Edwin Escobar Hill
Edwin Escobar Hill | |
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| Mayor of Villa Nueva | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2012 | |
| Deputy | Ricardo Ramazzini Gándara María Teresa Gómez López |
| Preceded by | Salvador Gándara Gaitán |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill 19 July 1969 Villa Nueva, Guatemala |
| Political party | Citizen Prosperity (since 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | CREO (2011–2012) PP (2012–2015) LIDER (2015–2016) Independent (2016–2018) |
| Spouse | Ginna López (m. 2018) |
Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill (born July 19, 1969) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur, lecturer and politician who has served as Mayor of Villa Nueva since January 15, 2012.[1] He has also served as President of the National Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Guatemala since 2016.[2][3]
Edwin Escobar was Dean of Engineering at Universidad Rafael Landívar from 2002 to 2005.[4] During this time, he built TEC Landívar, which consists of 42 laboratories for students of different engineering studies at Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala.[5]
From 1996 to 2004, he was board member and director at “Juannio”,[6] an annual charity art auctions event for the Neurological Institute of Guatemala,[7] of which he also was board director from 2002 to 2004.[8]
From 2008 to 2010, he hosted a TV talk show called "Construyendo Guatemala con Edwin Escobar" (Building Guatemala with Edwin Escobar), which aired on Canal Antigua.[9]
In 2018, he announced that he would participate as a presidential candidate in the 2019 Guatemalan general election for Citizen Prosperity.[10] On March 24th 2019, it was announced that Edwin Escobar would be officially running for President of Guatemala.[11]
References
- ^ https://www.villanueva.gob.gt/alcalde-municipal-edwin-escobar
- ^ http://anam.org.gt/site/
- ^ https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/alcaldes-eligen-al-nuevo-presidente-de-la-anam/
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/notes/edwin-escobar/tec-land%C3%ADvar-a-la-altura-de-los-mejores-del-mundo/479864993271/
- ^ http://principal.url.edu.gt/index.php/academia/tec-landivar
- ^ http://www.juannio.com/
- ^ http://www.institutoneurologicodeguatemala.org/
- ^ https://www.villanueva.gob.gt/alcalde-municipal-edwin-escobar
- ^ https://www.villanueva.gob.gt/alcalde-municipal-edwin-escobar
- ^ "Edwin Escobar confirma que será candidato a presidente". SOY502 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.publinews.gt/gt/noticias/2019/03/24/edwin-escobar-inscrito-candidato-presidente.html
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