Everything about Alfredo Palacio totally explained
Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born
January 22,
1939) served as
President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From
January 15 2003 to
April 20 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the
Ecuadorian
Congress removed President
Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a week of growing unrest with his government.
Born in
Guayaquil, Palacio is a physician by profession, specializing in
cardiology. He studied in his home town and, later, at
Cleveland,
Ohio, doing residency at
Case Western Reserve University, followed by a two-year cardiology fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and
Washington University School of Medicine in
St. Louis,
Missouri, in the
United States. He later lectured in cardiology and public health at
Guayaquil University's faculty of medicine.
Palacio was chosen as Lucio Gutiérrez's running mate in the 2002 election. It was a common sight during the campaign to see Gutiérrez, dressed in his army fatigues, accompanied by Palacios, wearing surgical scrubs. Palacio had previously served as the
minister for health during the administration of
Sixto Durán Ballén. Many of the
ministers he chose were from the
Party of the Democratic Left.
One of Palacio's first proposals made as president was to hold a
Constitutional Assembly to amend Ecuador's
1998 Constitution. For a period of several months prior to assuming office, he'd been a critic of the Gutiérrez regime, saying that the country was "falling apart" and in need of "intensive care".
Rafael Correa was elected president in November 2006 and replaced Palacio as president on
January 15,
2007.
World Health Organization
Palacio was one of the candidates for the position of director-general of the
World Health Organization, to be decided in a vote on
November 9,
2006. However, on
October 18,
2006, he announced he wouldn't be pursuing the position, preferring to concentrate on his presidency until the very last day of his mandate.
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