Pamela Aguirre Zambonino

Pamela Alejandra Aguirre Zambonino (born December 22, 1984) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. Since May 2017, she has served as a Member of the Andean Parliament, a position she attained by popular election with 2,669,238 votes nationwide.[1][2]

Pamela Aguirre Zambonino
Pamela Aguirre in 2022
Member of the Andean Parliament
Assumed office
May 19, 2017
ConstituencyEcuador
Personal details
Born
Pamela Alejandra Aguirre Zambonino

(1984-12-22) December 22, 1984
Quito, Ecuador
Political partyThe Citizens' Revolution
OccupationLawyer, politician
Websitewww.pameaguirre.com

As of March 2019, she holds the vice-presidency of the Andean Parliament's Second Commission of Education, Culture, Science, Information Technology, and Communication. In addition, she is part of the Special Commission on Women and Gender Equity. During her first year in office she was president of both commissions.[3][4]

She is a member of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat),[5] a space in which she participates in the Women's Forum, the Meeting with Civil Society,[6] and the Commission for Sustainable Development, Environment, Politics, Energy, Research, Innovation, and Technology.[7]

She was awarded as one of the 100 most influential political professionals of 2017, within the framework of the Napolitan Victory Awards.[8][9]

She holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and a Master's in Image Consulting and Political Consultancy and Specialist in Government Management and Electoral Campaigns from Camilo José Cela University in Spain. She also studied journalism at the University of the Americas, and participated in the international program in Political Consultancy and Government Management at San Francisco University of Quito.

Early life and education

Pamela Aguirre Zambonino was born in Quito on December 22, 1984. She spent her childhood in Ibarra, Imbabura Province, the birthplace of her father, a general practitioner who spent 35 years in the peasant communities of Pesillo and Olmedo, and her mother, an obstetrician.

She completed her primary and secondary studies at the Sacred Heart College of Jesús Bethlemitas in Ibarra. After completing her secondary education, she traveled to France to pursue a literary specialty at the Lyceé Val de Durance Vauclause.

Upon her return to Ecuador, she began her legal studies at the Pontifical Catholic University and obtained licentiates in Legal Science and Law.[10] Her thesis was titled El tratamiento del derecho a la honra de acuerdo a la Constitución actual -2008-, por parte de los medios de prensa escrita sensacionalista. Caso Diario El Extra – sección Crónica Roja (The Treatment of the Right to Honor According to the Current Constitution -2008-, by the Sensationalist Written Media. El Extra Newspaper Case - Crónica Roja section).

In 2006, she entered the University of the Americas to study journalism and was granted a scholarship of academic excellence. She was host of the radio program La Hora Cero and a guest columnist for Diario La Verdad in Imbabura. She studied in the international program in Political Consultancy and Government Management at the San Francisco University of Quito.

She has a Specialization in Government Management and Electoral Campaigns, as well as a Master's in Image Consulting and Political Consultancy from Camilo José Cela University.

Political career

Aguirre became active in Ecuadorian politics in the National Assembly, where she served as rapporteur secretary and advisor to the Occasional Specialized Commission for the Treatment of the Constitutional Amendment and the Permanent Specialized Commission on Economic, Productive, and Microenterprise Development.

In 2016, she was the national spokesperson for the collective "Rafael Contigo Siempre",[11] which collected 1.2 million signatures to request a referendum and allow the reelection of former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Although they fulfilled their objective, the group gave up their initiative at the request of Correa himself, who declined a possible candidacy.[12]

In August 2017, Aguirre was awarded as one of the 100 most influential political professionals, in the framework of the 2017 Napolitan Victory Awards.[8][9]

In May 2018, she joined the Inter-American Platform of Women Leaders in Higher Education (Emulies).[13]

Andean Parliament

Pamela Aguirre was elected to the Andean Parliament during the 2017 general election.[1] She obtained a total of 2,669,238 votes nationwide.[2] She was one of five elected and the other four were Hugo Quiroz, Rosa Cárdenas, Fausto Cobo and Patricia Terán.[14]

In 2017, she held the body's vice-presidency of the Second Commission of Education, Culture, Science, Information Technology, and Communication. In addition, she was part of the Special Commission on Women and Gender Equity. During her first year in office she was the president of both commissions.[3][4]

