Kharla Chávez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chávez and the second or maternal family name is Bajaña.
Kharla Chávez
Chávez in 2017
Member of the
National Assembly of Ecuador for
Los Ríos Province
In office
2017–2021
Governor of Los Ríos Province
In office
2015–2016
Mayor of Babahoyo
In office
2009–2014
Personal details
Born (1975-03-19) March 19, 1975 (age 49)
Babahoyo, Ecuador
Political partyPAIS Alliance

Kharla del Rocío Chávez Bajaña (born March 19, 1975) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who served as the first woman mayor of the city of Babahoyo from 2009 to 2014.

Career

Chávez was born on March 19, 1975, in the city of Babahoyo.[1] In 1992, she was elected as the beauty queen of her home city.[2] Chávez began her political career ten years later when she was elected councillor of the city of Babahoyo by the Social Christian Party.[2] She later distanced herself from the party leadership and thus sought to be re-elected in 2006 with the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party.[3] After receiving an invitation to participate in the mayoral elections for Babahoyo by the pro-government movement PAIS Alliance in 2008, Chávez resigned her role as a councillor.[3] In the Ecuadorian municipal elections held the following year, she became the first woman to be elected mayor of that city after achieving the minimum lead of 230 votes over conservative then-mayor Johnny Terán.[4]

During Chávez's time in the mayor's office, she oversaw the construction of a land terminal in the city, the Eugenio Espejo replica school and new access bridges in the Barreiro parish.[5][6] She personally managed the construction of a shopping mall chain called El Paseo Shopping.[7] In March 2015, Chávez was appointed governor of the Los Ríos Province by the president Rafael Correa.[8][9] In the 2017 Ecuadorian legislative elections, she was elected a national assemblyman by PAIS Alliance and represents the party in the Los Ríos Province.[10][11] At the beginning of Chávez's term in the assembly, she was named vice-president of the Commission on Oversight and Political Control.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Perfil de Kharla Chávez" (in Spanish). National Assembly of Ecuador. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ex reinas desplazan a líderes y políticos". El Universo (in Spanish). July 28, 2006. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Exreinas desplazan a líderes políticos". La Hora (in Spanish). October 14, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "Babahoyo ya tiene alcaldesa". La Hora (in Spanish). May 4, 2009. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "'Nuestro futuro está en el campo'". La Hora (in Spanish). February 20, 2017. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "Tres obras en Babahoyo esperan su apertura". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). February 12, 2014. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  7. ^ "Babahoyenses se fueron de Shopping". La Hora (in Spanish). May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "Narváez salió tras 5 años en la Gobernación". La Hora (in Spanish). December 31, 2015. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  9. ^ "Kharla Chávez ahora es la gobernadora de la provincia de Los Ríos". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  10. ^ "Los Ríos: Candidatos a asambleístas provinciales". El Universo (in Spanish). February 16, 2017. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  11. ^ "PAIS repite mayoría en la Asamblea". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). February 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  12. ^ "La Asamblea conformó las 12 comisiones especializadas y la de Fiscalización". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). May 17, 2017. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.