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Gral. Paco Moncayo

Gral. Paco Moncayo Gallegos Mayor of Quito EcuadorThe Mayor Paco Moncayo is doctor in International Sciences and in good condition passive army commander. Its presence in the political life began after concluding its extensive military specialty. He was elect national deputy in year 1 998 and soon the town of Quito designated Mayor to it of Quito in 2 000.

Its life. It was born in Quito, the 8 of October of 1940. His father was doctor Paco Moncayo Altamirano, lawyer, and her mother is Galician Mrs. Aida de Moncayo, educator. For work reasons, her family was transferred to the city of Riobamba, where she initiated his education. In 1951, her family returned to Quito, concluding in her her primary studies and initiating the secondary ones. It entered to the Military School "Eloy Alfaro" in 1957 where one graduated as bachelor in 1960, and received the arms like second lieutenant of infantry in 1962.  He was instructor of the Naval school in the Freedom and Salt mines. It worked in the Curaray, a remote zone of the Ecuadorian Amazonia, where it ascended to the lieutenant degree. Monitor of the Military School was designated. As captain were assistant of the commander-in-chief of the Army, and later traveled to Brazil to make the Advanced Course of Arms. He worked in the project of creation of the Military School of Guayaquil in the Direction of Education of the Army. 

Political Life
 

When retiring of the Army, curl to the elect being obtained one and to head the list of national deputies by the Democratic Left party. In the National Congress from 1998 to the 2000, it impelled the projects of laws Code of Ethics of the Legislature, Civic Control of the Corruption, the Organic one of the National system of Health, and reformatories to other effective ones. It was member of the Administrative Council of the Legislature, the Commission of Education, Culture and Sports and substitute member of the Commission of International Subjects, in addition to Head of the block of deputies of the Democratic Left. In 2000 it was proposed by the Democratic Left and several groupings of political and social movements to participate in the electoral fight to choose mayor of Quito, struggle in which prevailed.


Author 

Between its main published works they are: Ecuador: Geopolitics, Power and Security (edition of the Army institute of technology), Armed Forces and Society (National Publishing Corporation), Army and Community, Tests of Security , Car it Magno Andrade: An exemplary life (biography of this remembered Ecuadorian military leader), Criteria on the Regional Development , Ecuador in Integration (its doctoral thesis in the U. Central), Latin America: Geopolitics and Integration (degree thesis). 

A doctorate shows honoris reason granted by the Technical School of the Army; he is a member of the Academy of History and it was distinguished by the Cross of War and the Decoration of the National Congress.  He is married with the lady Martha Miño de Moncayo, who exercises the Presidency of the Municipal Patronage of Social Protection San Jose, and they are parents of four children: a woman, Martha, engineer one of profession, and three males: Daniel, Victor and Diego.

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