She has focused her work on four areas she proposed in her campaign, including the promotion of tourism through the recovery of the Inca road system and its declaration as Cultural Heritage by the Andean Community.[15][16] In addition, she is committed to strengthening trade and promoting education, science, and technology, for which she has contributed to the construction of the University Accreditation Framework, which aims to validate degrees among member countries of the Andean region.[17] Likewise, she has promoted an Ethical Pact against Tax Havens in order to combat tax evasion.[18]

References
  1. González, Mario Alexis (May 12, 2017). "Asambleístas electos del oficialismo y de la oposición se sentaron juntos en la entrega de credenciales del CNE" [Elected and Opposition Assembly Members Sit Together at the CNE Credential Presentation]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. Resultados Electorales 2017 [2017 Electoral Results] (PDF) (in Spanish). National Electoral Council of Ecuador. p. 26. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  3. "Nuevas autoridades de las Comisiones Permanentes del Parlamento Andino" [New Authorities of the Permanent Committees of the Andean Parliament] (in Spanish). Santiago: Andean Parliament. August 23, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. "Comisiones Especiales" (in Spanish). Andean Parliament. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  5. "Parlamentarios andinos representan a la región en Sesión de Asamblea EuroLat en El Salvador" [Andean Parliamentarians Represent the Region at EuroLat Assembly Session in El Salvador] (in Spanish). Andean Parliament. September 18, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  6. Villalta, Lourdes Marcela (September 19, 2017). "Cambio Climático, Acuerdos Comerciales y Democracia dominan Foro entre Sociedad Civil y EuroLat" [Climate Change, Trade Agreements, and Democracy Dominate Forum Between Civil Society and EuroLat] (in Spanish). San Salvador: Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  7. "La corrupción trasnacional y la evasión fiscal vuelven a relucir en la Eurolat" [Transnational Corruption and Tax Evasion Reappear at the EuroLat] (in Spanish). Panama. EFE. April 6, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  8. "COMPOL 100 clase del 2017" (in Spanish). MPR Group. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  9. "Aguirre, entre los '100 profesionales políticos más influyentes del año', según la revista Washington Compol" [Aguirre, Among the '100 Most Influential Political Professionals of the Year', According to Washington Compol Magazine]. El Comercio (in Spanish). August 30, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  10. "Consulta de títulos registrados: Aguirre Zambonino Pamela Alejandra" (in Spanish). Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  11. "Primer Suplemento No. 709". Official Register of Ecuador (in Spanish). March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  12. "Colectivo Rafael Contigo Siempre desiste de su iniciativa para reelegir a Correa" [Collective Rafael Contigo Siempre Abandons its Initiative to Reelect Correa]. El Telégrafo (in Spanish). September 20, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  13. "PUCP organiza conversatorio internacional 'Mujeres y poder'" [PUCP Organizes International Talk 'Women and Power'] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. May 24, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  14. P, Dimitri Barreto. "Asambleístas electos del oficialismo y de la oposición se sentaron juntos en la entrega de credenciales del CNE". www.elcomercio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  15. "El Parlamento Andino declara patrimonio cultural al Qhapaq Ñan – Camino del Inca" [The Andean Parliament Declares Qhapaq Ñan – Inca Road as Cultural Heritage]. NODAL (in Spanish). October 20, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  16. "El 'Camino del Inca', una oportunidad de desarrollo andino" [The 'Inca Road', an Opportunity for Andean Development]. Revista El Cóndor (in Spanish). No. 61. Andean Parliament. August 2017. p. 13. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via issuu.
  17. "El desafío es la integración birregional en educación superior" [The Challenge is Bi-Regional Integration in Higher Education]. Revista El Cóndor (in Spanish). No. 68. Andean Parliament. May 2018. pp. 24–25. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via issuu.
  18. "Ecuador elevará tema de paraísos fiscales en primera sesión de Parlamento Andino, confirma Pamela Aguirre" [Ecuador Will Raise Issue of Tax Havens in the First Session of the Andean Parliament, Confirms Pamela Aguirre]. Ecuador Inmediato (in Spanish). June 2, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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