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Rafael Correa

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Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel βiˈsente koˈre.a ðelˈɣaðo]; born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as the 45th president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the UNASUR. Since 2017, he has been living with his family in Belgium. Born to a lower middle-class mestizo family in Guayaquil, Correa studied economics at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), and the University of Illinois, where he received his PhD. Returning to Ecuador, in 2005 he became the Minister for the Economy under President Alfredo Palacio, successfully lobbying Congress for increased spending on health and education projects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Correa is the 3,469th most popular politician (down from 3,093rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Ecuador and the 3rd most popular Ecuadorean Politician.

Rafael Correa is most famous for being the president of Ecuador. He was elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2009.

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Among politicians, Rafael Correa ranks 3,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Fumimaro Konoe, Christopher II of Denmark, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Ebrahim Raisi, Ferdinand II of León, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland. After him are Amalaric, John Dickinson, Jean Moulin, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Nyuserre Ini, and Paul Deschanel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Rafael Correa ranks 31. Before him are John Barnes, Phoebe Cates, James Hetfield, James May, Fatboy Slim, and Ming-Na Wen. After him are Rumen Radev, Jensen Huang, Jean-Pierre Papin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Emilio Butragueño, and Natasha Richardson.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Rafael Correa ranks 3 out of 147. Before him are Huayna Capac (1476), and Guillermo Lasso (1955). After him are Alfredo Palacio (1939), Manuela Sáenz (1797), Lenín Moreno (1953), María Capovilla (1889), Gabriel García Moreno (1821), Alberto Spencer (1937), José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Frederick Ashton (1904), and Gustavo Noboa (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ecuador

Among politicians born in Ecuador, Rafael Correa ranks 3. Before him are Huayna Capac (1476), and Guillermo Lasso (1955). After him are Alfredo Palacio (1939), Lenín Moreno (1953), Gabriel García Moreno (1821), José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Gustavo Noboa (1937), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), Jamil Mahuad (1949), Eloy Alfaro (1842), and Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940).

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