BIOGRAPHY

Both lawyer and politician, Jaime Nebot was previously a member of the National Assembly and is a two-time presidential candidate. With a proven record of service to popular causes, for the past 11 years he has been Mayor of Guayaquil, the economic capital of Ecuador, and manager of its great social, urban and touristic revival, thanks to his integral programs of urban regeneration, training, social action, environmental, cultural, health and education, turning his management of the city into a paradigm of development and social equity for Latin America, thereby deserving, consequently, the Model of Governance Award from the United Nations.