Who Is Daniel Noboa? New President of Ecuador

At just 37 years old, Daniel Noboa Azín became this Sunday the youngest president elected by popular vote in the history of Ecuador. Likewise, with 93% of the minutes counted, the National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed with an “irreversible” trend that Noboa won with 55.85% of the votes compared to 44.15% for Luisa González, candidate of the Citizen Revolution.

Likewise, with more than one million votes difference, they sealed the victory of the businessman and former legislator. In that sense, the president of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, made the Noboa-Pinto binomial official as the winner, in an election day that reached a participation of 83% of the 13.7 million eligible voters.

It should be noted that this presidential election contest was the final chapter of an interrupted political story. After the dissolution of Congress in 2023 by then President Guillermo Lasso, extraordinary elections were called to complete his term. In that first election, Noboa had already surprised by winning with 51.8%, in a result that was considered surprising even by pollsters.

Now, the young president returns with a more solid victory and with the promise of stabilizing a country that faces an energy crisis, structural violence and an economy worn out by inflation and informal unemployment.

¿quién Es Daniel Noboa?1975

For his part, the newly elected president of Ecuador is the heir to one of the most powerful business families in the country. In addition, he is an administrator, businessman and politician, with a solid international academic background and a rapid but strategic incursion into politics.

Academic training and business experience

Born in Miami on November 30, 1987, son of Álvaro Noboa, banana businessman and five-time presidential candidate.
He studied Business Administration at the NYU Stern School of Business.
He has three master’s degrees: MBA from Kellogg School of Management (2019), Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard (2020) and Political Communication and Strategic Governance at George Washington University (2022).
He worked at the Noboa Corporation for eight years, where he was shipping, commercial and logistics director.

Beginnings in politics

In 2021, he was elected assemblyman for the province of Santa Elena, joining the official bloc of Guillermo Lasso.
He chaired the Economic Development Commission, defended the Executive’s failed investment law and disassociated himself from Lasso after his popularity declined.
He became an independent legislator and his alternate voted in favor of the impeachment trial against the then president.

His path to the presidency

Noboa planned to launch his own party by 2025, but moved forward due to the “cross death”.
He launches his presidential candidacy in 2023 under the National Democratic Action (ADN) coalition, supported by the PID and MOVER movements.
During the campaign he proposed generating employment for young people, attracting foreign investment and militarizing ports to stop drug trafficking.
His growth in polls was meteoric after the presidential debate, achieving second place in the first round and a surprising victory in the second.
After 18 months of completing the previous presidential term, on April 13, 2025 he was elected president of Ecuador, with 55.83% of the votes.