Gustavo Pareja
| Gustavo Pareja | |
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| Mayor of Otavalo | |
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Assumed office March 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mario Conejo |
| 8th Provincial Prefect of Imbabura Province | |
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In office 1997–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Mejía Montesdeoca |
| Succeeded by | Washington Barreno |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gustavo Pareja Cisneros 10 January 1947 Otavalo, Ecuador |
| Other political affiliations |
PRIAN Party (2004–2014) Democratic Left (before 2004) |
| Alma mater | Central University of Ecuador |
Gustavo Pareja Cisneros (born 10 January 1947) is an Ecuadorian politician. He is the incumbent Mayor of Otavalo upon defeating the incumbent Mario Conejo in the 2014 mayoral election. He won the election with 10% more votes than Conejo. Previously, he served as the 8th Provincial Prefect of Imbabura Province from 1997 through 2009.
Pareja was born on 10 January 1947 in Otavalo, Ecuador. His father was a carpenter and his mother was a housewife. He studied at the Central University of Ecuador, where he majored in political science and sociology.
Pareja was elected to a minor political post in the Imbabura Province during the 1994 sectional elections as a member of the Democratic Left.
In 1997, Pareja became the Provincial Prefect of Imbabura Province replacing the outgoing Luis Mejía Montesdeoca. His administration focused on infrastructure improvement, creating a stronger athletic program, and building better relationships with citizens.
During the 2000 elections, Pareja was re-elected. However, in 2003, his approval ratings began to drop due to strong conservative opposition in Imbabura.
Surprisingly, in the 2004 elections, he was re-elected as Provincial Prefect as a member of the Institutional Renewal Party of National Action under the influence of Álvaro Noboa.
Pareja was not a candidate in the 2009 elections for Provincial Prefect. Instead, he focused on his candidacy for Mayor of Otavalo.
For the 2009 political sectional elections, Pareja announced his intentions to run as Mayor of Otavalo, but was narrowly defeated by Mario Conejo. He refused to rule out a second bid, so in the 2014 sectional elections, he announced his candidacy for Mayor of Otavalo once again. Pareja ended up defeating the incumbent Conejo by a margin on 10% of the vote.
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