Carlos Xavier Rabascall Salazar (born September 3, 1960) is an Ecuadorian journalist, commercial engineer, businessman, and political consultant who is running for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election. He previously ran for vice president in the 2021 general election.
Carlos Rabascall | |
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 Rabascall in 2021 | |
| Born | September 3, 1960 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, commercial engineer |
Early life
editRabascall was born in Guayaquil on September 3, 1960[1] into a middle-class family.[2] Because of the effects of the drug called Thalidomide, which affected the formation of the newborn, he was born without a leg, a situation that generated a "hard childhood because of discrimination" he explained later.[2]
Rabascall completed his basic training at Colegio La Salle and later graduated as a commercial engineer at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. He has also taken courses in Finance at IDE and participated in the Governance and Political Management Program of the Catholic University of Guayaquil under the auspices of George Washington University.[3]
Political career
editIn 2017, he was a member of the Front for Transparency and the Fight Against Corruption, a body in charge of proposing policies to prevent corruption in the public and private sectors. In December 2020, it was confirmed that he was part of the Union for Hope coalition together with Andrés Arauz, in the Ecuadorian presidential elections.
In July 2024, Rabascall registered as a pre-candidate for President of Ecuador in the upcoming 2025 general election.[4]
Further reading
editReferences
edit- ^ "Carlos Rabascall: Una Asamblea Constituyente puede ser como última instancia". El Universo (in Spanish). 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ a b Parrini, Leonardo (2020-01-22). "Carlos Rabascall: "soy un ciudadano que quiere hacer una política nueva"". LAPALABRABIERTA (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Expositores – Foro XIX Ecuatoriano de Inclusión Financiera". Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Carlos Rabascall será el precandidato a la Presidencia de la República por la Izquierda Democrática" (in Spanish). El Universo. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.