businessman Daniel Noboa becomes the country’s youngest president, at the age of 35

35 years. Business man Daniel Noboa became, on Sunday October 15, the youngest president in the history of Ecuador. By winning 52.1% of the votes, he promised to immediately “at work” to bring back “the peace” in a country ravaged by the violence of drug trafficking.

“Tomorrow we will start working for this new Ecuador (…) to rebuild a country that has been seriously affected by violence, corruption and hatred,” commented the president-elect, from his stronghold of Olon, on the Pacific coast. “From tomorrow, hope begins”promised the billionaire’s son, thanking “God, my wife, my parents and all the people who were part of a new, young, improbable political project, whose objective was to bring a smile back to the country.”

As tirelessly repeated during his campaign, he once again “committed to restoring peace to a country, to restoring education and jobs to the many people who are looking for them, to giving peace to families who cannot go out into the streets.” This victory was greeted with horn concerts in Quito, but without a major popular gathering.