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46 Notable alumni of Central University of Ecuador, Quito

Updated: May 20, 2026 EliteDegrees

Central University of Ecuador, Quito is ranked #2,583 in the world and #6 in Ecuador by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 46 notable alumni from Central University of Ecuador, Quito sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Central University of Ecuador, Quito won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Erika Sylva Charvet

1. Erika Sylva Charvet

1951-. (aged 75)
civil servant
Erika Sylva Charvet is an Ecuadorian politician who was Minister of Culture from 21 April 2010 until 9 May 2013.
Sylvia R. Mata

2. Sylvia R. Mata

writer
Sylvia R. Mata is an Ecuadorian social advocate, community leader, economist, and column editor. She is the current President of the League of United Latin American Citizens Queens Council for Arts and Education and the Vice President of the NYS LULAC for women. She is also the founder and Vice President of ArteLatAm; an arts organization with its headquarters in...
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José de Cuero y Caicedo

3. José de Cuero y Caicedo

1735-1815 (aged 80)
Catholic bishop politician
José de Cuero y Caicedo was a bishop and politician who served as President of Ecuador, Vice President of Sovereign Board of Quito, Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito, and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca.
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Luis Gallegos

4. Luis Gallegos

1946-. (aged 80)
diplomat
Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, is an Ecuadorian diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador since July 2020 until March 2021, appointed by president Lenín Moreno.
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Andrés Vallejo

5. Andrés Vallejo

1940-. (aged 86)
journalist politician
Andrés Vallejo Arcos is an Ecuadorian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito. He assumed the role after the previous mayor, Paco Moncayo, resigned to run for congress. Vallejo previously served as a city councilman. Vallejo has also served in high-profile roles such as the President of the National Congress from 1986 to 1987, and...
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Luis Félix López

6. Luis Félix López

1932-2008 (aged 76)
writer novelist physician politician
Luis Ramón Félix López was an Ecuadorian doctor, politician and renowned writer who held many senior public positions in his country during his lifetime.
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Ariruma Kowii

7. Ariruma Kowii

1961-. (aged 65)
writer
Ariruma Kowii is an Ecuadorian poet of Quechua origin. He was born in Otavalo in 1961. He studied at the Central University of Ecuador. He has worked at the Quito newspaper Hoy.
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Eduardo Estrella Aguirre

8. Eduardo Estrella Aguirre

1941-1996 (aged 55)
physician scientist
Eduardo Estrella Aguirre was an Ecuadorian doctor and researcher who published Flora Huayaquilensis: The Botanical Expedition of Juan Tafalla 1799-1808.
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Plutarco Naranjo Vargas

9. Plutarco Naranjo Vargas

1921-2012 (aged 91)
historian physician journalist
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas was a doctor, teacher, journalist, historian, and scientific researcher. He served as the Ecuadorian ambassador to the Soviet Union, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic (concurrently) from 1977 to 1978. In 1988, he accepted a four-year appointment to the cabinet of newly elected president Rodrigo Borja Cevallos as Minister of Health.
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Raquel Verdesoto

10. Raquel Verdesoto

1910-1999 (aged 89)
poet writer
Raquel Verdesoto Salgado de Romo Dávila was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, teacher, feminist, and activist.
Fernando Callejas Barona

11. Fernando Callejas Barona

1948-. (aged 78)
architect politician
Fernando Callejas Barona is the current mayor of Ambato, Ecuador. Callejas is a native Ambateño. He studied at the Central University of Ecuador and graduated in 1976 with a degree in Urban Architecture. Before he became mayor, he worked as an architect and in the planning department of the city. He has also served on numerous local commercial boards and...
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Lira Villalva

12. Lira Villalva

1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Lira de la Paz Villalva Miranda is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was the first woman to be appointed the post of governor of the Tungurahua Province. She served as a national assemblyman from 2017 to 2021.
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Magdalena León T

13. Magdalena León T

1959-. (aged 67)
economist
Magdalena León Trujillo, commonly known as Magdalena León T, is an Ecuadorian economist and researcher specializing in feminist economics, solidarity economy, and Sumak Kawsay as an alternative to traditional development and the economic implications therein.
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Gustavo Pareja

14. Gustavo Pareja

1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Gustavo Pareja Cisneros is an Ecuadorian politician. He was the Mayor of Otavalo upon defeating the incumbent Mario Conejo in the 2014 mayoral election. He won the election with 10% more votes than Conejo. Previously, he served as the 8th Provincial Prefect of Imbabura Province from 1997 through 2009.
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Ximena Bohórquez

