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Ecuador Election: 35-Year-Old Daniel Noboa Becomes Youngest-Ever President
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Banana entrepreneur Daniel Noboa will become Ecuador’s youngest ever president as he defeated leftist politician Luisa González in elections on Sunday, the head of the electoral authority CNE has said.
Thirty-five-year-old Noboa of the centre-right National Democratic Action alliance led González, from the camp of ex-president Rafael Correa, by 52.30 pet cent to 47.7 we cent with more than 90 per cent of votes counted.
González congratulated Noboa on his victory.
“Today we made history,” Noboa said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
“We are going for a country… where promises do not remain in the electoral campaign and corruption is punished,” he added.
Voter turnout was about 82 per cent, CNE head Diana Atamaint said.
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