{{Short description|Ecuadorian politician}} {{family name hatnote|Centeno|Arteaga|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = SESIÓN N.º 009 DEL PLENO DE LA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL. ECUADOR, 07 DE JUNIO DE 2025.jpg | caption = Valentina Centeno in 2025. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Portoviejo, Ecuador<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pachari |first=Daniel |date=2023-09-20 |title=¿Quién es Valentina Centeno, asambleísta nacional electa? |url=https://gk.city/2023/09/20/quien-es-valentina-centeno/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=GK |language=es}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Brown University School Of Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito | occupation = Lawyer | party = Independent | other_party = National Democratic Action | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = | signature = | office1 = Member of the National Assembly | constituency1 = National list | term_start1 = 17 November 2023 | footnotes = }} '''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 was raised in Portoviejo, Manabí Province.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-08-26 |title=Manabita va a Juegos Bolivarianos |url=https://www.eldiario.ec/noticias-manabi-ecuador/445387-manabita-va-a-juegos-bolivarianos/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=El Diario Ecuador |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Valentina Centeno: "Creemos que la agenda legislativa o la agenda de prioridades no incluye juicios políticos" |url=https://elvanguardistaonline.com/valentina-centeno-creemos-que-la-agenda-legislativa-o-la-agenda-de-prioridades-no-incluye-juicios-politicos/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |language=es |archive-date=2024-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130065557/https://elvanguardistaonline.com/valentina-centeno-creemos-que-la-agenda-legislativa-o-la-agenda-de-prioridades-no-incluye-juicios-politicos/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She played beach volleyball and became national champion in 2014.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=Del vóley profesional a la presidencia de la Comisión de Desarrollo Económico de la Asamblea: ella es Valentina Centeno, su presidenta |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/del-voley-profesional-a-la-presidencia-de-la-comision-de-desarrollo-economico-de-la-asamblea-ella-es-valentina-centeno-su-presidenta-nota/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=El Universo |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Pachari |first=Daniel |date=2023-09-20 |title=¿Quién es Valentina Centeno, asambleísta nacional electa? |url=https://gk.city/2023/09/20/quien-es-valentina-centeno/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=GK |language=es}}</ref> She represented her country at the 2017 Bolivarian Games.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cárdenas |first=Byron |date=February 2015 |title=La Playa Llego a Cumbaya |url=https://www.usfq.edu.ec/sites/default/files/2020-07/zonasport_2015_004.pdf |journal=Zona sport |pages=32}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
She studied law at San Francisco University of Quito then became a teaching assistant in private international law and corporate law.<ref name=":3" />
=== Political career === thumb|left|President of the permanent commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development in 2024 Valentina Centeno started working for the ministry of sports as local coordinator in May 2021 then as under secretary in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentina Centeno Arteaga |url=https://www.radiografiapolitica.org/perfil/1219 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.radiografiapolitica.org}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Navarrete |first=Irving |date=2023-10-20 |title=La manabita Valentina Centeno será jefa de la bancada de ADN en la Asamblea Nacional |url=https://www.eldiario.ec/actualidad/la-manabita-valentina-centeno-sera-jefa-de-la-bancada-de-adn-en-la-asamblea-nacional/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=El Diario Ecuador |language=es-CO}}</ref> She is affiliated with National Democratic Action and she is the group's leader in the National Assembly.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> As such, she led a coalition to support the government of the Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentina Centeno será la jefe de bancada de Noboa en la Asamblea |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/elecciones-presidenciales-2023/valentina-centeno-noboa-consulta-popular/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Primicias |language=es}}</ref> She was electeds the president of the permanent commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentina Centeno Arteaga |url=https://observatoriolegislativo.ec/perfil/valentina-centeno/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Observatorio Legislativo |language=es}}</ref> Other members of the commission include Diego Martín Franco Hanze, Mabel Méndez and Mishel Mancheno.<ref name=othersc>{{Cite web |title=Comisiones Especializadas Permanentes y Ocasionales |url=https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ec/es/asamblea/comisiones |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador |language=es}}</ref>
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