Fander Falconí

Fander Falconí in the middle, Erich Stather to his left

Fander Falconí Benítez (born September 19, 1962 ) is an Ecuadorian economist and politician .

biography

After attending school, he completed a degree in economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador , which he completed with a master's degree (Maestría de Economía). He then worked as an economist at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), a transnational organization for research, teaching and promotion of the social sciences in Latin America . He also completed postgraduate studies in economic ecology at the University of Barcelona , which he completed with both a master's and a doctorate . After his return he worked as an academic coordinator and as a coordinator of the doctoral programs for business, development aid and research at FLACSA. Later he also worked as an employee of the Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS) , a social science institute in Quito , which was founded in 1974 as the regional office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation .

On January 15, 2007 he was appointed National Secretary (State Secretary) for Planning and Development by the newly elected President Rafael Correa , after he had previously been one of the co-coordinators of the government program of his party Movimiento PAÍS . On December 15, 2008, President Correa appointed him to succeed the previously resigned Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration María Isabel Salvador . In January 2010 he was replaced by Ricardo Patiño .

During a visit to the Federal Republic of Germany in June 2009, he agreed with the State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Erich Stather , that the Federal Republic of Germany would pay 50 million dollars a year into a trust fund so that Ecuador would have huge oil reserves in the Amazon rainforest in the Yasuní National Park does not exploit.

Publications

• "Integrated Assessment of the Recent Economic History of Ecuador (Evaluación Integrada de la Historia Económica Reciente del Ecuador)", 2001
• “Economía y desarrollo sostenible: Matrimonio feliz o divorcio anunciado”, 2002
• "Antología de Economía Ecuatoriana" (co-editor: Julio Oleas), 2002,
• “Economía ecuatoriana” , (co-author: Julio Oleas Montalvo), 2004, ISBN 9978-67-089-0
• “Asedios a lo Imposible: Propuestas Económicas en Construcción” (co-authors and co-editors: Rafael Correa , Alberto Acosta Espinosa , Jeannette Sánchez , Pedro Páez Pérez and others), 2005.
• “TLC, más que unertrado de libre comercio” , (co-author: Alberto Acosta Espinosa), 2005, ISBN 9978-67-096-3

Furthermore, Falconí is co-editor of the journal "Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica".

Web links

Commons : Fander Falconí  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration
• Information in rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fander Falconi es el nuevo Canciller
2. ↑ Fander Falconi, new Foreign Minister Ecuador
3. ↑ New Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Fander Falconi Sworn In
4. ↑ Ecuador: Forest Protection Against Money. No oil from the rainforest ( memento of the original from September 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.