming President of the Republic of Ecuador and President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations.

Rafael Correa before fame

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and a doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

Achievement of Rafael Correa

Before becoming President of the Republic of Ecuador and President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations, he served as Director of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education and Culture and Minister of Finance.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$2 Million

Rafael Correa family life

In Belgium, he married Anne Malherbe Gosselin. Anne Doninique, Miguel, and Sofia were the couple's three children.

Associations of Rafael Correa

Hugo Chavez, the late Venezuelan president, had him as a political buddy.

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