Alexandra Arce
OfficeMayor of Durán, Ecuador
Term start14 May 2014
Term end14 May 2019
PredecessorDalton Narváez
SuccessorDalton Narváez
Office 2
Ecuadorian National Assembly
Term start 22013
Term end 2November 2013
Office 3City Council of Durán
Term start 32009
Term end 32012
PartyPAIS Alliance
Birth nameAlexandra Manuela Arce Plúas
Birth date31 July 1977 (age 49)
Birth placeGuayaquil
Alma materLaica Vicente Rocafuerte University
OccupationPolitician

Alexandra Manuela Arce Plúas (born 31 July 1977) is an Ecuadorian politician and engineer. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2013, she became a Mayor and she was re-elected in 2023.

Biography

Alexandra Arce was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 31 July 1977. She studied at the Laica Vicente Rocafuerte University, graduating with a degree in commercial engineering.[1]

In the 2009 provincial elections, Arce was elected to the City Council of Durán as a member of the PAIS Alliance.[2] During her time on the council, Arce was set against the policies of Mayor Dalton Narváez, of the Social Christian Party. In May 2010, Arce filed a complaint with a prosecutor against the mayor and his mother, former Mayor Mariana Mendieta,[3] over allegations of a physical attack and corruption in Narváez's government.[2]

In the 2013 legislative elections, Arce was elected to the Ecuadorian National Assembly for Guayas Province and representing the PAIS Alliance.[4] She resigned from her seat in November of that same year to stand for election in the 2014 elections for the mayoralty of Durán,[5] and defeated Dalton Narváez, who sought reelection.[6]

In 2023 she returned to the National Assembly after the mass resignation, that year, created by the out-going President Lasso.[7]

Citations

  1. ^ "Alexandra Arce Plúas" (in Spanish). especiales.eluniverso.com. El Universo. Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ "El PSC gobierna en la Alcaldía de Durán" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 6 July 2016. Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Alcalde de Durán acusado de agresión" (in Spanish). La Hora. 30 May 2010. Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Termina escrutinio de asambleístas en Guayas y triunfo de movimiento PAIS se consolida" (in Spanish). Ecuador Inmediato. 7 February 2013. Archived 19 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Los nuevos asambleístas se alistan para asumir curules" (in Spanish). La Hora. 22 November 2013. Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Alianza País solo gana en Durán entre las 10 ciudades más pobladas" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 2014. Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  7. ^ "43 asambleístas que fueron destituidos lograron la reelección" (in Spanish). Primicias. Retrieved 2023-11-23.