15. Ximena Bohórquez

1956-. (aged 70)
physician
Ximena Bohórquez Romero is an Ecuadorian physician and politician of the Patriotic Society Party. She served as the First Lady of Ecuador from January 15, 2003, to April 20, 2005, as the wife of President Lucio Gutiérrez. She was also a member of the National Congress and the Constituent Assembly of 2007.
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Wilma Andrade

16. Wilma Andrade

1956-. (aged 70)
activist comptroller politician
Wilma Piedad Andrade Muñoz is an Ecuadorian politician. Since 2017, she has served as a member of the National Assembly, after she was elected as part of the Democratic Left. In 2024 she became Ecuador's ambassador to Spain.
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Eliécer Cárdenas

17. Eliécer Cárdenas

1950-2021 (aged 71)
novelist short story writer writer
Eliécer Cárdenas Espinosa was an Ecuadorian novelist.
Paola Pabón

18. Paola Pabón

1978-. (aged 48)
lawyer politician
Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election. She has served as a representative to the National Assembly for the PAIS Alliance movement from 2009 and 2015 and has also worked under the presidencies of Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno.
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Christian Zurita

19. Christian Zurita

1970-. (aged 56)
investigative journalist politician journalist
Christian Gustavo Zurita Ron is an Ecuadorian journalist and politician who was a candidate for president of Ecuador in the 2023 general election. He was selected as Fernando Villavicencio's replacement on the Movimiento Construye ticket following his assassination. Prior to his presidential candidacy, he was an investigative journalist based in Quito.
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Freddy Ehlers

20. Freddy Ehlers

1945-. (aged 81)
journalist politician
Freddy Ehlers Zurita is an Ecuadorian politician. He served as Ecuador's State Secretary for the Presidential Initiative for the Construction of a Society of Good Life from 2013 to 2017 during the Rafael Correa administration. Previously, he was Minister of Tourism from 10 May 2010 until June 2013. In 1996 and 1998, Ehlers stood candidate for the office of President...
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Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño

21. Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño

1890-1950 (aged 60)
politician
Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño was an Ecuadorian historian, archeologist, and politician. He was the mayor of the city of Quito (the capital of Ecuador) from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the Ecuadorian parliament and a candidate for the presidency of Ecuador. He published several works about the pre-Hispanic history of cultures in Ecuador.
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Nina Pacari

22. Nina Pacari

1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer diplomat judge politician
Nina Pacari, born as María Estela Vega Conejo (born 9 October 1961 in Cotacachi, Imbabura) is a Kichwa politician, lawyer and indigenous leader from Ecuador.
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Gonzalo Escudero

23. Gonzalo Escudero

1903-1971 (aged 68)
diplomat poet politician
Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso was an Ecuadorian poet and diplomat.
Luis Macas

24. Luis Macas

1950-. (aged 76)
lawyer politician
Luis Macas Ambuludí is a Kichwa politician and intellectual from Saraguro, Ecuador.
Augusto Barrera

25. Augusto Barrera

1961-. (aged 65)
physician sociologist university teacher politician
Adrián Augusto Barrera Guarderas is an Ecuadorian professor and politician who served as the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2009 to 2014.
Luis Chiriboga Acosta

26. Luis Chiriboga Acosta

1946-. (aged 80)
sports executive engineer businessperson
Luis Chiriboga Acosta is an Ecuadorian businessman, civil engineer and sports administrator. He is the former President of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), a former member of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee and a former FIFA standing committee member.
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Rafael Carvajal

27. Rafael Carvajal

1819-1878 (aged 59)
politician lawyer writer journalist poet
Rafael Carvajal Guzmán was the vice president of Ecuador from 1864 to 1865 and the acting president from 31 August 1865 to 7 September 1865.
Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

28. Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

1939-. (aged 87)
solicitor politician
Gloria Dorothy Hooper, Baroness Hooper, CMG, DSG, FRSA, FRGS is a British lawyer and a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
Matilde Elena López

29. Matilde Elena López

1919-2010 (aged 91)
essayist poet writer
Matilde Elena López was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic. Her most important works include “Masferrer, alto pensador de Centro América”, “Cartas a Grosa” and “La balada de Anastasio Aquino”.
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Violeta Luna

30. Violeta Luna

1943-. (aged 83)
literary critic poet novelist essayist
Violeta Luna is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, professor and literary critic.
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos

31. Rodrigo Borja Cevallos

1935-2025 (aged 90)
university teacher lawyer politician
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos was an Ecuadorian politician, jurist, and academic who served as president of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992. He was also a descendant of the House of Borgia.
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Matilde Hidalgo

