Valentina Centeno
Valentina Centeno | |
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![]() Valentina Centeno in 2023. | |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 17 November 2023 | |
Constituency | National list |
Personal details | |
Born | (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) Portoviejo, Ecuador[1] |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | National Democratic Action |
Alma mater | Universidad San Francisco de Quito |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Valentina Centeno Arteaga (born 14 February 1997) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was elected to Ecuador's National Assembly in 2023.
Life
Early life and education
Valentina 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
- ^ 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.