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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Noboa and the second or maternal family name is Azin.
Daniel Noboa
Noboa in 2022
Member of the National Assembly
from Santa Elena
In office
14 May 2021 – 17 May 2023
Personal details
Born
Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin

(1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 36)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political partyNational Democratic Action (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		United Ecuadorian (before 2022)
Spouse(s)
Gabriela Goldbaum
​
​
(m. 2018; div. 2021)​

Lavinia Valbonesi
​
(m. 2021)​
Children2
Parent(s)Álvaro Noboa
Anabella Azín
EducationNew York University (BBA)
Northwestern University (MBA)
Harvard University (MPA)
George Washington University (MA)

Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin (born 30 November 1987) is an Ecuadorian business administrator, politician and businessman in the banana industry. He is a presidential candidate in the 2023 general election.[1] He was a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador, between 2021 and 2023. Prior to his political career, Noboa served in several positions at Noboa Corporation, an exporting business founded by his father Álvaro Noboa. He has been widely described as an heir to his father's company and fortune.[2]

In May 2023, Noboa announced his candidacy for president in the 2023 snap election running under the National Democratic Action ticket. He advanced to the run-off election in October, facing Luisa Gonzalez, in which many saw as an upset given his low polling numbers in the days leading up to the election.[3]

Early life and education

Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin was born on November 30, 1987, in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil. He is the son of the businessman Álvaro Noboa, and of the doctor Anabella Azin.[4]

After studying at the New York University Stern School of Business, he obtained a degree in Business Administration in 2010.[5]

Later, Noboa obtained a Master of Business Administration in 2019 from the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois.[6] He obtained a master's degree in Public Administration in 2020 at Harvard University.[6] Subsequently, in 2022, he earned a master's degree in Political Communication and Strategic Governance from George Washington University.[6]

Career

Business activities

At the age of 18, he founded his own company, DNA Entertainment Group, dedicated to organizing events.[4]

His father Álvaro Noboa's Noboa Corporation business is an exporter of bananas.[2] He is seen as an heir to the company.[2] He has served as Shipping Director of Noboa Corporation.[4] He was also commercial and logistics director, between 2010[7] until June 2018.[4]

Politics

Noboa in April 2022

Noboa was elected to the National Assembly in the 2021 legislative elections, representing Santa Elena, for the United Ecuadorian political movement.[8] He was inaugurated on May 14 of the same year. In that same May, he became president of the Commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development.[9] His political ideology has been described as both centrist and centre-right.[10]

In March 2023, he was in favour of the muerte cruzada, in the face of the rejection and filing of the Investment Law, presented by the government of Guillermo Lasso.[11] On 17 May 2023, Lasso invoked muerte cruzada, dissolving the National Assembly and ending Noboa's tenure as an assemblyman.[12]

2023 presidential campaign

Main article: 2023 Ecuadorian general election
Noboa's performance in the first round of the 2023 election

Subsequently, in May 2023, and with the dissolution of parliament amid the political crisis, he presented himself as a pre-candidate for the presidential elections of the same year, by the political movement National Democratic Action (ADN),[5] and supported by the movements: People, Equality and Democracy (PID),[1] and MOVER.[13] His running mate is businesswoman Verónica Abad Rojas.[14] His campaign has focused on job creation, tax incentives for newly established businesses and increase criminal sentences for tax evaders.[15] He has also pledged to improve the justice system in the country amid the growing violence.[15]

In two July polls, he was polling at 6.4% and at 3.1%.[16][17] In early August, Noboa was polling at 2.5% and 3.7%.[18] In a poll conducted a week before the election, Noboa was polling at 3.3%.[19]

On 20 August, Noboa gathered 23.47% of the actual votes and advanced to the run-off election set for 15 October, facing Luisa Gonzalez.[15] His second place finish was seen as surprising, with some attributing his debate performance to his rise in popularity.[15][20] Noboa credited the young voter base for his victory.[21][22]

Personal life

On January 13, 2018, he married Gabriela Goldbaum,[23] with whom he had a daughter.[24] They later divorced.[24] In June 2021, a complaint filed by Noboa was admitted to a Spanish court, to investigate the insurer Mapfre for the alleged crime of violation of the right to privacy and disclosure of secrets, for data used by Goldbaum during the divorce process.[25][26]

In 2019 he met the social media influencer Lavinia Valbonesi,[27] whom he married on 28 August 2021.[28] They have one son.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Otra vez Álvaro Noboa quiere ser presidente y ahora competiría hasta con su hijo". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Banana tycoon's son pulls off upset in Ecuador president race". Columbian. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "A presidential runoff is likely in Ecuador between an ally of ex-president and a banana tycoon's son". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Daniel Noboa anuncia su candidatura a la presidencia: "Soy un hombre de proyectos que no se rinde"". www.vistazo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  5. ^ a b Redacción (2023-05-24). "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  6. ^ a b c d "¿Quién es Daniel Noboa?". El Comercio. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  7. ^ "Daniel Roy Noboa Azin". www.radiografiapolitica.org. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  8. ^ "La renovación política de los Noboa Azín comienza en Santa Elena". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  9. ^ "Legisladores manabitas en comisiones permanentes de Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador". REVISTA DE MANABÍ (in Spanish). 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  10. ^ "Daniel Noboa, candidato presidencial: Se pueden hacer las reformas base el primer año, y luego la persona que esté sentada ahí, que seguro seré yo, puede buscar la reelección" (in Spanish). El Universo. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Asambleísta Daniel Noboa dice que se debe llamar a muerte cruzada". www.vistazo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  12. ^ "Ecuador's president dissolves National Assembly". Deutsche Welle. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Movimiento Mover respaldará la candidatura de Daniel Noboa a la Presidencia de la República". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  14. ^ "Segunda vuelta Ecuador 2023: ¿Quién es Verónica Abad, la compañera de fórmula de Daniel Noboa?" (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  15. ^ a b c d "Factbox-Ecuador's Gonzalez and Noboa go to second round in presidential vote". AOL. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Candidata Luisa González lidera intención de voto, según encuesta Numma" (in Spanish). Radio Pichincha. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Nueva encuesta ubica a Luisa González como favorita para ganar las elecciones". Radio Pichincha. 27 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  18. ^ "ESTUDIO OPINIÓN – ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES – cerrado a Agosto 9, 2023" (in Spanish). Cedatos. 11 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Encuestas" (PDF) (in Spanish). ASCOA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Luisa Gonzalez will face Daniel Noboa in Ecuador's presidential runoff election". CNN. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Ecuador election headed for run-off with left-wing Gonzalez in lead". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Socialist, surprise right-wing candidate head to Ecuador runoff". The Peninsula. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Daniel Noboa Azín y Gabriela Goldbaum se casan en Salinas | La República EC" (in Spanish). 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  24. ^ a b Telégrafo, El (2020-10-18). "Si no podemos confiar en la justicia, no es justicia". El Telégrafo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  25. ^ EFE (2021-07-19). "Juez español investiga a Mapfre por revelar secretos de empresario ecuatoriano". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  26. ^ Redacción (2021-07-20). "Mapfre: Juzgado Majadahonda investiga una filtración de datos en divorcio". Majadahonda Magazin (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  27. ^ "Ella es Lavinia, la esposa del candidato presidencial Daniel Noboa Azín". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  28. ^ "La 'influencer' Lavinia Valbonesi comparte su felicidad en las redes; se casó con el asambleísta Daniel Noboa". El Universo (in Spanish). 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
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