MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRADE AND INTEGRATION

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND INTEGRATION
Name: Ricardo Armando Patiño Aroca
City of Birth: Guayaquil - 1955
Civil Status: Married
Education:
• Economist in May 1979 at “Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana – Iztapalapa” (Mexico City,
Mexico) with the diploma "Best student of Economics at “Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana”
• Post - graduate degree in Economic Development in November 2001 at “Universidad
Internacional de Andalucía, La Rábida” (Spain)
Work Positions:
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Coordinating Minister of Politics (2007 – 2010)
Minister of the Coast (2007)
Secretary General of Economy in the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic
of Ecuador (July to August 2005);
Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Ecuador (June to
July 2005);
Professional Team Coordinator appointed by “Jubileo 2000 – Red Guayaquil”, for the
development of the National Strategy for Debt Relief (August to December 2003);
Founder Member and Manager of “Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito “De todas”
(February 2003 – May 2005);
Technical Advisory Committee Coordinator of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on
Employment of Ecuador(March 2001 –December 2002);
Founder and Coordinator of the Movement “Jubileo 2000-Red Guayaquil”; Member of
the Promoter Group (May 1999 – present date);
General Coordinator of the Research Team: "Strategies for an employment policy for
Ecuador with emphasis on small business and micro company”, ILDIS (February –
September 2000);
Founder of Social Studies Group (March 1999 – 2000);
Founding Member of the Board of the Association of Users and Consumers of Guayas
(1992 – 1997);
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Parliamentary Advisor (1990-1992);
Economic Adviser to the Ecuadorian Class Organizations (1982-1991).
International
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External Consultant of OIT (September 2000 – February2001);
Head of Economic Planning at “Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria”, Southern
Region, Nicaragua, (1980 – 1981).
Other duties and representations
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He worked as a professor at “Universidad de Guayaquil” (Faculty of Economic Sciences
and Communication), and at “Escuela Superior Politécnica” (Faculty of Tourism) and at
“Universidad Autónoma- Iztalalapa” (México).
Books and articles publications
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Collaborated as Technical Editor of the book series that are part of the National
Employment Plan Ecuador, which covers topics like:
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“Plan Nacional de Empleo y Desarrollo Local”, (National Employment Plan and
Local Development)
“Las Microfinanzas en el Ecuador”, (Microfinance in Ecuador)
“Inversión Pública y Uso Intensivo de Mano de Obra- Políticas y Metodología de
Medición”, (Public Investment and Heavy-Labor Policies and Methodology
Measurements)
“Empleo y Género”,(Employment and Gender)
“Jornadas de Intercambio de Experiencias de Proyectos de Empleo y Desarrollo
Local”, (Experience Sharing Employment Project and Local Development)
“Censo Nacional de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito controladas por la Dirección
Nacional de Cooperativas”. (National Census of Credit Unions controlled by the
National Directorate of Cooperatives)
He has published, among other books:
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“Desempleo y Subempleo en Guayaquil en la Década de los 90: Teoría, Conceptos,
Indicadores y Tendencia”; (Unemployment and Underemployment in Guayaquil in
the decade of the 90s: Theory, Concepts, Indicators and Trend)
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“Jubileo 2000, La vida antes que la Deuda”. (Jubilee 2000, life before Debt)
Escribió la introducción del libro “Deuda Externa y Bonos Brady” (He wrote the
introduction to the book "Brady Bonds and Debt”)
Participó como coautor del libro “Empleo y Economía del Trabajo en el Ecuador”.
(Participated as a co-author of "Employment and Labor Economics in Ecuador)
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