Valentina Centeno Arteaga (born 14 February 1997) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was elected to Ecuador's National Assembly in 2023.
Valentina Centeno | |
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 Valentina Centeno in 2023. | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 17 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | National list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1997 Portoviejo, Ecuador[1] |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Action |
| Alma mater | Universidad San Francisco de Quito |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Life
editEarly life and education
editValentina Centeno comes from Portoviejo in Manabí Province.[2][3]
She played beach volleyball and became national champion in 2014.[4][5] She represented her country at the 2017 Bolivarian Games.[6][2]
She studied law at San Francisco University of Quito then became a teaching assistant in private international law and corporate law.[5]
Political career
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Valentina Centeno started working for the ministry of sports as local coordinator in May 2021 then as under secretary in November 2021.[7]
On 20 August 2023, she was elected as a member of parliament of the National Assembly for the fourth legislative period at the 2023 Ecuadorian general election.[8] She is affiliated with National Democratic Action and she is the group's leader in the National Assembly.[5][3] As such, she led a coalition to support the government of the Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa.[9] She is the president of the permanent commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development.[4][10]
References
edit- ^ Pachari, Daniel (2023-09-20). "¿Quién es Valentina Centeno, asambleísta nacional electa?". GK (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ a b "Manabita va a Juegos Bolivarianos". El Diario Ecuador (in Spanish). 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b "Valentina Centeno: "Creemos que la agenda legislativa o la agenda de prioridades no incluye juicios políticos"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b "Del vóley profesional a la presidencia de la Comisión de Desarrollo Económico de la Asamblea: ella es Valentina Centeno, su presidenta". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b c Pachari, Daniel (2023-09-20). "¿Quién es Valentina Centeno, asambleísta nacional electa?". GK (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Cárdenas, Byron (February 2015). "La Playa Llego a Cumbaya" (PDF). Zona sport: 32.
- ^ "Valentina Centeno Arteaga". www.radiografiapolitica.org. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Navarrete, Irving (2023-10-20). "La manabita Valentina Centeno será jefa de la bancada de ADN en la Asamblea Nacional". El Diario Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Valentina Centeno será la jefe de bancada de Noboa en la Asamblea". Primicias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Valentina Centeno Arteaga". Observatorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-04.