Conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
Capital Name: Quito
Type of government: Republic
Date of independence: May 24th 1822
National holidays: Independence day august 10th
Chief of state: President Rafael CORREA Delgado
Head of government:President Rafael CORREA Delgado
Description of executive branch/powers: cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
(For more information visit the World Leaders website )elections: the president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a four-year term and can be re-elected for another consecutive term; election last held on 17 February 2013 (next to be held in 2017)
election results: President Rafael CORREA Delgado reelected president; percent of vote - Rafael CORREA Delgado 57.2%, Guillermo LASSO 22.7%, Lucio GUTIERREZ 6.8%, Mauricio RODAS 3.9%, other 9.4%
Description of legislative branch:unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 17 February 2013 (next to be held in 2017)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PAIS 100, CREO 11, PSC 6, AVANZA 5, MUPP 5, PSP 5, other 5; note - defections by members of National Assembly are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the various parties
Description of judicial branch: highest court(s): National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including a chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitutional (consists of 11 judges)
judge selection and term of office: justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of professionals; judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the judges renewed every 3 years; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly from candidates selected by the president, Supreme Court, and other government officials; judges appointed for 2-year terms
subordinate courts: Fiscal Tribunal; Superior Court (one for each province); lower provincial and cantonal courts
Suffrage- 18-65 years of age
Their ambassador to the U.S.: Ambassador Saskia Nathalie CELY Suarez
Location of their embassy in the U.S.: Washington D.c
Locations of their consulate in the U.S: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Haven (CT), New Orleans, New York, Newark (NJ), Phoenix, San Francisco
U.S. ambassador to them: Ambassador Adam E. NAMM
Location of U.S embassy there: Quito
Location of U.S consulate there: Guayaquil
Name of their representative to UN: H.E. Xavier Lasso
flag simbolism includes: Ecuador's coat of arms is in the middle of the flag, showing the country protected beneath the wings of a condor, the huge national bird of Ecuador
yellow on the top half, which symbolises fertility and abundance and also recalls the Federation of Greater Colombia, to which Ecuador belonged. The band below the yellow on the Ecuador flag is blue, the colour of the sea and the sky and said to represent Ecuador's independence from Spain and the Spanish conquistadores. The lowest band on the flag is red which is variously said to represent either courage or the blood spilt in the fight for Ecuador's independence.
national symbols:
Capital Name: Quito
Type of government: Republic
Date of independence: May 24th 1822
National holidays: Independence day august 10th
Chief of state: President Rafael CORREA Delgado
Head of government:President Rafael CORREA Delgado
Description of executive branch/powers: cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
(For more information visit the World Leaders website )elections: the president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a four-year term and can be re-elected for another consecutive term; election last held on 17 February 2013 (next to be held in 2017)
election results: President Rafael CORREA Delgado reelected president; percent of vote - Rafael CORREA Delgado 57.2%, Guillermo LASSO 22.7%, Lucio GUTIERREZ 6.8%, Mauricio RODAS 3.9%, other 9.4%
Description of legislative branch:unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 17 February 2013 (next to be held in 2017)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PAIS 100, CREO 11, PSC 6, AVANZA 5, MUPP 5, PSP 5, other 5; note - defections by members of National Assembly are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the various parties
Description of judicial branch: highest court(s): National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including a chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitutional (consists of 11 judges)
judge selection and term of office: justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of professionals; judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the judges renewed every 3 years; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly from candidates selected by the president, Supreme Court, and other government officials; judges appointed for 2-year terms
subordinate courts: Fiscal Tribunal; Superior Court (one for each province); lower provincial and cantonal courts
Suffrage- 18-65 years of age
Their ambassador to the U.S.: Ambassador Saskia Nathalie CELY Suarez
Location of their embassy in the U.S.: Washington D.c
Locations of their consulate in the U.S: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Haven (CT), New Orleans, New York, Newark (NJ), Phoenix, San Francisco
U.S. ambassador to them: Ambassador Adam E. NAMM
Location of U.S embassy there: Quito
Location of U.S consulate there: Guayaquil
Name of their representative to UN: H.E. Xavier Lasso
flag simbolism includes: Ecuador's coat of arms is in the middle of the flag, showing the country protected beneath the wings of a condor, the huge national bird of Ecuador
yellow on the top half, which symbolises fertility and abundance and also recalls the Federation of Greater Colombia, to which Ecuador belonged. The band below the yellow on the Ecuador flag is blue, the colour of the sea and the sky and said to represent Ecuador's independence from Spain and the Spanish conquistadores. The lowest band on the flag is red which is variously said to represent either courage or the blood spilt in the fight for Ecuador's independence.
national symbols:
- Bird: Andean condor
- Coat of Arms:
Chief of state/president: President Rafael CORREA Delgado
National flag