Rafael Correa

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado born April 6, 1963 in Guayaquil, was the 43rd President of Ecuador, and in 2009-2010 was the president pro tempore of the UNASUR.

Rafael Correa
Correa in 2019
45th President of Ecuador
In office 15 January 2007 – 24 May 2017
Vice President	Lenín Moreno Jorge Glas
Preceded by	Alfredo Palacio
Succeeded by	Lenín Moreno
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
In office 10 August 2009 – 26 November 2010
Preceded by	Michelle Bachelet
Succeeded by	Bharrat Jagdeo
President pro tempore of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
In office 28 January 2015 – 28 January 2016
Preceded by	Luis Guillermo Solís
Succeeded by	Danilo Medina
President of the PAIS Alliance
In office 3 April 2006 – 1 May 2017
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lenín Moreno
Minister of Finance
In office 20 April 2005 – 9 August 2005
President	Alfredo Palacio
Preceded by	Mauricio Yepez
Succeeded by	Magdalena Barreiro
Personal details
Born	Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (1963-04-06) 6 April 1963 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political party	PAIS Alliance (until 2018) The Citizens' Revolution Party (2018)
Other political affiliations	Acuerdo Nacional (since 2018)
Spouse(s)	Anne Malherbe Gosselin ​ ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Catholic University of Guayaquil UCLouvain University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Signature
Website	Official website

Correa was elected President of Ecuador in late 2006 and took office in January 2007. In December 2008, he declared Ecuador's national debt illegitimate, based on the argument that it had been contracted by despotic prior regimes.

Correa's first term in office had been due to end on January 15, 2011, but the new approved constitution, written by the new National Assembly, called for general elections for April 26, 2009. In that election, Rafael Correa won in the first round with 51.9% of votes counted.

Early life

Rafael Correa was raised in a working class family from Guayaquil, the country's largest city. His father was Rafael Correa Icaza, born in the Province of Los Ríos, Ecuador, 23 March 1934, and deceased 10 June 1995. His mother is Norma Delgado Rendón, born 1 September 1939. His parents had three more children: Fabricio Correa, Pierina Correa and Bernardita Correa.

He attended primary and secondary school in San José-La Salle School in Guayaquil. During his youth he was a boy scout. Correa met his future Vice President, Jorge Glas while they were scouts as youth.

During his secondary studies he was president of the Lasallian Student Cultural Association ("ACEL" in Spanish). Afterwards and based on his academic achievements, he was given a scholarship to study at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG in Spanish), a private higher education institution in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where he obtained an undergraduate degree in economics in 1987.