32. Matilde Hidalgo

1889-1974 (aged 85)
politician suffragette activist physician poet
Matilde Hidalgo Navarro de Procel was an Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist. Hidalgo was the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and also the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine. Hidalgo fought for the recognition of women's rights and is one of the most important women in Ecuadorian history. In 1973 she was paralyzed...
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Pablo Palacio

33. Pablo Palacio

1906-1947 (aged 41)
lawyer writer
Pablo Arturo Palacio Suárez was an Ecuadorian writer and lawyer. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement in Ecuador and Latin America and one of the most controversial members of the so-called 1930s generation of Ecuadorian authors.
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Luis Cordero Crespo

34. Luis Cordero Crespo

1833-1912 (aged 79)
botanist poet writer university teacher politician
Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895.
Camilo Ponce Enríquez

35. Camilo Ponce Enríquez

1912-1976 (aged 64)
lawyer land owner university teacher politician
Camilo Ponce Enríquez was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the 30th President of Ecuador between 1956 and 1960. He was married to Dolores Marta Gracia de Gangotena y Jijón.
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Benjamín Carrión

36. Benjamín Carrión

1898-1999 (aged 101)
writer journalist diplomat cultural activist
Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora was an Ecuadorian writer, diplomat and cultural promoter.
José María Plácido Caamaño

37. José María Plácido Caamaño

1837-1900 (aged 63)
land owner lawyer politician
José María Plácido Caamaño y Gómez-Cornejo was an Ecuadorian diplomat and served as President of Ecuador 23 November 1883 to 1 July 1888.
Jaime Jarrín

38. Jaime Jarrín

1935-. (aged 91)
sports journalist sports commentator
Jaime Jarrín is an Ecuadorian-born American sportscaster known as the Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He began broadcasting for the Dodgers in 1959 and was the 1998 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame. One of the most recognizable voices in Hispanic broadcasting, Jarrín, "the Spanish Voice of the Dodgers" is also...
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Jorge Yunda

39. Jorge Yunda

1965-. (aged 61)
announcer physician politician
Jorge Homero Yunda Machado is an Ecuadorian politician, physician, musician and radio broadcaster. He was a member of the PAIS Alliance but then changed parties to Centro Democrático. From 2017 until 2018, he served as a member of the National Assembly, when he run for the position as Metropolitan Mayor of Quito, under the Unión Ecuatoriana movement. He occupied the...
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Javier Espinosa y Espinosa

40. Javier Espinosa y Espinosa

1815-1870 (aged 55)
lawyer politician
José Manuel Francisco Javier Espinosa y Espinosa was President of Ecuador, from 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869. He was overthrown in a 1869 military coup carried out by Gabriel García Moreno. Gabriel García Moreno sought to prevent Juan Javier Espinosa from holding free elections.
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Lenín Moreno

41. Lenín Moreno

1953-. (aged 73)
writer businessperson politician
Lenín Voltaire Moreno Garcés is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador from 2017 to 2021. He was also vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.
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José María Velasco Ibarra

42. José María Velasco Ibarra

1893-1979 (aged 86)
president professor politician
José María Velasco Ibarra was an Ecuadorian politician. He became president of Ecuador five non-consecutive times from 1934 to 1972. Only in 1952–1956 did he complete a full term. In his four other terms, he was removed by military force, and several times he was installed as president through a military coup.
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Diana Salazar Mendez

43. Diana Salazar Mendez

1981-. (aged 45)
prosecutor jurist lawyer
Diana Salazar Méndez is an Ecuadorian jurist and lawyer, and the current Attorney-General of Ecuador. She was said to be leading the country's fight against "narcopolitics" in January 2024, and was described as "Ecuador's iron lady" in February 2025.
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Galo Chiriboga

44. Galo Chiriboga

1950-. (aged 76)
lawyer politician
Galo Chiriboga is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician, administrator and the president of "La Asociación Interamericana de Juristas". He is best known as the "Oil Minister for Ecuador".
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Paco Moncayo

45. Paco Moncayo

1940-. (aged 86)
military personnel politician
Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos is an Ecuadorian politician and retired general who was Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2000 to 2009.
Lourdes Tibán

46. Lourdes Tibán

1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer politician
Lourdes Licenia Tibán Guala is an Ecuadorian lawyer politician and is currently a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and is considered one of the national leaders of the indigenous movement. She was one of the main opposition assembly members in the Rafael Correa government. She was also member of the National Assembly.
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