Pierina Correa

Pierina Sara Mercedes Correa Delgado (born 30 May 1961) is an Ecuadorian architect and politician, sister of the former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa[1] and a National Assembly member for Union for Hope.

Pierina Correa
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
14 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1961-05-30) 30 May 1961
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Political partySocial Commitment Force (since 2018)
PAIS Alliance (2009-2018)
Occupation
  • Architect
  • politician

Biography

Correa was born in Guayaquil. Her father was Rafael Correa Icaza, born in Los Ríos Province on 23 March 1935.[2] Her mother is Norma Delgado Rendón, also from the Vinces Canton (Los Ríos Province), born on 1 September 1939. Correa has three other siblings: Fabricio, Rafael and Bernarda Correa. She graduated in 2002 as an architect from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, and also has a Master's Degree in High Performance Sports from the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia and the Spanish Olympic Committee.[3]

Political career

In 2009, Correa was a candidate for the Prefect of Guayas by the PAIS Alliance but she was unable to be elected. In 2019, she was a candidate for the Prefect of Guayas for the Social Commitment Force in the 2019 Guayas provincial elections, where she obtained second place with 17.4% of the votes.[4]

In 2011, Correa was elected president of the Guayas Sports Federation (FEDEGUAYAS), in her capacity as representative of the Government on behalf of the Ministry of Health.[5] However, she was dismissed from her position in January 2019 since the institution is intervened by the Sports Secretariat, due to the poor state of the sports venues managed by the entity.[6]

Correa participated as a candidate for the National Assembly in the 2021 legislative elections, where she topped the list of national assemblymen for Union for Hope and became the most voted assemblywoman.[7]

References
  1. "La candidata a asambleísta Pierina Correa habla de su propuesta para llegar al Legislativo". El Comercio. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. "«La niñez fue dura para los Hermanos Correa.»". El Comercio. 27 June 2010.
  3. "El Telégrafo - Pierina Correa: "Lograremos la gobernabilidad con consensos en una Asamblea atomizada"".
  4. "La política tocó a gran parte de los postulantes a la Prefectura". www.expreso.ec. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "Pierina Correa, nueva presidenta de Fedeguayas | La República EC" (in Spanish). 20 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. "Pierina Correa es cesada y la Fedeguayas, intervenida". El Universo (in Spanish). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  7. "Esta es la lista de candidatos a asambleístas nacionales para las elecciones de Ecuador 2021". El Universo (in Spanish). 29 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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