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Business heir Daniel Noboa sworn in as Ecuador president | Elections News<\/p>\n
The banana empire heir has promised to reduce violence and create jobs in the country gripped by a bloody drug war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Daniel Noboa has been sworn in as Ecuador\u2019s new president, promising to reduce violence and create jobs in the country gripped by a bloody drug war.<\/p>\n The 35-year-old heir to a banana business empire won a run-off vote in October on promises to restore security and boost employment in the South American country, which has faced economic challenges since the coronavirus pandemic, pushing thousands to migrate.<\/p>\n He was sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony attended by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, after former President Guillermo Lasso called snap elections to avoid possible impeachment. He will serve only 18 months, the remainder of Lasso\u2019s term.<\/p>\n \u201cTo fight violence we must fight unemployment; the country needs jobs and to create them I will send urgent reforms to the assembly,\u201d Noboa said during his maiden speech in front of National Assembly lawmakers in Quito.<\/p>\n Once considered one of the safest countries in the region, Ecuador has seen violence explode in recent years driven by rival drug-trafficking groups. Bloodshed reached an unprecedented crescendo with the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.<\/p>\n Drug violence has led to some 3,600 murders so far this year, reports the Ecuadorian Observatory of Organised Crime.<\/p>\n Noboa has said he will implement a state of emergency, suspend some citizen rights such as freedom of movement, and deploy the military to the streets.<\/p>\n During his campaign, he said he wanted to create offshore prisons on barges to isolate the most violent inmates.<\/p>\n Noboa was born in the port city of Guayaquil into his billionaire father Alvaro\u2019s banana empire.<\/p>\n His father, who did not attend the ceremony, tried unsuccessfully to become president five times.<\/p>\n Noboa holds a degree in business administration from New York University and three master\u2019s degrees, from Harvard, Northwestern and George Washington universities.<\/p>\n At the age of 18, he created his own events company before joining the Noboa family business.<\/p>\n Noboa\u2019s newly formed National Democratic Action alliance won only 17 of 137 parliamentary seats in the October election.<\/p>\n On Friday, he allied himself with the leftist movement of former President Rafael Correa and the right-wing Social Christian Party, to have a majority when it came to making key political appointments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>Heir to banana fortune<\/h2>\n
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