Manuel Félix López

Manuel Felix Lopez
Vicepresident of Andean Parliament
In office 1985–1986
President	Julio Garret
Preceded by	Gary Esparza
Succeeded by	Andrés Vallejo
Mayor of Bolívar
In office 1970–1972
Preceded by	Hermógenes Zambrano
Succeeded by	Álvaro Ormaza
National Deputy
In office 1992–1996
Provincial Deputy
In office 1984–1988
Councilor of Bolívar
In office 1966–1970
Personal details
Born	(1937-11-17)November 17, 1937 Junin, Ecuador
Died	January 1, 2004(2004-01-01) (aged 66) Portoviejo, Ecuador
Political party	Social Christian Party, Republican Unity Party
Spouse	Fraida Montesdeoca ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1988)​ Olinda Lara ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	Manuel Gustavo, Sandra Jacinta, Jorge Eliécer, Ángel Guillermo and Manuel Andrés.
Parent(s)	Quinche Felix, Jacinta Lopez

Manuel Enrique Felix Lopez (November 17, 1937 in Junin – January 1, 2004 in Portoviejo) was an Ecuadorian businessman and politician.

Early life

with the former president of Ecuador Leon Febres Cordero

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Son of Quinche J. Felix Rezabala and Jacinta Maria Lopez Loor, Manuel was the fourth of 13 children. During the first years of his life the Félix López family lived in the city of Calceta, capital head of the canton Bolivar. Manuel was born into a family of merchants and closely linked to the politic of the region, as his father was the mayor of the city.

Political career

With the mayor of La Paz, Bolivia; Rolando Enrique Rojas in 1995

During his youth, he was councilor of Bolivar twice (1966 and 1979), and in 1970 he was appointed as mayor of Calceta. With the return of democracy in Ecuador, he was electad as Councilor of Manabí (1981–1984), and on this period he was Director of the extinct "Centro de Rehabilitación de Manabí CRM", on behalf of municipalities and also former President of the also extinct "Junta de Recursos Hidráulicos de Jipijapa)".

In 1984, he was actively involved in the release of national political figure Leon Febres-Cordero. Febres Cordero won the elections for President of Ecuador, meanwhile Manuel Felix Lopez was elected Deputy, dignity he held until 1988.

In 1985, he was appointed as a delegate to the Andean Parliament, based in Bogota, the same year he was its Vicepresident.

During 1991, away from the Social Christian Party he and other social christian deserters, helped Sixto Duran Ballen to found the Republican Unity Party. Manuel Felix was appointed congressman, because he was in the list of alternate candidates, and the elected deputy Roberto Dunn, was designed as minister of government. Félix was the National Director of the governing party. Once more, the national Congress delegated him to the Andean Parliament, now based in La Paz, Bolivia, where he was declared as the guest of honor, by the mayor, Rolando Enrique Rojas.

One of his greatest works as National Deputy, was the management of the law N° 116 of April 29, 1996; that creates the "Instituto Tecnológico Superior Agropecuario de Manabí" (ITSAM, as the spanish initials) as the first university of Calceta.

In 1999, the National Congress of Ecuador, created the law N° 99-25 of April 30, that changes the name of the ITSAM, in the "Escuela Superior Politécnica Agropecuaria de Manabí".

In 2000, he participates as candidate to Mayor of Calceta, being his last appearance in the ecuadorian politic.

Legacy

In 2004 as post mortem tribute, a group of citizens of Calceta proposed that the name of Félix has to been added to the ESPAM and in June 15 of 2006, the ecuadorian National Congress published a reform to the law 99-25, that highlighted Félix as "tireless dreamer and idealist who achieved with perseverance in the National Congress the creation of the "Instituto Tecnológico Superior Agropecuario de Manabí (ITSAM)" later called ESPAM, and now "Escuela Superior Politécnica Agropecuaria de Manabí "Manuel Félix López".

See also

• Luis Félix López
• Calceta
• León Febres Cordero
• Sixto Durán Ballén
• Lucho Gatica