Edwin Escobar Hill
Guatemalan entrepreneur, lecturer and politician
Edwin Escobar Hill | |
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| Mayor of Villa Nueva | |
| In office 15 January 2012 – 19 March 2019 | |
| Deputy | Ricardo Ramazzini Gándara María Teresa Gómez López |
| Preceded by | Salvador Gándara Gaitán |
| Succeeded by | Javier Gramajo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill (1969-07-19) 19 July 1969 (age 54) Villa Nueva, Guatemala |
| Political party | Citizen Prosperity (since 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | CREO (2011–2012) PP (2012–2015) LIDER (2015–2016) Independent (2016–2018) |
| Spouse | Ginna López (m. 2018) |
Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill (born July 19, 1969) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur, lecturer and politician who has served as Mayor of Villa Nueva since January 15, 2012.[1] He has also served as President of the National Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Guatemala since 2016.[2][3]
Edwin Escobar was Dean of Engineering at Universidad Rafael Landívar from 2002 to 2005.[4] During this time, he built TEC Landívar, which consists of 42 laboratories for students of different engineering studies at Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala.[5]
From 1996 to 2004, he was board member and director at “Juannio”,[6] an annual charity art auctions event for the Neurological Institute of Guatemala,[7] of which he also was board director from 2002 to 2004.[8]
From 2008 to 2010, he hosted a TV talk show called "Construyendo Guatemala con Edwin Escobar" (Building Guatemala with Edwin Escobar), which aired on Canal Antigua.[9]
In 2018, he announced that he would participate as a presidential candidate in the 2019 general election for Citizen Prosperity.[10] On March 24, 2019, it was announced that Edwin Escobar would be officially running for President of Guatemala.[11]
References
- ^ "Municipalidad de Villa Nueva - Somos Gente de Trabajo".
- ^ "Anam | Asociación Nacional de Municipalidades de la Républica de Guatemala". anam.org.gt. Archived from the original on 2016-07-10.
- ^ "Edwin Escobar es reelecto como presidente de la Anam – Prensa Libre".
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/notes/edwin-escobar/tec-land%C3%ADvar-a-la-altura-de-los-mejores-del-mundo/479864993271/ [user-generated source]
- ^ "TEC Landívar – Universidad Rafael Landívar".
- ^ "Home". juannio.com.
- ^ "Home". institutoneurologicodeguatemala.org.
- ^ "Municipalidad de Villa Nueva - Somos Gente de Trabajo".
- ^ "Municipalidad de Villa Nueva - Somos Gente de Trabajo".
- ^ "Edwin Escobar confirma que será candidato a presidente". SOY502 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Edwin Escobar ha sido inscrito como candidato presidencial". 24 March 2019.
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| Preceded by Salvador Gándara Gaitán | Mayor of Villa Nueva 2012-present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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